Sentence examples for number of silos from inspiring English sources
State television broadcast images of an unspecified number of silos deep underground, saying they held medium- and long-range missiles ready to hit distant targets.
"And if capabilities in one of these rogue states should develop faster, or in a more worrisome way than anybody anticipates right now, then I think the way is open in the future to add to the number of silos and interceptors up here".
Despite the significant amount of research effort devoted to understanding the structural behavior of grain-silos, each year a large number of silos still fails due to bad design, poor construction, with a frequency much larger than other civil structures.
Now it appears that the custom of spraying corn with 2,4-D may be a factor in the current increase in the number of "silo deaths" — deaths of men who have entered silos where corn, oats, or sorghum containing large amounts of nitrates have released poisonous nitrogen oxide gases.
In the late 20th century, however, multicoloured metal pole barns began to appear, and there was an increase in the number of trench silos (silos that are cut into the ground), often covered with black plastic and held down by old tires.
The buckling behaviour of group silos is investigated by considering load cases defined by the number of working cell silos and their relative position in the group.
The proposal, called dense pack, would exploit this phenomenon by packing a large number of super-hardened ICBM silos closely together in a single location.
A multibillion-pound clean-up operation is under way at the plant where a number of old ponds and silos, many dating back to the 1950s and 60s, have been causing greatest concern.
"Imagine two circles, and you draw a number of sticks that penetrate the silo walls".
Verma said one reason an acquisition makes sense is the consolidation in the marketing industry, with "the need to reduce the number of vendors, the friction and platform silos".
"The report highlights a company that operated in silos, with a number of individuals looking for reasons not to act, instead of finding ways to protect our customers".
