Sentence examples for uphill edges from inspiring English sources

The only significant positive gradients are observed at the leading (uphill) edges of the strain distribution and this is where most adaptation (in the sense of a coherent subpopulation shifting its genetic composition) is observed, with the initial strain adapting steadily towards higher growth rates while new strains sequentially branch off.

If you're on the uphill edge, when the board slides downhill, the snow will safely go under the board.

In other words, the top of the berm along the downhill edge of the rain garden should be at the same elevation as the uphill edge.

The berm should not be higher than the uphill edge, however, as this can cause the garden to retain too much water.

As you proceed uphill along the sides, the amount of soil required will become less and less until you reach the uphill edge of the rain garden, where the edge is high enough without any berm at all.

A common mistake made by beginners is to land straight below where they take off on their downhill edge and readjust to angle their board slightly downhill on their uphill edge, creating a double turn.

Turn left by hedged wall at edge of wood, follow uphill keeping to edge of wood.

We left his dad's truck at the forest edge uphill from the creek and ducked into the gloom.

So when Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign arrived in South Texas in February seeking an edge in its uphill battle against Senator Barack Obama, Ms. Espinoza was happy to oblige, for a price.

Roll Call pundit Stuart Rothenberg predicts Democrats are likely to win control of the Senate because Republicans, who now enjoy a 54-46 edge, face an uphill battle defending 24 seats, including seven that twice cast their electoral votes for Obama and two (Indiana and North Carolina) that voted for Obama in 2008.

This will be when you are going up the wall on your toe edge and turn uphill 180 degrees before landing with your same front foot forward.