Sentence examples for withstand waves from inspiring English sources

In the case of Rosebank, equipment must work at depths of 3,600 feet, and its surface production vessel must withstand waves 98 feet high or more.

While the plant was designed to withstand waves of about 19 feet, the tsunami was as high as 46 feet, the report said.

In the oppressive conditions, the teams battled furiously through a scoreless 79 minutes with players on both sides — Oliver Murphy included — having to withstand waves of cramping.

BP and various partners are planning to invest more than $12 billion over the next few years in the area, which is environmentally sensitive and where oil installations have to be built to withstand waves of up to 20 meters, or more than 60 feet.

In particular, Bloomberg officials said that residential buildings — including single- and two-family homes — would need to be able to withstand waves and wind, and that new and reconstructed homes would need to be built above the current elevation levels required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reduce risks and insurance premiums.

The collapsed rigs, built in 1956 and 1961, were designed to withstand waves of up to 45 feet, thought to be sufficient to withstand the 25 year storm at the time, although Juan produced waves approaching 70 feet.

But having opened a seven point lead through the boot of Humberstone, the Welshmen were unable to withstand wave after wave of late pressure which culminated in Boyle touching down with the stadium clock long-since stuck on 80 minutes.

Dawson had earlier superbly tipped a 30-yard shot from John Fleck behind, and kept out further efforts from McGoldrick and Mark Duffy as Wednesday defended resolutely to withstand wave after wave of pressure from the Blades.

They all withstood waves and tumbles, but some fared better in deeper water or were easier to operate.

The players' immersion in Lagerback's methods has been total and there has been no finer example of their application than the moment when, after they had withstood waves of desperate late Austrian attacks on Wednesday, substitutes Theodor Elmar Bjarnason and Arnor Ingvi Traustason broke upfield to contrive perhaps the most famous goal in Icelandic history.

The Premiership champions fashioned the game's only try, albeit abetted by the failure of the officials to check whether Alex Lozowski had been tackled into touch, and withstood waves of attacks despite mounting injuries to deny their hosts even a bonus point.