The most important sinkings of this character have been carried out in the county of Durham, to the east of the point at which the Permian overlie the carboniferous rocks.
With sinkings diminishing and ship-building on the increase, we can, we think, congratulate ourselves on the final failure of the German attempt to starve us out.
The reduced sinkings which have been published since that period show how we gradually overcame that menace--and today most men say that the submarine menace is a thing of the past.
During the latter months, however, the sinkings fell considerably below the average, and allied construction passed destruction for the first time in May, 1918.
The weekly returns of submarine sinkings were regularly published, and these were followed with great interest both by the Germans and ourselves.
This method has been adopted in various sinkings on the continent of Europe.
Another German press comment was that the sinkings were certain to produce special satisfaction throughout the empire.
As time went on, however, it became evident that the Germans were unable to maintain their submarine sinkings on an equal basis at all times.
In these interminable lists of sinkings of unarmed vessels it may appear to the reader as if the work had been done roughly and without consideration for the lives of non-combatants.
Here are a few days' sinkings by "E 14" (Commander Boyle).
A piece of marble of the same size as the sinkings was found not far away.
On the base on which the pillars rest are sinkings showing that the altar had a central octagonal pillar, with four smaller circular ones surrounding it.
We have a remarkable example of these sinkings near Folkstone, in the county of Kent; the hills in its environs sunk gradually by an insensible motion, and without any earthquake.
Definitely adopted in May following, the convoy system was in general operation before the end of the summer, with a notable decline of sinkings in both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
But the hole was by far the best and soundest in the gully, which deserved its name insomuch as it provided insecure sinkings as a rule.
There were the depths of sinkings where Denis could ascertain them, and the various leads flowed in rivers of bold red ink, which made up for any lack of academic accuracy by a rather stimulating appeal to the imagination.
That was by far the lowest quarter of sinkings we have had since unrestricted submarine warfare began, and it looks as if this quarter was going to be lower still.
It is rather amusing that since I publicly showed up this grossly false declaration of results the usual return of submarine sinkings for February has not been issued by Berlin.
Where timbers cross one another and require to be flush on one or both faces, sinkings are cut in each so as to fit over each other (halving); these can either be square (fig.
Similar sinkings are cut on the adjoining timber to fit one into the other; these are secured with pins and also various other forms of fastenings.
He was free from all thesesinkings of the imagination which render those who are liable to them the victims of occasional low spirits.
It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back, and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
These are long slips of wood, partly hollowed to hold the brushes, and with two cup-like sinkings at one end for the writer to rub up his cakes of black and red ink.
The inner leaves of these codices had sinkings to receive the wax on both sides; only the backs of the two outer leaves being left plain or carved in relief to form the covers.
The map of the sinkings which took place in April brings out an interesting fact: numerous as these sinkings were, very few merchantmen were torpedoed, in this month, at the entrance to the Irish Sea or in the English Channel.
Besides the actual sinkings to their credit, the Allied submarines accomplished strategic results of the utmost importance.
Until this system was adopted, sinkings on a great scale were taking place far out at sea, sometimes three or four hundred miles west of Ireland.
Practically all the sinkings of April, 1918, occurred in these latter areas.
For the most part they exaggerated the sinkings and estimated that the war would end about the first of July or August.
Until the arrival of the subchasers sinkings had been taking place in these waters on a considerable scale.
This looks like a long and difficult trip, yet the time was not entirely wasted, for the U-boats, as the map of sinkings shows, usually destroyed several vessels on the way to their favourite hunting grounds.
This decrease in sinkings enabled the Allies to preserve their communications and so win the war; however, it is evident that these losses, while not necessarily fatal to the Allied cause, still offered a serious impediment to success.
Cockerell, the three grooves or sinkings found in some of the older examples, as in the temple of Neptune at Paestum and the temple of Aphaea at Aegina; there being only one groove in the Parthenon, the Theseum and later examples.
Cockerell's discovery in the temple at Aegina of two fragments of a coping-stone, in which there were sinkings on one side to receive the tiles and covering tiles, has been of great importance in the discussion of this subject.
In addition to the sinkings there must be added a great amount of wear and tear of ships and an enormous increase of marine accidents, which Sir J.
In addition to the sinkings by U-boats, there is a large decline in cargo space owing to marine losses and to ships becoming unserviceable.
Other such risings and sinkings might be mentioned, as also many more in connection with volcanoes and earthquakes, which are neither slow nor steady, but sudden and violent.
The forests could not have grown in the sea, and the earth-layers could not have been formed on land, therefore many land-risings and sinkings must have taken place.
In describing the girders, it was mentioned that in the upper and lower flat flanges small sinkings were cast near the ends.
President Wilson received the news of the sinkings in silence, but plainly government authorities were worried over the situation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sinkings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
