Sentence examples for set of floodgates from inspiring English sources

One proposal calls for an "Ike dyke", a set of floodgates that would help keep waters from raging through Galveston Bay.

Dance Wiv Me was Dizzee's first No 1, but it was his Armand Van Helden collaboration, Bonkers, that assured another set of floodgates had been prised apart as young, black British rappers (Tinchy Stryder, Tinie Tempah et al) started notching up massive chart sales.

A new weir which carries a towpath bridge has been constructed where the water leaves the canal to enter the River Frome, and a set of floodgates has been constructed beyond the weir, to protect the canal from high water levels.

It was originally built in 1864, by adding a second set of gates to Hunters Gates, a floodgate which had been built around 1847.

Japanese legal experts and historians say the floodgate has opened as a result of a complex set of circumstances.

Next month, the first set of lockup agreements restricting the sale of shares by current and former employees will expire, opening the floodgates on 4.6 million shares.

Next, I tried Mark Sabatini, owner of Floodgate, another maker of bulk e-mail software.

Mike Maples, co-founder of Floodgate Ventures, agreed the sector had become more attractive.

"Yes, there's the potential of an opening of the floodgates in terms of impulse buying.

The development is set to open the floodgates.

They said guidelines must be set before the celestial floodgates are opened to visitors.