Sentence examples for valve and a from inspiring English sources

After his car was taken to the garage, a defect in a valve and a leaking cylinder were discovered.

NASA called off tonight's launching of the space shuttle Discovery because of last-minute concerns over a fuel valve and a bolt on the external fuel tank.

The hiccups included air and water leaks, a balky valve and a screeching pump, all involving the air lock, plus a computer crash elsewhere in the space station.

In order to bring a Redbird to a stop, an operator needed to apply both a manual brake valve and a power switch.

Investigators said the Shirley home filled up with gas after a gas fireplace valve and a gas line regulator were removed.

Mr. Mieses' back was broken in two places and he also suffered a torn aortic valve and a punctured lung, she said.

Dr Williamson's "throttle" (so called because it is both a kind of valve and a way of strangling viruses at birth) restricts such connections to one a second.

"For about two or three months, we built a mockup of the valve and a mockup of the bottom of the shaft," said John McCarthy, the engineer who oversaw the project.

Valvular diseases of the heart can be dangerous, since both a blocked valve and a valve that allows blood to leak backward create a strain on the heart that can lead to heart failure.

Preopertative transesophageal echocardiography images showing mitral valve and a color Doppler image showing mild to moderate functional mitral regurgitation.

An inward pump consisting of a membrane valve and a compression chamber was also designed, fabricated, and tested.