Sentence examples for less flooding from inspiring English sources

Still, the breached levees were a guilty relief for others, here in Canton and in the other towns on the Missouri side of the river or downstream, who had watched the water rise and rise, and hoped that a breach somewhere else might mean less flooding where they were.

"If some of the suggestions or recommendations made 50 years ago had been implemented, yes, we'd have less flooding," said Evonne M. Klein, the town's first selectwoman.

Other candidates promise to turn Bangkok into the Hollywood of the region, or a "24-hour city".Voters would settle for less flooding, fewer cars and greater safety.

Some people in the neighborhood acquired flood insurance after Tropical Storm Irene hit last year — though there was much less flooding around the Gowanus.

New breeds of rice require less flooding in paddy fields, new feeds can cut down on emissions from cows, and there are methods of capturing methane from large agricultural barns where livestock are intensively reared.

A quote by report contributor Britta Schaffelke that "corals and sea grass are showing an up-kick because we've had a few dry years'', pointed to less flooding as the likelier cause.

Foreign markets are less flooded with the syrupy soda.

● 7 The less flooded area earns more money.

Birnbaum’s first act was to push into the U.S. SodaStream had more or less flooded western Europe (which still ­accounts for more than half its sales).

So while the market may be less flooded, those working it aren't exactly creating lucrative monopolies.

Salicornia ramosissima, however, was mainly restricted to drier, less flooded areas and was absent from wetter, more frequently flooded areas (near to the seashore) in the collections.