My unprofessional opinion of these techniques of harvesting the eels is that it has made a dent in the eel population. |
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Rolling a rock in the street doesn't cause you to dent a fender in somebody's car. |
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If he is first past the post then the victory will put a very serious dent in the profits on bookmakers operating in Ireland. |
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It seems like every time I go climbing on a sandstone formation, I break off a handhold, yet I can't put a dent in this boulder. |
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Division three leaders Bishopthorpe's title hopes took a dent when they went down to the odd goal in seven at Fulford. |
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I think it is by carrying out a simultaneous attack on all those fronts, that we'll be able to make a dent in poverty. |
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Tourism was flying high this August Bank Holiday weekend, a year after the foot and mouth crisis threatened a serious dent in the area's economy. |
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His dark hair fell into his eyes as he looked down the slide of his instrument, inspecting the dent that his fall had put in it the day before. |
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Two penalty attempts by Dalglish failed to dent Aberdeen's slender lead, which increased near the half-hour mark as Oddie slotted a penalty goal. |
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A late goal from home striker Peter Smith did little to dent Silsden's supremacy. |
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The result would be a degraded air transportation system that would put a huge dent in economic prosperity. |
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The loss of star programme hosts could dent Commercial Radio's bottom line, say Hong Kong advertisement buyers. |
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As someone has already said, his climb up the ministerial pole sadly blinkers him against anything that may dent his progress. |
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Remember that cleats, sports shoes and high heels can dent any floor surface. |
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It left a big dent near some sensitive electronics at the base of the left solid rocket booster. |
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Not even a disastrous foray into restaurants a few years back could dent the group's core business. |
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For instance there has been a rise in ursine road fatalities, which is making quite a dent in the population. |
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If the dent is too deep, or the piece is gouged or veneered, you may be able to fill it with a burn-in stick. |
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The sacking will also dent the reputations of most of the nominal Liberal and National sitting councillors for future council or state contests. |
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But in the interim period, unfortunately, this latest development will badly dent his reputation. |
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Whether he can make a dent on the entrenched culture there remains to be seen. |
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Authorities finally admitted they couldn't seem to make a dent in the onslaught of dopers, vandals and thugs. |
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I was all the more disappointed that he seemed so untroubled by the failure of education to dent the broader structures of inequality. |
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The To Do List has grown to gargantuan size and I'm not even making a dent in it at the moment. |
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Wellstone's negatives are already high, and political ads aren't likely to dent his solid base of support. |
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Practically speaking, all the stops that require dragging the wheels will put a bigger dent in your wallet since wheels cost a bundle. |
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If a small bird makes a dent in a plane in flight, the pilot may abort the flight and bring the aircraft back for inspection. |
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Yet all the words of warning and cautionary tales cannot dent his ambition to do something out of the ordinary. |
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Its driver, insouciant about having one more dent to add to the several he had already accumulated, waved an airy palm of instant forgiveness. |
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You could therefore make a big dent in your repayments by switching to a cheaper deal. |
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The forklift boom left a dent and a hole 2.5 feet wide along the leading edge, three feet from the tip of the stabilizer. |
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Neither the pile of work related e-mails in my inbox nor the stack of paperwork on my desk can put a dent in my enthusiasm. |
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Fortunately stumping up for two lots of traditional 19th hole drinks rounds didn't put too big a dent in the Barton household budget. |
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The shifts never jar the player out of the experience, never dent the game's inherent fluidity. |
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There was a slight dent in the sheets next to me, and I knew that Charles had been sleeping there last night. |
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The boot is in the original grey presentation box and is in good condition apart from a dent at the front. |
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Mark punches out angrily at a wall and makes a dent in the surface, hurting his fist. |
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Alec was definitely sure of that-he saw a small dent in the front left bumper. |
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Well I'm just in from a good forty minutes of hard labour all just to make a pathetic dent in the snow outside my front door. |
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She may have made a dent in the male dominance of society but it was someone else who truly levelled the playing field. |
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Still seven years doesn't really make the slightest dent in the fact that it probably sounded as vicious back then as it does now. |
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A signature-revocation effort by opponents made a dent in the final tally but was not enough to keep the initiative off the ballot. |
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In the first year or so, your monthly bond repayment makes almost no dent in the capital amount owed. |
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Both increased capacity and competition will allow consumers to pay less, putting a dent into corporate profits. |
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But the potential medical consequences have failed to make a dent on sales. |
