Sentence examples for material riding from inspiring English sources

The landslide occurred on the western (Sichuan) side of the river and displaced an estimated volume of at least 3.75 km^3, with material riding up to 550 m above the river on the eastern (Yunnan) side of the valley.

A lot of the floating material rode this extension.

"Their materials, ride and performance are superior to all the boats of their era and equal to or better than many modern craft.

It moves a needle tip back and forth across a specimen, keeping the tip less than the width of one atom from the tiny hills and valleys of the material's surface, riding a cushion of electrons that have leaked, or "tunneled," out of the specimen.

The music grew out of very little, pushing forward almost entirely through playing rather than through material, the two horns riding over an extraordinary rhythm section; it quickly became exciting and didn't flag.

Last comes an array of secular material: clothing, jewelry and riding gear owned by Tibetan nobles and church officials who ruled the country on a top-down feudal model, one that the Chinese communists found abhorrent.

We've seen huge dips and swells in the availability of raw material as producers ride the wave of growing seasons and demand.

It's not clear whether the ancestral Afrotherian reached Africa via a land route or by island-hopping across northern latitudes, or by riding rafts of material floating across the southern Atlantic, she notes.

They even hide away in balled and burlapped nursery material and ride in for free when new plantings are installed on a property.

The story ends with a final, not quite believable, flourish on John's part, but Mr. Mackintosh carries it off, riding comfortably above his middling material.

But a value-conscious multimillionaire could get a six-stall barn with an attached indoor riding arena made with less expensive materials for $350,000.