| As in other vertebrates, the anuran auditory system is susceptible to noise masking. |
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| A piercing white light from one of the tunnels preceded a deep rumbling noise, warning of the roller coaster's arrival. |
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| William's laughter resounded throughout the long hallway, making the noise terribly bothersome. |
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| Whether in a guitar amp or a mic preamp, a high-gain circuit is the perfect rig for noise tests. |
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| The helicopter rises up over the ridge line, the noise of the rotors scattering the targets below. |
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| I'm woken up by a loud, extended rumbling noise which is impossible to pinpoint. |
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| We did this by assessing the performance of both filters in filtering noise signals obtained from both habitats throughout the breeding season. |
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| The proposals for extra drinking time were met with a storm of protest from neighbours who said it would fuel late-night noise. |
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| She felt like retching everything inside her, but all that came was a gurgling noise and a very ragged breath. |
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| The protesters rigged up a sound system outside the chief executive's home and blasted out aircraft noise for 15 minutes. |
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| You can tell when your mascara is well and truly dead when it doesn't make a popping noise as you take the wand out of the applicator. |
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| The helicopters' rotors started turning, first slowly, then faster and faster, making a loud chopping noise as they cut the air. |
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| If houses were built right next to the youth club, how long before the new owners object to the noise and disruption? |
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| Over the noise came a deep rumbling, like the engines of several bulldozers. |
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| One of them gave us a fierce dirty look when we made a bit of noise as he prepared to take his shot. |
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| Residents fear increased congestion, more noise and rides creating an eyesore. |
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| People from the surrounding residential area have constantly complained of noise and vandalism caused by youngsters leaving the club. |
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| As many properties in Mediterranean holiday resorts are densely built this is likely to be the major source of noise pollution. |
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| It resounds with the noise of falling water as the Avon tumbles over a weir. |
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| Even the noise or light of an electric clock will keep you from sleeping restfully. |
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| While there is some minor technical noise toward the top left corner of the letterbox, the overall image is amazing. |
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| Closing his eyes he fell into a light sleep, ready to awaken at the slightest noise. |
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| But if your ears ring after loud noise or your hearing goes a little blurry, that means they are temporarily damaged. |
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| Their sound combined walls of noise with unsettling calm, screeching vocals and to-die-for bass lines. |
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| I awoke again in a dazzling fluorescent haze, my ears filled with the soft rushing noise of rubber wheels on linoleum. |
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| Mona let out this little noise of irritation and followed, her walk more of a stalk than a stride. |
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| We followed the noise and found ourselves walking a boardwalk around the steep cliff. |
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| The correlation coefficients for overall spectral noise level and perceived vowel roughness were all significant. |
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| I lowered my window and turned off the radio to listen for any sound but I couldn't hear any ascertainable aircraft engine noise. |
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| It was similar to the noise you hear when the aircraft is in a slight sideslip, or the rudder is out of trim. |
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| How will the extra crowds and noise affect the growing number of people living in inner-city apartments? |
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| Mr Johnson recommends that a condition of acceptance is that windows and doors must be kept shut to minimise noise. |
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| The machine will make quite a loud noise, which will probably vary in pitch and volume during the scan, but the magnetic field cannot be felt. |
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| Only there does the noise seem to congeal with some solid structure and make for a truly pleasing listen. |
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| The noise is reduced with insulation throughout the body, engine compartment, door panels, and floor. |
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| All the machines were making as much noise as lawnmowers and were spewing black smoke and waggling and were conspicuously belt-operated. |
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| The band handles noise best by balancing it with resolutely melodic violin and lead guitar parts. |
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| The plans have angered nearby residents, who fear increased noise and traffic chaos. |
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| A rushing noise arose outside, growing louder and louder, punctuated by squawks and screeches. |
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| The noise woke Graham up, and he sat bolt upright from where he had been pillowing his head on his arms on the side of the bed. |
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| Each sudden burst of noise is followed by a series of nonsense squawks and yells from the band members. |
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| Dissecting out these small motions from thermal noise, already of amplitude a few angstroms, remains a challenge in simulation analysis. |
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| As he left the pub, the victim heard the sound of car engines revving up, causing excessive noise. |
