Sentence examples for resist fire from inspiring English sources

Fire-resistant drywall is thicker than standard drywall (1/2" and 5/8") and will resist fire for 3-4 hours.

The problem addressed in this paper is how to objectively asses the performance of protective garments designed to resist fire.

And the more we resist fire, the worse the impacts of fire will be on human society and on natural systems.

The findings have implications for the design of flat-slab structures to resist fire because ignoring LITS may result in non-conservative design predictions.

These defects can compromise the ability of compartmentation to resist fire and smoke spread between dwellings and also into any means of escape.

Flasks used by British Nuclear Fuels to transport dangerous radioactive material can resist fire for less than three minutes, newly released research reveals.

One of the major difficulties in designing structures to resist fires is the selection of post-flashover design fires.

Instead of quietly letting the achievement of a first Premier League winner's medal with Manchester City soak in, Samir Nasri has been unable to resist firing a broadside at his Arsenal critics, telling them to "celebrate their third-place achievement and I will focus on winning titles".

Gas leaked out and ignited while firewalls that would have resisted fire on an oil platform failed to cope with the ensuing gas explosion.

In addition to its aesthetic appeal, masonry has a number of other desirable properties, such as its value in controlling sound, resisting fire, and insulating against daily fluctuations in temperature.

We knew previously that Trump resisted firing Flynn even though Yates had told McGahn that Flynn lied to the White House and may have been compromised because of it.