Sentence examples for steep heights from inspiring English sources

A major concern was the ability of the horses to negotiate the tricky footing and steep heights of Tampe La together with the added peril of snow cover.

So grandiose were the architectural gems being constructed, with money being no object, that the residents residing below climbed the steep heights to get a glimpse of the palatial estates, that would be known as "pedestals to the newly rich". The Fairmont, Mark Hopkins, and the Huntington Hotel loomed large on the scene.

Although, the observed steep height decrease at the fiber side walls is below the resolution limit of the SFM, a termination of the fibers by (001) and (001̅) facets can be assumed.

21 The temple of Juno was on the Acropolis of Veii (Liv. V.21, Plut. v. Camill. 5), and at Falerii it stood on the summit of a steep and lofty height.

Along the coast steep cliffs with heights of 25 100 m are often present (Uhlig 1980; Haryono and Day 2004).

The face of a shallow-water wave like the one at Jaws is spectacularly steep, and its height is thus reasonably easy to figure.

In young stands it is particularly difficult to determine site index because top-height curves are very close and steep, so that small height or age measurement errors can lead to large errors in site index (Sterba et al., 1990).

This time, Croce, without so much as a training session, walked along a cable 30 inches wide for a distance of about 640 feet up the steep incline, reaching a height of 374 feet at the top.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least nine climbers were reported dead on Sunday on K-2, the world's second highest mountain, after an avalanche struck them on a steep gully at a height of nearly 27,000 feet, just below the summit.

The roof was moderately steep and the overall height of the trusses was about 13 feet.

But paying a steep price for their height rankles some travelers.