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| When Andrew pushed open the door to the club, the noise cranked up twentyfold, and the lights briefly dazzled him. |
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| The playstation gunshot sounds were ricochetting off the walls and embedding themselves directly into the noise control centre of my brain. |
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| It was peaceful, the street lights were lit and the only noise that could be heard was a dog barking in the distance. |
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| With a sigh, she reversed off the driveway, changed gears and with a soft vroom noise, she left. |
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| He made a noise of what I took to be assent, muffled as it was by the furious flapping of his frilly pinny over the shrieking smoke alarm. |
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| The noise grows louder and she is blinded by the headlights of a black limousine, which is hurtling towards her. |
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| She felt all her hairs rising as she continued to stare at the static of the television and listen to its noise. |
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| It is also a limited work, cartoonish, narrow, raucous, too often mistaking noise for vividness. |
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| Angle grinders, linishers, a punch press and a powder-coating booth create most of the noise. |
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| When she began drinking the ice in the bottle shook, and the Arabian she was saddled on didn't seem to like the noise. |
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| This keeps the noise of the fans down when the PSU isn't under load and generating much heat. |
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| Inside the dark, pillared wood, precious little light seeps, there's only the noise of wood and the crunch of pine needles underfoot. |
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| In 1913 Paris was hit by The Rite of Spring and by a volume of noise and dissonance that no human had experienced outside the field of battle. |
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| French label Burning Emptiness stand alone at the vanguard of anything and everything lo-fi, avant-garde, techno, or just plain and simple noise. |
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| The 30 people staying at the guest house had been woken up by the noise and he had told them it was not a normal occurrence here. |
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| I suspect this is due to digital noise reduction, which is used to artificially reduce film grain. |
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| The pants were loose, too, and made a swishing noise when one leg rubbed against the other. |
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| I supposed if there is nothing but noise in your life you have no choice but to deal with it. |
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| Their guest made a loud scoffing noise and stood up, violently pushing back his chair so that it rucked up the carpet. |
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| They incorporate industrial noise, samples and filters, shifting gears but never losing focus or edge. |
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| Every audio channel has a compressor or expander, followed by a noise gate. |
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| We drive for a while and suddenly there is a loud, hard noise, and people run in all directions. |
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| For fifty hypnotic minutes, we immersed ourselves in noise, drowning out even our very innermost thoughts. |
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| I felt my heart plummet to the earth's core and sink into the scorching ball of fiery lava with an ominous plonking noise. |
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| Significantly, even continuous low-level noise can be an insidious stressor. |
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| I was determined to ignore the insistent noise until Carol was roused from the couch to answer her telephone call. |
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| The colors shimmer with splotchy pixilation, which is due either to compression or to digital noise reduction. |
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| Frightened is also a pretty picture, but the composition is a little complex, and we can almost hear the noise when the artist cut the woodblock. |
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| However, observations of the High Street late at night indicate the noise, filth and anti-social behaviour increase exponentially with the hour. |
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| Once she had upset Sophie because Sophie was playing with her dolls and making much noise and Adele tried to reprehend her. |
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| If you are trying to amplify a signal, you may be just amplifying this noise. |
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| Last night those 15,000 Norn Iron souls made more noise than I've ever heard before from such a crowd. |
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| It concludes with how the tenants react to the accident, and how their noise transforms into music. |
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| They range from minor noise nuisance, through to serious racial harassment and threats to kill. |
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| Thinking about it, any carrier wave would be hindered by speed, noise and signal degradation. |
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| Picketing accompanied by violence, or even merely noise, may be a private nuisance. |
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| I desperately tried to hold my breath, to stay stock-still and make as little noise as I could. |
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| The howling of the sirens, which shriek to announce the beginning and end of each air raid alarm, merge into a single, hair-raising noise. |
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| They generate noise which affects the tranquility of neighbouring residents and people picnicking in the park. |
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| One big advantage for CAS engineers is that the damper noise path was maintained so on-road evaluations are comparable. |
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| The mechanical noise when the heads are moving is clearly louder and sounds also harder, more mechanical. |
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| The high pitched noise of the steam engines and their strong heads of steam are to dominate the afternoon. |
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| Hot blood splashed her face and sweater as she heard a disgusting splatting noise when the bullet collided with his head. |
