5 sentences with 'filter'
Example sentences and phrases with the word filter and other words derived from it.
• « Angered both by events in Hungary and by the growth of open dissent with the Soviet system in the USSR itself, Nikita Khrushchev reasserted control. Some notable works of art that hinted at dissent were allowed to filter through (until Khrushchev was overthrown by hardliners in 1964, in any case), but change on a larger scale was out of the question. »
• « Using gigantic factory ships, the Japanese catch millions of the creatures that make up plankton in a simple method: they take in seawater and then filter it with tightly woven nets to compact the resulting catch. »
• « Under normal conditions, soil operates as a kind of filter. A key component in keeping acid rain acid from reaching the water is calcium carbonate. But Je calcium carbonate is scarce or non-existent in the soils of the eastern United States. Conclusion: no filter is possible and the acid gets into the water. Therefore, as a mitigation measure, calcium carbonate is dropped from helicopters and ships in order to neutralise the acid. »
• « Made of hard, dark wood for smoking dried, shredded tobacco leaves placed on the cooker, the pipes of the aboriginal Ayoreo include a filter made of wild cotton fibres. Perhaps the natives were aware of the harmful effects of nicotine? The Ayoreos use a wire needle to prick the filter, which becomes clogged with the resinous soot from combustion. »