Sentence examples for terrestrial forces from inspiring English sources

Writing in the Daily Telegraph in December, Johnson, then mayor of London, said the west could not afford to be picky in its choice of allies since Isis in Syria could not be defeated without terrestrial forces.

Physiographic differences, specifically percent area of wetlands and lakes, forest cover age structure (Table 2), and size of slow above and belowground DOM pools were the primary terrestrial forces driving long term DOC export to fluvial systems.

His id is curbed, in the end, by a decidedly terrestrial force: the dogs.

A decadal variation of atmospheric processes (like the intensity of Indian Ocean monsoonal winds) could be mediated by extra-terrestrial forces; for instance, lunar tidal actions which have the periodicity of 56, 95, 125 and 1470 years (Von Rad et al. 2006).

Usually, space games have involved combat of some kind, a battle against extra-terrestrial forces intent on obliterating or enslaving mankind.

Species with aquatic larvae are expected to suffer mainly with habitat split, as the disconnection between suitable aquatic and terrestrial habitats forces this group to perform compulsory breeding migrations through unfamiliar hostile habitats [6].

Concern has grown over the environmental impact of hydroelectric dams, including habitat destruction for wildlife (terrestrial and aquatic), forced relocation of people living in the paths of dams and reservoirs, loss of agricultural land, and disruption of water supplies for inhabitants near the completed dams.

He said satellite radio has benefited consumers by forcing terrestrial radio to offer digital channels.

Since the primary inertial force in terrestrial locomotion is generally thought to be the centripetal force acting on an animal as it vaults over its stance leg (e.g. inverted pendulum model) (Cavagna et al., 1977; Cavagna and Margaria, 1966; Donelan and Kram, 1997), h is assumed to be hip height (e.g. the length of the strut for the inverted pendulum).

To set up the terrestrial battle of cosmic forces, the movie expends lots of time and bombastic energy establishing the politics and the premises of Krypton civilization.

The importance and strength of bottom-up forces in terrestrial soil systems are poorly understood.