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| There are many techniques depending on whether the home is under construction or being retrofitted to eliminate noise pollution. |
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| Conan followed them up the stony steps, back up to the light, the heat, and the noise. |
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| I tried to imagine what the noise might have been, its echoes still reverberating down the corridors. |
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| The noise of the blast has left him struggling to hear high frequency sounds. |
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| Thus, the induced voltage in the coil generated by any outer magnetic field is controlled to reduce noise. |
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| Ceramic coals don't make a proper noise, for a start, and don't fall apart as the flames lick into them. |
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| Initially a funkified machine of organ-led riffage, it melts into an acid-fried kaleidoscope of intense colored, chaotic noise. |
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| We are all heartily sick of the noise and disruption these fireworks cause. |
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| You can install a larger fan and a spreader to force more air through your heat sink, and maybe cut down noise at the same time. |
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| It is a nonlinear processor for acoustic echo canceller with background noise preservation and long echo tail suppression. |
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| We sat in a strained silence, our ears trained on any noise that was out of the ordinary. |
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| McClelland put air conditioning in a local church, and the pastor never complained about the noise again. |
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| I believe in ghosts, and I get freaked out if there's a squeaky noise in house when I'm alone and all that. |
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| The ringing noise interrupts his pleasant memories, and Ross turns down the flame on his stove. |
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| The sudden forcing noise as he pushed the sticking window open caused a ripple of excitement to quickly spread through the crowd below. |
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| Even the local police put in an appearance, arriving to investigate a bogus complaint about the noise. |
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| Swindon Council may also serve a warning notice on riders causing a noise nuisance. |
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| Dense guitars, keyboards, and occasional handclasps and miscellaneous noise add to the controlled maelstrom. |
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| People with hearing aids may be particularly affected by the noise made by the hand dryers. |
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| Wouldn't you at least make the slightest noise when there's a roach climbing up your leg? |
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| This is supposedly how the dead can contact the living through the detuned noise of modern equipment, such as radio static and television snow. |
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| Essentially, if you try to copy a Cactus-protected CD, you end up with a CD-R full not of music, but of noise. |
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| There's a lot of noise and silence, a lot of squeaks and squeals, and a lot of rumbles and warbles. |
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| There is some graininess and picture noise from time to time, but for the most part the image is rock-solid. |
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| It was an awful, shrill noise that pierced everyone's ears immediately and kept repeating in an unbelievably high and sharp pitch. |
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| The ear-splitting bray of vuvuzelas added to the noise, as marshals battled to keep the marchers in line. |
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| After creating some initial noise its initiator immediately moved to disband it. |
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| It features two synchable oscillators with sine, square and PWM waveforms, with white and pink noise also available. |
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| Birds die of fright very easily, and cannot fly at night to get away from a noise source. |
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| We ran a pink noise test and took a pressure level measurement using a CEL 254 pressure level meter positioned at head-level. |
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| To his right, there was a noise, and he moved towards it, stubbing his toe on a pile of rubble in the process. |
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| He is making so much noise in their shared room that the studious one drops his books and spends his energies in stopping the brat. |
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| There suddenly erupted an outburst of noise that didn't emanate from an audio system, although it echoed the same aggressive sentiments. |
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| For the lowest noise, you should try to select a PD with maximum shunt resistance and low capacitance. |
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| The kids only stopped for a split second, slightly alarmed by the sudden outburst of noise. |
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| The frogs are fighting back with that funny noise they make, like one of those dog's squeezy toys when you step on them. |
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| I think it's the crowds and the noise, but he really isn't a happy camper when we go shopping. |
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| Witness for the rugby club, Mr Brian Nolan, who lives in a wooden chalet adjacent to the clubhouse, said he had no problem with the noise levels. |
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| Away from the noise and scaffolding on a harbour side balcony next to a tiling team Graeme described the vision. |
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| At times, sharp clicks and bubbles of noise will suddenly bulge to the top before disappearing back into the fray. |
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| He uses sonic cues and sudden bursts of noise to suggest and confirm the nature of the story. |
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| The noise scared the chamois and drove off golden eagles and other rare birds. |
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| I made a non-committal noise that was supposed to indicate I would have quite liked a change of subject. |
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| The noise from the multiple exhaust stacks is spectacular and very satisfying. |