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The ham was massive, and even this voracious assault had barely made a dent in its snacky deliciousness. |
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As a result, there is unlikely to be even the slightest dent in the demand for gold from India, particularly as we remain in the festival season. |
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Making an effective dent in energy costs requires a deeper understanding of energy than just how much electricity facilities use. |
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Certainly reason for concern, but money laundering legislation has not made a dent in the criminal drug activities. |
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Terrorism, floods and foot and mouth disease have combined to dent visitor numbers and the county's confidence. |
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But it is bound to dent the widespread public sympathy to those devastated by foot and mouth disease. |
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There was nothing to do but sit very still on the perfect settee without leaning back so as not to dent it. |
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It may be some time yet before it begins to make a dent in the market share of traditional media. |
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That's a huge dent in our finances and obviously if we have to remain closed, we're losing out on a massive chunk of our income at the same time. |
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He is quickly running out of excuses as to why his ministry has failed to make a dent in the plethora of criminal activity assailing the country. |
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But even the extra weight failed to dent the 330 horsepower output, providing a top speed of 144 mph. |
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Start with 80-grit paper until the dent or scratch is sanded out, then finish-sand and feather into the surrounding area with 120-grit paper. |
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A single man about town should be able to splash out on these things without feeling a moment's guilt or too big a dent in his bank balance. |
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Talk then shifted to the big chair shot he took from Credible that busted him open pretty bad, leaving a big dent in his head. |
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The death knell for the royal line rang out across the besieged tower as a noticeable dent began to appear in the door of the chamber. |
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Still, there was no dent in the criminal network, with crooks continuing to appear on the front page more often than the good guys. |
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My desk still has the dent from where I hit my head against it when I heard that one. |
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But it's hard to make a dent in the fundamental ways we think and feel. |
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Then I hit something on the track and put a dent in the front suspension and damaged the aerodynamics a little, and we were not able to get that fixed completely. |
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There is actually quite a bit of pressure within the sizing die and if there is a gob of lube it will almost always end up making a dent in the shoulder. |
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The walls were still bare and there were plenty of unopened boxes, but she had made a dent in the unpacking and the place was starting to look inhabited. |
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Both men lost their cases and seem to have made hardly a dent in the opinions of either their respective presiding judges or public sentiment in general. |
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Emergency benefits have just expired for some 1.3 million jobless Americans, putting a huge dent in our economy. |
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As he walked away he was seen using his heel to dent the car door before kicking a wing mirror and taking out a key, which he dragged over the bonnet. |
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The resort obviously is geared for the overseas market and while prices won't make a huge dent in sterling, marks, euros or yen, in rand terms they might appear expensive. |
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So if a device can help make a significant dent in usage, it can save a lot of watts, a lot of money, and a lot of emissions. |
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Any scratch, dent or mark, however little, is taken note of and fixed. |
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Television has intervened, of course, but you could still recast the popular soaps each week and still not make much of a dent in the Equity dole queue. |
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But the wage demands of players in recent years have been such that these vast sums have barely made a dent in the economic problems of English football. |
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Now come, you've hardly made a dent in those wonderful sandwiches I made, and there's a plateful of cookies that need to be eaten lest they go to waste. |
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In turn, that dent opened into a gash, as the jet gained altitude. |
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The guard was hit so hard that the blow left a dent on his safety helmet. |
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But I doubt it would be enough to make a dent in Bishop Williamson, who seems to be made of sterner stuff. |
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Plane travel is extremely dehydrating, and continuously purchasing water at airport prices can put a dent in your wallet. |
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It's possible that any educational curriculum aimed at the strictly cognitive level will not make much of a dent in this fundamental and primal relationship. |
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The black paintwork of this car was in very good condition, the only marks being a small scuff on the rear bumper plus a slight dent on the off side rear wheel arch. |
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Being mistaken for Kate's mother didn't dent my ego too much. Huh. |
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They have been tearing away at the rubble for a week now, and more than 10,000 tonnes has been removed, But it has hardly made a dent in the mountain. |
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Neither possesses a serve fast enough to dent a radar gun and their stabby backhands resemble karate chops. |
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The six major types of corn are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn. |
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Though officials say the weed hasn't harmed fish yet, it is putting a dent in the local fishing industry. |
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The sequester has put a dent into federal government hiring. |
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Appreciation means higher capital gains taxes, a dent in value that most would rather avoid when cashing out of a property. |
