Sentence examples for were to fire a from inspiring English sources

Thus, if you were to fire a ball from a cannon northward from a point on the Equator, the ball would land to the east of its due north path.

If a spacecraft flying at a low altitude were to fire a projectile into the lunar surface, a second trailing spacecraft could capture material from the resulting cloud of ejecta.

Two thirds of the 18-pdrs were to fire a creeping barrage of shrapnel immediately ahead of the advance, while the remainder of the field guns and 4.5-inch howitzers were to fire a standing barrage, 700 yards further ahead on German positions and lift to the next target, when the infantry came within 400 yards of the barrage.

The heavy and super-heavy artillery was to fire on German artillery positions and rear areas and 700 machine-guns were to fire a barrage over the heads of the advancing troops.

His response when any problem was revealed was to fire a minister or create a new ministry.

It's a cliché but still a resoundingly true one that it's easier to divorce your spouse than it is to fire a redundant worker.

Drenthe's first real contribution was to fire a fierce ball across the face of the goal but no Everton player could keep up with the speedy Dutchman.

Of course, the next step would be to fire a lot of other folks inside the news business and out, starting with the secretary of state.

"The only way to make this software malfunction is to fire a bullet into the computer running it," an automotive customer once said of QNX.

The first thing Bain Capital does is to fire a bunch of people.

The issue of how difficult it can be to fire a teacher accused of molestation arose after the 2012 arrest of Mark Berndt, a teacher at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles.