Sentences with phrase «before precipitating»

The average precipitation over the globe is about 1 m annually, so there must be a rapid turnover of water in the air; the average water molecule spends about 9 days in the air before precipitating back to the surface.
Any additional atmospheric water vapour will only remain in the atmosphere for a few days before precipitating and restoring the previous balance.
They should be withdrawn from the market before they precipitate a national catastrophe.»

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The fallout from the scandal precipitated Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's appearance before three US congressional committees this week.
The bible teaches that females brought sin and death into the globe, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned before the judgment seat of Heaven, tried, condemned and sentenced.
Before their defeat at the hands of Real, Luis Enrique's side appeared to be cruising towards the Spanish title, but that loss precipitated a decline in form.
The cross-party quartet of peers behind its reincarnation, each with backgrounds in defence and counter-terrorism, say they want the new powers in place before the general election in May, arguing the threat from Isis and al - Qaeda precipitates a quick response.
Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).
Young Jaden Jordan's death in December, along with the killing of six - year - old Zymere Perkins less than three months before, precipitated the resignation of Mayor Bill de Blasio's ACS Commissioner Gladys Carrión late last year — along with an order from Albany that the city appoint an independent monitor to oversee the agency.
Minerals precipitated rapidly in its skin, forming a replacement framework before the soft organic tissues decomposed.
He had been married before his wife's death precipitated his vows; and his beautiful if troubled daughter from London, Fiona (Kelly Reilly), pops in for a brief visit.
Special Bonus: It was 100 years to the month that Shackeltonís boat (Endurance) finally went under the Antarctic pack ice (Nov 1915), precipitating his epic traverse of South Georgia, before finding help at nearby Stromness (1916).»
If these leaders continue to adamantly insist that we keep producing endlessly as we are doing now and if we keep getting what we are likely to keep getting by overproducing as we are now, then the unbridled growth of the global economy in all likelihood will soon precipitate a colossal ecological wreckage worldwide unless, of course, the ever expanding global economy proceeds like a runaway train headlong into the monolithic «wall» called «unsustainability» where the manmade economy crashes and destructs before rampant economic globalization destroys God's Creation.
That air column allows mixture with air from the polar cell, but the water picked up will be precipitated out before the polar cell can cause it to circulate over greenland.
These changes precipitated a dramatic warming of the northern hemisphere in just a few decades, and the retreat of the glaciers for an extended period before the ice returned to claim much of the landmass again.
The last meeting between task force officials and Enron executives apparently took place on October 10, 2001, less than one week before Enron announced the $ 1.2 billion reduction in shareholder value that precipitated Enron's collapse.
But even if he submits to capture, his fate is already decided... He will be brought before some court... (hurriedly summoned for the purpose) and without being allowed to say one word in self - defence, he will be promptly hanged, beheaded or precipitated from a cliff.»
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