| One plan is to immobilise a motorway by covering a stretch with a ton of pop rivets that would slash vehicle tyres. |
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| After coating the glass with a silane reagent containing aldehyde groups, they used Schiff's base chemistry to immobilise the protein molecules. |
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| As a precaution he had a neck collar attached and was placed on a backboard with blocks to immobilise his head, neck and back. |
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| Transverse fractures are often harder to align and immobilise than apparently more serious oblique or spiral fractures. |
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| In this way, we can immobilise the funding of terrorist networks extremely effectively. |
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| There is no need to immobilise your shares, as your shareholder status is proven by the registering of the VINCI shares credited to your account. |
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| The goal is not only to immobilise terrorists but also to wean away the sympathisers who shelter them. |
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| If used in a standing position, immobilise them like the acetylene bottles. |
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| Motorists who failed to immobilise their cars, by taking away the rotor arm from the distributor, were liable to find their tyres deflated by the police. |
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| If necessary, Flash can immobilise a car from afar. Its chief selling point, however, is its breakdown service. |
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| It is no good to anyone if we immobilise capital movements with more rules and trigger an economic downturn. |
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| The officers, who carried shields and truncheons but not firearms, used martial arts such as ju-jitsu and capoeira to immobilise demonstrators spoiling for a fight. |
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| He promoted astronomy with the invention of the coelostat, a device which immobilise the image of a star and its neighbouring stars so that a photograph can be taken. |
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| Once in force, the new law will mean only police or councils will be allowed to immobilise or remove a car in exceptional circumstances, such as a car blocking a road. |
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| Breivik shot most of his victims several times, often using the first shot to immobilise his target, then killing them with a second shot to the head. |
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| What is important is the number of hours that a helicopter can fly before needing a technical overhaul, which can immobilise it for weeks or months. |
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| An ambulance was dispatched and arrived within 15 minutes but needed back-up in order to spinally immobilise the patient and move him onto a stretcher. |
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