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In 1968, Trudeaumania swept much of Canada, but it made little permanent dent in the Tories' prairie stronghold. |
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With experts now recommending no more than 1,500 mg of sodium a day, cold cuts can put a major dent in your daily quota. |
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Louis based Dent Wizard International operates the nation's largest network of company and franchise owned paintless dent removal facilities. |
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Yes, it would put a modest dent in the ginormous profits of the financial industry, which explains its opposition to the proposal. |
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Simbarashe S, Frank D, Bruno DM and AY Abel Sorption isotherms and isosteric heats of sorption of whole yellow dent corn. |
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He would rather put a dent in his bankroll than fall down on anything he started. |
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The only failure during this period was a 1975 musical with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jeeves, and even this did little to dent Ayckbourn's popularity. |
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But, Crozier warned, the gloomy postelection economic outlook could seriously dent the advertising market in the second half of the year. |
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Aside from a dent in one of the side panels the car is in good shape. |
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That is bound to put a dent in public confidence in the police. |
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Odd that her head, so small now with the scratty cap of hair, was still heavy enough to dent the pillow down. |
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Unremarkably, a meek official response to grant the military authority to arrest civilians, failed to make a dent in the ongoing violence. |
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Patrols by European Union warships since December 2008 to deter hijackings have done little to dent the enthusiasm for piracy among Somalis. |
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Oman's celebrated detergents company hopes to make a dent in the Middle East market with its recently introduced product named after a male Arabic costume. |
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A Bellingham man specializing in paintless dent repairs for the last 12 years has added a retail aspect to his business with the launch of DingBusters. |
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Her extensive reading habit can make a dent in her budget, so the retired grocery clerk comes to the library to save a buck and keep on top of her must-read list. |
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It looked suspiciously like a molding-compound repair of a dent. |
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Why didn't he pinch-hit for Dent, the weakest link in the Yankee batting order? |
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Dent started to walk away, but was arrested after swearing at police. He had already been fined for two other drunken episodes in April. |
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Thankfully, Frank Dent leapt to his rescue and restrained the wild, flustered woman. |
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Similarly we may to-day speak of J. M. Dent as the Prince of Reprinters, the man who has carried this side of publishing to the highest heights. |
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Dent to resign in retaliation for their efforts to bring financial problems to light. |
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Mr Dent spoke out after rumours began circulating in the town centre that he had come back in with a fresh deal. |
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The fight began in Barbour County, where Dent and the other Democratic candidates quickly filed suit in the Barbour County chancery court at Clayton. |
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This one-woman band fiddled and jigged from Dent to Barrow to Bradford during her recent winter tour, bringing a smile to the faces of shoppers across the North. |
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That's according to the author of said book, Susie Dent, dictionary mistress on Countdown and general lexicographical bod referred to in a report in today's Guardian. |
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Dent hopped around home plate, stung by the force of the foul tip. |
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On the next pitch, Dent lifted a high fly ball toward left field. |
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Egger were the contract administrators and that duty devolved on Mr Dent. |
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The Sedgwick Trail follows the River Clough, highlighting rock features and exploring the Dent Fault. |
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Dent argued against theories that the exemplary model of love in the play is the rational love of Theseus and Hippolyta. |
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This brief mention of the Clovis point found in place predates any work at the Dent Site in Colorado. |
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Arthur Dent finds Earth is to be bulldozed to make way for a hyperspace bypass. |
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To celebrate the bicentenary of Sedgwick's birth a geological trail was created near Dent, the village where he was born. |
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Sedgwick was born in Dent, Yorkshire, the third child of an Anglican vicar. |
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Dent also denied the rationality and wisdom typically attributed to Theseus. |
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The winning entry was unveiled on 2 April 2008, designed by Matthew Dent. |
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Show bosses released a statement regarding the role of Dictionary Corner regular Susie Dent at the weekend after the use of earpieces was revealed by a Sunday newspaper. |
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And Jordan Dent came into his own from the second round to claim the EFK British title at the same weight by outpointing Birmingham's game Peter Richardson. |
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Then on the other side, they put Richard Dent at a weakside defensive end. |
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Most of the Dent edition illustrations were reprinted by Dover Publications, New York, in 1972 under the title Beardsley's Illustrations for Le Morte Darthur. |
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The vents on Mount Dent also thronged with the new shrimp, along with a snake-like fish, an unknown species of snail and a flea-like crustacean called an amphipod. |
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Malcolm Dent moved to the Highlands with the Led Zeppelin guitarist in 1971 when Page bought Boleskine House, the former home of self-styled Satanist Aleister Crowley. |
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