Sentence examples for major calibre from inspiring English sources

This pointed the way to all-metal hulls (iron, then steel), which in turn both permitted and demanded as a response the installation of rifled, breech-loaded guns of major calibre.

Soviet major-calibre artillery was also provided with nuclear ammunition.

This system, refined by a century of experience, became the principal method of obturation used with major-calibre artillery.

The new technology was fire control, which enabled major-calibre rounds to be placed on target at 5, then 10, and ultimately 15 miles.

But at four over par my game is not major championship-winning calibre".

The major risk factors are a small-calibre main pancreatic duct (diameter < 3 mm), a soft parenchymal texture and intraoperative bleeding [6, 7].

Such a major industry needs to attract the right calibre of worker.

Not all major museums own Seurat oil studies of this calibre.

He is certainly the calibre of saint to have a major ley line named after him.

Conversely, reflux otitis occurs with decreased compliance of the ET due to abnormal flaccidity. ET dysfunction is a major problem in the young child: the small calibre of the ET as well as its horizontal direction [ 5] (Figs.  3 and 4) are responsible for both the high incidence of AOM and the frequent relapses by each viral infection.

This is especially the case given that minimal changes in the number and calibre of dendritic branches can have a major influence on synaptic input and neural excitability (Ferrante et al., 2013).