(v.) A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Biological monitoring was performed for one year at the site of an orange grove on the left bank of the river.
(2) Where to stay: Beachside bungalows at Coco Grove Beach Resort cost £19 per person.
(3) In Gove's groves of academe, high achievers will be more clearly set apart, laurels for the winners in his regime of fact and rote, 1950s grammar schools reprised, rewarding those who already thrive under any system.
(4) In the (dpTpA)2:NQO and (dpApT)2NQO complexes, the NO2 seems to project into the minor grove and the NQO benzenoid ring is over the purine imidazole ring.
(5) The applicability to these data of the Groves and Thompson (1970) Dual-Process Model of Habituation is discussed.
(6) In the palm grove, transmission was ensured by 2 effective vectors during the rainy season (October to May).
(7) Schad was sentenced to death for killing Lorimer "Leroy" Grove, whose body was found 9 August 1978, in underbrush off the shoulder of US 89 south of Prescott.
(8) Perched in a grove of poplars and with prayer flags stretching away on all sides, Muktinath is Nepal's second-most sacred site for Hindus after Pashupatinath , which in comparison lies rather forlornly at the end of Kathmandu's international airport runway.
(9) The spark for the longest-running protest in modern Tunisian history was lit on 17 December in the town of Sidi Bouzid, in the rural interior of Tunisia, a region of olive groves and agriculture which is racked by vast unemployment, repression and poverty a world away from the riches of the Tunisian tourist coast and the propaganda of Tunisia's "economic miracle".
(10) James Clapper , the director of national intelligence, is said to talk nearly every day with the head of US Central Command’s intelligence wing, Army Major General Steven Grove – “which is highly, highly unusual”, according to a former intelligence official.
(11) So I say to them: ‘Your challenge, guys, is actually to play it straight.’” At Highbury Grove the experiment is in its early stages.
(12) The principal catching site was a palm grove surrounded by forest 3 km from the village.
(13) Previous studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that the electrical excitability of nigro-striatal dopaminergic terminals is reduced by the dopaminomimetics apomorphine and amphetamine and is increased by the dopamine antagonists haloperidol, fluphenazine and sulpiride (Groves, Fenster, Tepper, Nakamura, and Young 1981; Tepper, Nakamura, Young and Groves 1984).
(14) Biological monitoring was performed for one year at the site of a sugar cane grove on the left bank of the river.
(15) The widespread use of herbicides in Florida citrus groves raises the possibility of residue accumulation following repeated applications.
(16) At Ladbroke Grove, shortly after the flame had passed from the bus to relay runners, it was almost wrestled from the hands of TV presenter Konnie Huq.
(17) Two men in balaclavas stood in an olive grove, firing shot after earsplitting shot into the air, their M16s angled a bit too low for comfort.
(18) According to his agent Jonathan Groves, he conducted there "every year since he made his debut in 1952 until his final appearances with Rigoletto in 2005".
(19) However, the political debate fails to reflect that contemporary reality in any meaningful way.” The report , by Ford and Ruth Grove-White from the Migrants’ Rights Network, is published on Thursday and based on an analysis of data from the census in 2001 and 2011 and the national statistics agency.
(20) Rotblat overheard the military director of the Manhattan Project, Lieutenant General Richard Groves, say at a wartime dinner party: "You realise of course that the main purpose of this project is to subdue the Russkies."
Pinewood
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Example Sentences:
(1) Just months later, Grade popped up fronting a private-equity backed bid for Pinewood from the Rank Group.
(2) We’re going to splice this together with a tweet from Tory MP David Gauke this week in which he unwittingly revealed that the Star Wars set at Pinewood Studios features a brand new Death Star .
(3) Other joint venture deals, designed to give the Pinewood name a global footprint, have also created Pinewood Toronto Studios and Pinewood Malaysia Iskandar Studios, with the latter due to open in 2013.
(4) Pinewood Shepperton said that it will "now take time to review the decision in detail".
(5) Parts of previous Star Wars films were shot in studios steeped in British cinematic history, including Elstree, Shepperton, Leavesden, Ealing and Pinewood Studios.
(6) Shares in Pinewood, which is chaired by former ITV executive chairman Michael Grade, rose to a 12-month high of 211p on Thursday morning on news of a potential bidding war for the business.
(7) From six captures of Drosophila melanogaster carried out in three different habitats (cellar, vineyard, and pinewood) in two different seasons of the year (spring and autumn), 60 eye-colour mutations were isolated, which were reduced to 29 loci by means of allelism tests within and between populations.
(8) "The company's investment in the Project Pinewood land and costs incurred for the planning application are not material to the long term prospects of the company," said Pinewood in a statement.
(9) Abrams's film is reportedly shooting from mid-May to September this year, mainly at London's Pinewood studios, for a Christmas 2015 release.
(10) Other joint venture deals, designed to give the Pinewood brand a global footprint, have resulted in the creation of Pinewood Toronto Studios and Pinewood Malaysia Iskandar Studios, with the latter due to open in 2013.
(11) In the event, Cameron's visit to Pinewood, where he was expected to amplify his remarks, was a non-event.
(12) Pinewood is home to a range of productions including the next Clash of the Titans film starring Avatar actor Sam Worthington and TV shows including Dancing On Ice, The Weakest Link and My Family.
(13) "The Pinewood brand is so well recognised in the global film industry and together there is a great opportunity to build an excellent facility that will attract the very best producers," said Jim Pace, managing partner at RiverRock.
(14) Pinewood has been working on the project since 2007 but has encountered stiff opposition at every stage of the planning process as it involves the development of a large amount of green belt land in Buckinghamshire.
(15) Now Latino Review quotes a source suggesting the ship's interior has already been completed at Pinewood, where director JJ Abrams will shoot Star Wars: Episode VII early next year.
(16) Pinewood studios has scrapped its £200m plan to build a 100-acre set in Buckinghamshire that aimed to rival Hollywood for the latest blockbuster films.
(17) The 75-year-old business is planning an ambitious £20m Project Pinewood expansion at its studios in Buckinghamshire that will see it build new facilities and sets on a par with Hollywood.
(18) The board of Pinewood, led by former ITV executive chairman Michael Grade , said Peel had been a supportive shareholder and the takeover proposal provided the business with the "long-term stability it needs to build on the success of the past few years".
(19) "Peel represents a long-term strategic partner for Pinewood in continuing to grow and develop the business."
(20) More like "Chinewood" – as in China plus Pinewood – David Cameron told reporters last December .