Sentence examples for sort of brake from inspiring English sources

The most immediate impact of these rules has been to serve as a sort of brake on business activity, given the hassle and cost of raising more capital.

Your front foot struts out in front of you and actually acts as a sort of brake on your entire body.

These anatomic and physiological variations may all affect a sort of "braking system" in the brain.

We heard about how Imran Khan could suddenly make the old ball swing dramatically, and thought he must have been lifting the quarter seam in some way to act as a sort of air brake.

(Worse, actually: there's no dispositive evidence that pixies don't exist).In order to believe that Republicans would not have used the nuclear option or ended the filibuster as soon as it serves their political ends, you have to think there is some sort of internal brake on the Republican Party's legislative behaviour.

A petition of concern could be used to veto a vote that didn't have the mutual approval of both communities – a sort of emergency brake for legislation.

"In hybrids [the battery regeneration function] is typically built into the brake pedal, so it's sort of a synthesized brake pedal feel where the first portion of that is regenerative braking, then it winds in hydraulic brakes on top of that.

These can work as a sort of in-engine brake system when you need to save your actual brakes.

Don't get any sort of oil on the brakes or brake surfaces.

Val Curran, professor of psychopharmacology at UCL, describes the GABA neurotransmitter as "sort of like the brakes on the brain.

Whether you're the sort of person who brakes for a new ramen-ya or a neophyte who still thinks that a California roll is an acceptable sushi bar order, you'll have fun, learn some things — and probably start looking up flights to Narita on Kayak after reading a few pages.