Sentence examples for lines of weakness from inspiring English sources

The major faults trend northwest-southeast, however, and the rivers tend to follow these lines of weakness.

Rising in Lozère département, it races through deep gorges along structural lines of weakness between the Margeride and Velay mountains.

Due to epirogenesis, the Ras El Hekma headland created numerous lines of weakness.

Direct field observation and photographs taken appear to show the presence of discontinuities and lines of weakness.

They are well developed in areas where lines of weakness are common (mainly South-North direction in all the studied basins, except Wadi Kheriga Basin, which is West-East direction).

The latter formulation with lower water content is expected to be less plasticised and therefore more brittle, hence, exhibiting greater potential for tearing along lines of weakness.

The earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia began with a sudden shift in a strike-slip fault, a line of weakness in the sea floor where two huge bodies of rock can slide past one another.

Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata spent two minutes or so playing the ball across the edge of the Albion penalty area, first one way, then the other, without finding any line of weakness in a compact defence.

The pattern of rupture may be controlled by a line of weakness in the egg; in some cases a flaplike operculum lifts back to allow the nymph to escape.

The analysis indicated that increased paste strength was not so significant for the mix properties of plain IBA concrete as extensive cracks through the aggregate took place likely due to a reduced grain grain interlocking and inter-particle friction as a result of the distinct pore structure, and fibre orientation in gravel concrete produced a line of weakness for failure to take place along.

Alternatively, the egg shell may have a line of weakness around the cap which gives way allowing the larva to emerge.