Sentence examples for parachute from inspiring English sources

Props abounded, with a model drone hoisted by one member of the crowd and a large parachute carried by others.

The precision parachute drops and state-of-the-art aircraft were among the attractions of a military parade that was once the highlight of the country's National Day but which officials have not dared host since 2008.

Stopping is another problem – first a parachute is released to slow it down, before a rear-wheel brake can bite.

From next year parachute payments will increase in line with the new TV deal.

Elevation is often summed up in cold, hard numbers: promotion is effectively worth in excess of £120m given TV and media income, increased commercial revenues and gate receipts, and the safety net of parachute payments.

Meanwhile at the top of the table, the promotion pace is being set by Derby County and Middlesbrough, both of whom have been out of the Premier League for more than five years, with Bournemouth and Brentford also showing up well despite no Premier League experience and therefore no parachute money ever having come their way.

That's Blackpool, the club whose directors did not make enough of the parachute payment money available to the manager to start the season with a full complement of players.

He made his first parachute jump at 16, the earliest Austria would permit it, and joined the army to continue his training.

The Bikers and Bates parachute in a mature cheddar instead – a choice that has its supporters, who admire its aggressively cheesy flavour (Bates's version uses 800g of the stuff).

He points to the death of Frank Gambalie, who lept into a river in order to flee park rangers and drowned; or Jan Davis, who jumped with borrowed gear to avoid her expensive parachute being confiscated, and couldn't find the rip cord in time.

Bakary Sako somehow remains at a club still buoyed by parachute payments, while the former Heerenveen winger Rajiv van La Parra's signing was a coup.