Example sentences of "[art] flow of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguments and local strife were often caused by the building of a new watermill because the necessary raising of weirs and cutting of races would affect the flow of water to other mills on the same stream . |
| 2 | After all , if one interferes with the flow of water in a vortex , this pattern too will be restored when the interference ceases . |
| 3 | The basic solution is first to restrict the flow of water percolating down into the aquifers by planting trees , preferably native species , on the higher ground . |
| 4 | Since the suction is proportional to the flow of water a constant level of solution results . |
| 5 | With a constant head of pressure , the flow of water from a tap near the base of the reservoir could also be kept constant . |
| 6 | Since the timekeeping was governed mainly by the flow of water rather than the escapement action , this device can be regarded as a link between the timekeeping properties of a steady flow of liquid and those of mechanically produced oscillations . |
| 7 | The fundamental difference between water-clocks and mechanical clocks , in the strict sense of the term , is that the former involve a continuous process , for example , the flow of water through an orifice , whereas the latter depend on a mechanical motion that continually repeats itself and so divides time uniformly into discrete segments . |
| 8 | A device which aims to make the flow of water over the daggerboard slot as smoothly as possible . |
| 9 | Here the wheel is of ‘ pitchback ’ type , the water falling short of the highest point of the wheel , and thus turning it , as it were , backwards , or in the opposite direction to the flow of water . |
| 10 | What features may reduce the flow of water in rivers ? |
| 11 | C. The flow of water , or discharge , in rivers varies from summer to winter , and from day to day . |
| 12 | As the flow of water changed rapidly from summer to winter the streams and rivers deposited their loads again , leaving thin sheets of gravel or sand in some places and fine mud in other places . |
| 13 | There he invented the ‘ Dall tube ’ , a device still widely used for measuring the flow of water from reservoirs and in water mains . |
| 14 | Thursday , 7th September , was a day of very heavy rain in the New Cumnock district and in the colliery it was noted that the flow of water from the exposed gravel had increased threefold . |
| 15 | Younger children often try to use a funnel as a scoop , but as they progress , it is used to fill bottles , control the flow of water through the water wheel and as part of a complex water system of pipes , jugs and bottles on different levels . |
| 16 | The important factors are the amount of media surface for bacteria to coat ; the flow of water over this media ; and the amount of oxygen reaching the media . |
| 17 | By raising or lowering these gates , one could control the flow of water both into and out of the pond and thence into the sluice , at the other end of which was the pipe which fed the turbine in its house below . |
| 18 | The flow of water in and out of the Pool is so greatly impeded that evaporation under the grilling sun has made the waters very salty indeed . |
| 19 | This improved the flow of water over the tentacles . |
| 20 | The surviving fry seek refuge among dense plant growth , taking on a leaf-like appearance and remaining entirely motionless , except to feed , and drifting lifelessly with the flow of water if shelter is lost . |
| 21 | He stood there a while longer , mindlessly enjoying the flow of water over his limbs . |
| 22 | For quantitative sampling , nets are often paired ( Fig. 5.12 ) and fitted with meters that measure the flow of water through them . |
| 23 | A ‘ flash lock ’ on the River Thames — an early method of controlling the flow of water . |
| 24 | Golden and silver Orfes enjoy leaping for flies in the cool of the evening or else swimming vigorously against the flow of water from a waterfall . |
| 25 | This is made possible by a patented transverse barrier on the upper surface of the tile , checking the flow of water . |
| 26 | Taps and valves are used to control the flow of water through pipes , either to turn it off completely or to reduce it . |
| 27 | They differ in operation : the control mechanism is a type of solid portcullis ( or ‘ gate ’ ) which is screwed down across the flow of water . |
| 28 | The flow of water from any fitting , such as a tap , is related to the water pressure in the pipe leading to it . |
| 29 | A ballvalve controls the flow of water into a cistern . |
| 30 | In this type , the flow of water is actuated only by P the movement of the float arm — the valve can not be forced open by the pressure of water in the mains pipe . |