Sentence examples for were anchor from inspiring English sources

The magnets she had in mind were "anchor babies"; asked whether she wanted to repeal the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees children birthright citizenship, she said she would rather "deal legislatively" with them, as if they were miniature metal robots whose tractor beams had to be turned off.

Those buildings were named after companies that developed or owned them, or were anchor tenants, but Mr. Macklowe seems to be offering the opportunity to any company interested in turning his property into a skyscraping billboard, whether or not they are located there.

The design parameters considered in the investigation were anchor spacing and number of anchors in group.

Each of the final test forms of the TRC-e included 33 items, eight of which were anchor items.

Each final version of the TRC-e was composed of 33 items, eight of which were anchor items (24.2 % of the total number of items).

Final test forms of the TRC-n were each composed of 27 items, six of which were anchor items between adjacent forms.

The final test forms of the TRC-n were composed of 27 items each, six of which were anchor items between adjacent test forms (22.2 % of the total number of items).

The independent variables used for development of the prediction model were anchor diameter, type of anchor, edge distance, embedment depth, clear clearance of the anchor, type of chemical adhesive, method of injection of the chemical, and compressive strength of the concrete.