6 sentences with 'relation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word relation and other words derived from it.
• « The French response was brutal. French troops, many of them fresh from defeat in Indochina, responded to the Algerian National Liberation Front with total disregard for human rights, the lawful conduct of soldiers in relation to civilians, or concern for the guilt or innocence of those suspected of supporting the rebellion. »
• « The portion of ore whose specific gravity (density in relation to water) is less than 2.6 - about 99.5 per cent - is brought to the surface and pumped out. By contrast, diamonds, which have a specific gravity of 3.5, sink along with other heavy substances. This mixture, of which only one hundredth is made up of diamonds, is spread out again on conveyor belts. »
• « He lectures at universities, societies and companies of all kinds. For example, he gave talks to IBM employees on the role they can play in relation to computers. »
• « The incredible Leaning Tower of Pisa has an inclination of 4.265 metres in relation to its vertical axis. It is 55.22 metres high on the north side and 54.52 metres high on the south side. In 1988 it was tilted by 0.64 millimetres, in 1989 by 1.06 millimetres, but the most dangerous tilt occurred in 1973 when it deviated by about three millimetres. Today, it is checked and carefully measured month by month. »
• « Its fauna and flora is so strange in relation to that of other places that the Galapagos can be considered a world apart. »