The third way was to just try to clearcut and soak a firebreak around the town. From Wordnik.com. [Political Correctness at the Ontario Science Center] Reference
A firebreak, which is regularly maintained, has been established around the reserve. From Wordnik.com. [Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, Seychelles] Reference
There is simply no way for us "as a society" to create the kind of firebreak you are envisioning. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: The Tiresome Argument] Reference
In 2011 we're going to need some kind of firebreak to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
It has been a firebreak in the Asian financial crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Why I'm Going To Beijing] Reference
This was our firebreak, our last best hope of survival. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
I am the firebreak between them and our fleeing caravan. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Banana trees are full of water, and would make a natural firebreak. From Wordnik.com. [Constructing Common Sense] Reference
The Home Paddock was nothing less than a gigantic circular firebreak. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Ever tried to drive a Hummer down a firebreak or through planted pine?. From Wordnik.com. [You have a choice, you must get as far back into the country as possible and you have two vehicles to choose from.] Reference
I could make a firebreak out of the swollen, sweating bodies of slugs. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Global Media Domination: the confessional « raincoaster] Reference
The fire that jumped a firebreak is now just about 40 percent contained. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2007] Reference
It helps to set up a line, sort of a perimeter, a firebreak is you will. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2007] Reference
She crossed the firebreak and rode up over the ridge calling her cheery "Hoo-hoo-hoo!". From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
Leucaena varieties, notably the giants, provide a quick growing windbreak or firebreak. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Then go ahead and redraw the firebreak and have the separation from basic training forward. From Wordnik.com. [Mud Soldiers: Life Inside the New American Army] Reference
In any case, there is hardly a consensus that four weeks constitutes a reasonable firebreak. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: The Tiresome Argument] Reference
The best place for the firebreak had been just beyond the old baro, so iYd had to be sacrificed. From Wordnik.com. [A Ring And A Promise]
A firebreak is anything that will stop the burning -- a road, a burned-out field, the Pacific Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Earth, Wind And Wildfire] Reference
"If things go wrong in the east, we might need to set our firebreak as far back as Blue Valley Road.". From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
But as soon as they crossed the first firebreak and went into action, the line started to fall apart. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
But almost all of it has failed to regain lost ground, merely serving as a firebreak against worse troubles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2009] Reference
But almost all of this has failed to regain lost ground, merely serving as a firebreak against worse troubles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2009] Reference
As a rule of thumb a firebreak (area with no buildings) 30 m wide is recommended for approximately every 300 m of built-up area. From Wordnik.com. [12. Site Selection, Planning and Shelter] Reference
But the tractors have to get in there, and basically create a firebreak between where the fire's burning and the fuel ahead of it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2008] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's already a firebreak in place so that will help us slow down the fire if not stop it at that location. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2006] Reference
It took him almost ten minutes to convince her that trying to dig a firebreak along Mercy's Creek was not only futile but also dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Men in charred clothes appeared from nowhere running for safety, or bravely shoveling a new firebreak directly in the face of the flames. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
We meet him deep in a forest valley at a wide firebreak. From Wordnik.com. [ Guardian Online] Reference
▪ A clear firebreak must be in place around a burning site. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Independent Mail Stories] Reference
That behaviour may have evolved because it creates a firebreak. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
That firebreak is 700 feet long, 400 feet wide and 80 feet deep. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Petitioners make progress against Breckenridge firebreak ordinance. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
So is land-clearing of old plots by fire unless there is a firebreak. From Wordnik.com. [Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News] Reference
Ironically, the firebreak on all this could be the Murdoch media empire - as. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
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