Sentences with phrase «acts against the weight»

The pore pressure acts against the weight of the rock and the forces holding the rock together (stresses due to tectonic forces).

Not exact matches

Insurance companies swing a great deal of weight in the investment business and are instruments that can act either for or against economic justice.
Rather than adding tension to an old injury to my clavicle, the sandwiched shoulders acted more as padding against the weight of my baby.
In other words, the belt acts as a supportive wall for the abdomen and the muscles can push against it for more supportive pressure, ultimately reducing the stress the spine receives when lifting heavy weights.
The body acts as though it has a Body Set Weight (BSW) and strives vigorously to defend that weight against increase or decrease Weight (BSW) and strives vigorously to defend that weight against increase or decrease weight against increase or decrease alike.
Her fascination with the stoic protector by her side plays well against Washington's passivity, delivering an emotional truth that has to work in order to give weight to the second act.
The District Court denied Kirtsaeng's motion, giving» «substantial weight» to the «objective reasonableness» of Wiley's infringement claim,» and stating that» «the imposition of a fee award against a copyright holder with an objectively reasonable» - although unsuccessful - «litigation position will generally not promote the purposes of the Copyright Act,»» and that no other factors «outweighed» that objective reasonableness to warrant fee - shifting.
That is not a problem because the Supreme Court's mandate, having granted leave, is to make the decision that ought to have been made by the lower court from which the appeal comes; or order a new trial if that is the proper decision (if the decision appealed from was «against the weight of the evidence); or remand the appeal or any part of the appeal to the court appealed from for additional consideration in accordance with the direction of the Court: the Supreme Court of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S - 26, ss.
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