Example sentences of "surface [prep] the earth [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The veteran astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle , with his colleague Chandra Wickramasinghe , believes that these molecules were probably brought to the surface of the Earth via the tiny dust grains on meteorites and comets , or on interstellar winds , and succeeded in germinating life in the fertile conditions of Earth at the time . |
| 2 | Signals from orbiting satellites forming the Global Positioning System ( GPS ) can be used to pinpoint the location of objects on the surface of the Earth to within a few centimetres ; a computer mapping system carried within a car ( and receiving the car 's position from GPS ) could , given suitable software , be capable of displaying a map showing the car 's location and suggesting alternative routes , such as the shortest , fastest , most economical or most scenic route . |
| 3 | The Yssgaroth were sliding underneath the surface of the earth towards them . |
| 4 | The 20 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by Pinatubo created a thin shroud that has reduced the amount of solar heating reaching the surface of the earth by about 4 watts per square metre , Hansen says . |
| 5 | Steve Cozzi defines a planetary grid system as ‘ any series of lines laid out across the surface of the Earth in an attempt to measure some particular pre-designated system of ideas , correlations or theories ’ . |