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| People crowded round the bar frantically shouting their orders over the noise of the band. |
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| Rogers screamed over the noise of rifle shots ringing out through the cool, night air. |
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| I think the oil burner is making a funny noise and I get up and whack the carbon monoxide detector to make sure it's working. |
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| The claimant soon became aware of the noise from aircraft stacking over Mayfield. |
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| New figures show that the highest number of complaints are made over domestic noise. |
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| Around me, hard rock and heavy metal and elaborate rap music mixed and blared into one loud noise in these streets. |
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| Suddenly the silence of the morning hours was broken by a soft buzzing noise in the far distance. |
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| It may have been ambient wind noise effects mixed in at an insanely high level. |
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| If there seems to be excessive low-end or high-end noise, adding a low-pass or high-pass filter may be necessary. |
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| A real old school gent, he even took the time to apologise when the blood got loud enough to be heard over the train noise. |
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| On the next page, we'll look at overclocking both CPUs with each cooler and consider noise factors. |
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| Although Sue thrives on all the noise and hustle and bustle of having such a large family she still enjoys a break. |
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| The department provides an Out of Hours noise patrol on 4 nights of the week. |
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| With this set-up it is shown even with much larger background noise and pickup noises, white noise level can be easily measured in seconds. |
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| It is also about balancing the acoustics, ensuring that the furnishings of the place add to the atmosphere by subtracting unattractive noise. |
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| We followed the noise they were making as they bush-bashed toward the mine. |
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| Volvo reduces the amount of noise escaping from the engine compartment by reducing the size of air intakes. |
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| If you live in a built-up area, you have to expect a certain amount of noise. |
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| And, like many of today's electronic muffs, it amplifies ambient sound and shuts down when the noise reaches a preset level. |
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| The entrance hall grew still, and the tremendous noise of chatter stilled as they reached the last step. |
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| Staying at my parents' house last weekend, I was putting the children to bed when we all heard a loud grinding noise outside. |
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| The mechanically-propelled ones with an engine make a noise, are a nuisance and are dangerous. |
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| The rock music score or background noise is well heard and clean of any distortion or hiss. |
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| The noise was hardly covered by the old thin carpeting and beaten up rugs that covered the floor in some places. |
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| She slowly descended the stairway, making no noise due to the plush carpeting below her feet. |
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| The quiet conversations are followed by overloud street noise, which causes everyone in the room to grab their ears in pained agony. |
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| There's no noise from the street, and rarely a breeze, so their strange noises and chatter ping off the stone walls and right through my window. |
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| I would ask members in the future, particularly the chatterers in the back row, to please keep the noise down. |
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| The noise of crashing wood, trucks beeping in reverse, and men shouting was overpowering. |
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| I thought he would be screaming the place down with all the carry-on in the Flower Hall, but he has slept through all the noise. |
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| The band's multifaceted punk serves to hype the bass and drums over their cutting guitar noise and cheaply distorted vocals. |
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| Besides a high degree of oversampling, the available noise power is also spectrally shaped. |
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| People living near the site fear the development will overshadow their homes, increase noise and traffic and lead to a loss of privacy. |
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| The only drawback was the huge noise these animals created, it scared the life out of the baby. |
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| He is the most onomatopoeic of the leading poets, able to imitate the sounds of everything from bird calls to the eerie noise of cracking ice. |
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| But all summer he feared for his life, such was the level of noise outside his house and the number of attacks on his home. |
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| The noise reduction achieved from the tattered fringe makes owls the quietest flying birds, Lilley said. |
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| These are again very frightening to watch, as the exhaust pipes glow cherry red to orange in colour and the noise is indescribable. |
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| There's little ambiguity about the adroitness of the guitarists' noise making, and their deft improvising takes the album in sundry directions. |
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| Last night our popcorn popper blew up right in front of me in a explosion of blue flashes, sparks and a noise like grinding gears. |
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| He developed a great interest in broadcast noise, especially during sunspots. |
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| She followed the noise to find two medium-sized dogs tugging and tearing at either end of a chew toy. |
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| There are many more impressive homes of international football than the Skonto Stadium but few can match it for incessant noise. |
