Sentence examples for setting a line from inspiring English sources

He said their strategy was to contain the burning by setting a line of fire that would divert the flames to a man-made border they had dug with hand tools and bulldozers.

Secretary of War Henry Knox and McGillivray worked out the terms of a treaty specifying American sovereignty over Creek lands within the limits of United States territory and setting a line near the Altamaha River separating Georgian and Creek lands.

Now mismatches are nettlesome for bookmakers charged with setting a line that will attract roughly equal amounts of money to both sides and not expose the house to a loss.

The fierce response by executives from big movie chains like Cinemark, AMC and Regal to the studios' relatively cautious step with on-demand is clearly more about setting a line for future battles than it is about losing money from an Adam Sandler comedy that left most theaters weeks ago.

While in Donetsk, heavy shelling late on Thursday afternoon hit homes in the city leaving at least one person dead and setting a line of garages on fire engulfing the area in thick smoke.

His father, August, sold Linotype machines, so named because they set a line of lead type at a time.

Initial line outage: Set a line as an initial failure chain under normal operating condition.

From there, they can bet on any event for which Las Vegas bookmakers set a line.

Users start off with 10 cents their accounts, provided by CentSports, and use it to bet on any event for which Las Vegas bookmakers set a line.

The flowchart of this model is shown in Fig. 1, and the detailed procedures are described as follows: 1) Initial line outage: Set a line as an initial failure chain under normal operating condition.

The English had set a line, by the Proclamation of 1763, that you couldn't go beyond, into Indian Territory.