Sentence examples for pipes lead from inspiring English sources

Soil is contaminated through particulate accumulation from lead in pipes, lead paint and residual emissions from leaded gasoline that was used before the Environment Protection Agency issued the regulation around 1980.

And which pipes lead down from the Queen's khazi.

Shimmering aluminium pipes lead to a golden flare.

A few pipes lead up to the surface, each ending in a volcanic vent.

Most of the pipes lead to the Hudson, but a few discharge into the Harlem River.

No pipes lead to or from it; instead, a bucket full of shavings from a local wood shop rests on the box next to the seat with a note instructing users to add a scoopful after making their "deposit".

Lead in drinking water, Mr. Klein said, often comes from lead pipes, lead-based solder and brass fittings and fixtures used in plumbing.

In humans the main sources of lead are usually lead-based paint and drinking water carried through lead pipes; lead-based paints are especially harmful to children who chew on painted toys and furnishings and eat paint peelings from walls.

Their journey through the sewer pipes leads them to a house on the outskirts of town, where Julia entrusts Hugo to the care of an old friend, Mariana, before taking flight herself.

There are two brilliant scenes with the sad local plumber, Mike: the first in which a diagnosis of "sweaty pipes" leads to a torrent of innuendo; the second, a toe-curlingly painful demonstration of the gap between fantasy and reality.

Scaling in pipes leads to an increased pressure drop and often to complete blockage.