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| That is what our attorney used when we went to superior court, that the noise issue should not have been a determining factor. |
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| When you hear a little crake noise, then you shall know that I am chilly and you shall make more fire. |
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| This year, over-exuberant noise caused the animals to stampede, and several onlookers were seriously injured, including Nobatule's husband. |
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| Ever since I picked up my car from the mechanic the other day, there's been a rather irritating noise emanating from under the hood. |
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| A horrible grinding noise issued from under the hood, and the Jeep's engine stopped. |
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| The current surface of the car park is coarse rolled stone chippings, which can create surface noise when cars are driven over it. |
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| Tern rubbed his neck as though he had hurt it in the fall, made a little consoling noise like a chirp to himself, and glanced at her curiously. |
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| His monotonous chirp sounded precisely like the shooting noise in Space Invaders. |
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| That isn't traffic noise one can hear above the chirrup of the insects, is it? |
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| If you have a room with a pool view you cannot lay down in your room because the noise is that bad you are unable to hear yourself think. |
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| His entrance to the ring on Thursday was met by a deafening noise of applause, whistle-blowing, chanting and hooters going off. |
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| One said he was unable to work because of the noise coming from the horns and hooters of the passing lorries and cars! |
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| Methods for measuring the visual field are perimetry, campimetry or noise field campimetry. |
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| The noise sounded like the familiar slamming of a crew door after the chocks are pulled, before shore-based taxiing. |
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| Who needs six minutes worth of foreshadowing, ambient noise and one-chord riffing when you could surge straight into a noise as glorious as this? |
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| His last words were lost on a choky, gasping noise as Honey felt him being ripped out of her arms as he had once before. |
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| I climb out of my top bunk and get my Walkman in the hopes that music will drown out the horrendous noise. |
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| There was a horrible crunching noise which turned out to be The Chief's dentures cracking in two. |
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| Through all the noise, commotion and apparent pandemonium, there was heavy and effective policing. |
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| They claimed that customers of the busy Main Street hostelry were blighting their neighbourhood with noise, nuisance, litter and vandalism. |
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| Digital noise reduction causes people's faces and clothes to crawl, as though they were covered by a swarm of small insects. |
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| The new big noise displayed a chronic lack of professionalism and failed hopelessly to live up to his billing. |
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| But the main problem is noise nuisance from large gatherings of youths, with some shouting abuse at passers-by or swearing at them. |
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| Visually, there is a great deal of grain and noise in the outdoor sequences, and the lighting is very catch-as-catch-can. |
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| Lower system costs are achievable thanks to inclusion of echo canceller and noise suppression functions. |
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| Althia broke off, emitting a strangled noise in her throat and burying her face in Briar's shoulder. |
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| Aunty Pat closed the door, but I could still hear the noise of Baby Ann howling in the distance. |
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| For all the noise made by oppositionists, the weekend events had all the intensity of a storm in a teacup. |
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| In the usual hustle and bustle of the special ed classroom, a shrill ring pierced the noise. |
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| Ves sat down at his usual table down the back of the room, away from the usual hubbub of noise, and dug in to his meal. |
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| I then distinctly heard a clumping noise just like a hand clapping on a shoulder. |
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| I think I may have gone deaf after the gig. Every noise has a sort of swishy quality to it. |
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| A neighbours' squabble over late-night noise ended in court before a circuit judge, 12 jurors and two barristers. |
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| A walk through Bootham Park offers a circuitous route into York, keeping well away from the noise and fumes of Gillygate. |
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| All electronic circuitry and devices have an inherent noise due to the flow of current in them. |
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| Most of the noise was from the Scottish man through the speakers, other than that there was a low hum of conversation. |
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| The strident noise moved through the pounding rain, and then the figure lowered its head and perked its long ears. |
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| This is partly to cut out the noise and vibration from passing trams and traffic. |
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| On examination, patient had both inspiratory and expiratory breathing noise consistent with a stridulant noise. |
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| However, I must confess that with age has come a certain distaste for the noise, the crowds and the whole hurly-burly of mass protest. |
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| The guitar returns, its strings seemingly snapped frantically as crackling pebbles fuse into a single shrill noise. |
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| The clamor of noise from the television interrupted my need for the serenity in the house. |
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| The mechanism that he winds with the handle to pluck the strings makes more noise than the actual musical notes of the strings themselves. |
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| The noise had reached a clamour, and the smoke was making their eyes water. |
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| As a result, the synthesized speech signal sounds brighter without having introduced significant coding noise. |
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| As music lovers might we not more frequently draw attention to this noise canker in our society? |
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| All radiation outside the hydrogen passband falls within the noise of the instrument. |
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| Any RF that falls within a receiver's passband that's hot enough can open squelch and pass noise. |
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| There are some major instances of strobing and chroma noise in clothing patterns, notably men's tweed hats and jackets. |
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| He won't be enough of a passer to make more noise in the play-offs, but they should at least get back there. |
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| There was a heavy smacking noise as my hands contacted the cement, and then a softer crack as my right shoulder joint shifted out of position. |
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| With all the noise going on and the clattering of the ship being loaded, it was hardly giving one the opportunity to clear one's mind. |
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| Toward midnight a shriek was heard, then a clattering and rumbling noise, and the next instant a vast terrific eye shot by. |
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| All aspects of the soundtrack are free and clear of any excessive noise or distortion. |
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| In addition some companies will have occupational hygienists to assist the safety advisers, for example with monitoring noise and dusts. |
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| They waited for two days in the basement, making as little noise as possible, hearing the tiny patters of their feet finally leave the building. |
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| The lesson plodded on, the patter of rain drumming on the windows filled the room with its soft noise. |
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| It's a concentrated, half-hour shot of intense guitar noise and clever-clever couplets. |
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| I heard a beautiful yet patternless noise that my mind tentatively identified as laughter. |
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| The adults are called click beetles because when they are on their backs, they will flip up and turn over with a clicking noise. |
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| A 2006 study of twins gave evidence that hypersensitivity to noise and touch have a strong genetic component. |
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| Many clicks and clinks came from the door, and then a grinding noise as it opened on old stone hinges. |
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| There was another rustling movement, then a sharp clacking noise, the sound of huge claws clinking against the stone floor. |
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| It was a land of nothing, a land hidden behind cloaks of mist, and where noise was but a wisp of a dream that flitted through the mind. |
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| Six black-rimmed wheels sent clods of earth flying as it sped over the rough ground, the only noise it made was the crackling of crushed foliage. |
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| Her heels clopped dreadfully on the stone floor, so she whispered a silent word, rolling her eyes, and they made no more noise. |
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| It pealed like a bell, but the noise it made was so loud, so all-consuming, that she knew it couldn't be a physical bell. |
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| Mrs Wheeler said she thought the noise made by the burglars was the bad weather or birds pecking on the roof. |
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| There was a moment of silence, and then an outburst of chaotic noise from the crowd standing there. |
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| There was a loud hissing noise and a cloud of bright green smoke billowed towards them. |
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| The engine was idling, which made a comforting noise, and kept the blowers warm, which made her feel increasingly drowsy. |
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| Only the wettest, squishiest things make a splat noise when striking a hard surface. |
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| There was a barely noticeable thump, and then a scratchy sort of noise as a peg landed on the ground. |
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| The noise was Paula opening the door, blue dawn light outlining the frayed edges of her hair. |
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| He made a noise which, had he been female, would have been instantly recognized as a sympathetic cluck. |
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| People have a tendency to clump together, and a group generally makes more noise than a single individual. |
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| Much as I hate to admit it, I actually miss the noise and the chaos and the clutter. |
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| The chance may come quickly and the noise of chambering a round can blow your cover. |
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| The noise of his feet on the cobbles woke the dogs of the town, who barked as if they meant to break their chains. |
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| This is because hearing is not a property of the ear but a property of the brain as a machinery that converts noise into meaningful percepts. |
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| One lady was so annoyed by the noise from late-night revellers that she emptied her chamber pot on them. |
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| His music is decidedly eccentric and remarkably varied, from ambient drones to industrial noise to metallic percussion. |
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| Wendy had just lifted her foot to step over to the next joist, and the sudden noise made her startle badly. |
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| An almost unbroken wall of split-face concrete block wraps around the two street facades, shutting out traffic noise. |
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| My mother was the one who made all the noise, but my father made all the decisions. |
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| This makes the development community nervous, slows contributions from coders, and creates a huge amount of unnecessary noise. |
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| He shrugged and resumed his watch with a sigh after moments of silence, believing he had imagined the noise. |
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| As a result, components embedded in these systems must be designed with high noise immunity and low noise generation. |
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| The high signal to noise ratio and the faintness of signal captured by these devices are analogous to the hazy, faint pinhole images. |
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| She gave very fair comment on the noise and pollution we have at this intersection. |
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| Physically small, these works are less about bold noise than intimate nuance, which demands a perspicacious eye. |
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| The antidote to noise pollution comes with fallowness, allowing time for solitude and prayer. |
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| She turns round, puzzled but incurious at the noise, as impassive as livestock. |
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| The next negative aspect is the noise and other pollution caused by fireworks, especially the petards that get more powerful year by year. |
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| There was some music playing in the background, which could barely be heard over the noise. |
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| His or her face is illuminated with a soft red light, and white noise is played over headphones. |
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| Now he is petrified of fireworks and the noise they make and was prompted to write to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph about his fears. |
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| So he spent the next seven years inventing a system of chemically impregnated paper strips that when rubbed together made a cracking noise. |
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| Call me a philistine, but his experimental noise, if it can be charitably described as such, could make hounds howl. |
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| Otherwise, the guitars were just walls of noise and the singer was largely inaudible. |
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| It is not envisaged that the proposal will lead to any increase in noise from the site over and above any that may be generated at present. |
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| The cognitive world we live in is fast and furious and full of transport and unknown noise and probably very challenging to many people. |
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| As we came about, I heard a grinding noise and watched the mast lean over and fall into the water. |
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| How appalling for people living and running businesses beside this noise, mess and pandemonium. |
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| The first thing you notice about Hanoi, the capital, is the incessant noise. |
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| Thanks to my comfily padded headphones, I can crank up the noise without bothering anyone. |
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| Usually the noise of my best friend's family is comforting, but today it was overwhelming. |
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| Engineers have also been looking at the threat of lightning, metal fatigue and noise. |
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| Being overanxious to beat Jeremy, I took off after the first noise I heard, and startled a couple of field mice. |
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| He had made a noise, and one of the horses, a beautiful dark chestnut and white pinto, came running over. |
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| With nuisances that cause personal discomfort and inconvenience, such as noise or smell, it will be more difficult to apply general principles. |
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| The result is thick laminated glass that will cut out most of the noise, as well as offering protection against the harsh highveld sun. |
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| Nursing preterm infants in incubators allows the neutral thermal environment, noise, and light to be controlled effectively. |
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| When the noise subsides, I fall into conversation with the young man on my left. |
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| Maryne then realized that the man's steps were light and made no noise as they barely made an indent on the sand. |
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| The commissioners raised concerns about traffic impact, noise, and possible financial loss by businesses near the circuit. |
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| It is the sound of an overdriven guitar squall tamed by an expert musician into stunning walls of noise. |
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| I heard some noise and his excited voice and a whole lot of other commotions. |
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| They woke her with their boisterous noise and lack of consideration for her indisposition. |
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| She shut the door, sealing herself off from the noise, and poured herself a stiff drink. |
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| Suddenly, the apartment is filled by a foreign noise that at first induces me to believe that my crazy neighbour has set the building on fire. |
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| Residents quite rightly complain of flies, noxious odours, dust, seagulls and noise pollution from the site. |
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| The patch diagrammed in Figure 9.8 shows one very useful application of companding, called a noise gate. |
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| She swiped her ID card in the reader and the doors slid open with a loud grinding noise. |
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| That noise is only apparent when you play 78s on an electrical pickup, which amplifies the scratch along with the music. |
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| The engine died as he pulled into the spot and the transmission made a horrible, grinding noise as he shifted into park. |
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| Harsh voices followed after the loud noise and Gabrielle quickly, fearfully pulled her shoes back on and unlocked her stall. |
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