Her blond hair was frowzy, her dress torn in several places, and her shoes were so completely worn out that they were practically no protection.

There was no one but me.

there was no doubt he was dying.

`` Oh, no '', he said, and he was without humor now.

The coyote was calling again, and he hoped that this time there would be no other sounds to interrupt it.

There was brush, and stands of pine that no grass could grow under, and places so steep that cattle wouldn't stop to graze.

It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.

I decided to see no more of the clerk until the processing of my papers was completed.

There was no chance.

There was no moon.

Normally Hague wasted no words, but now he found himself unable to stop their flow although he knew Kodyke was aware of all he said.

Moreover, as long as the weapon was carried openly, the sheriff's office had made no previous issue of it.

There was to be no gunplay.

The rustling problem was by no means solved.

There was no lock on the door, only an iron hook which he unfastened.

Out in the center of the circle the farmer, who was Dan, wasted no time when they came to the line, `` The farmer choose his wife ''.

Glowering looks met them in the bar, but there was no attempt to halt them.

As far as he could see there was no hole to climb through it.

There was, of course, no way for the other planes to get by them.

He had no idea which was up and which was down.

Mrs. Roebuck thought Johnson was a `` sweet bawh t'lah lahk thet '', but her Herman was getting to be a man, there was no getting around it.

The vacation traffic was becoming heavier as they approached the sea.

My double was made with standard-weight revolver barrels ( before cutting to revolver length ), and although it compares well in other respects, it's considerably heavier than the Deerstalker, which only scales about 6-1/2 pounds.

The body was heavier than he had anticipated.

It was the same bar, and it was two weeks later -- Saturday night, when he had an excuse to drink heavier than usual.

Although it is the third element in the transuranic series, it was discovered fourth, after the heavier curium.

Following the lighter neptunium, plutonium, and heavier curium, americium was the fourth transuranium element to be discovered.

If the heart was lighter than the feather, they could pass on, but if it were heavier they would be devoured by the demon Ammit.

This change was pushed forward by the development of heavier naval guns ( the ironclads of the 1880s carried some of the heaviest guns ever mounted at sea ), more sophisticated steam engines, and advances in metallurgy which made steel shipbuilding possible.

16th century technical writers such as Biringuccio, Ercker and Agricola described a variety of cementation brass making techniques and came closer to understanding the true nature of the process noting that copper became heavier as it changed to brass and that it became more golden as additional calamine was added.

It is believed that most of the stable beryllium in the universe was originally created in the interstellar medium when cosmic rays induced fission in heavier elements found in interstellar gas and dust.

Other historians claim instead that the Carolingian byrnie was nothing more than a coat of mail, but longer and perhaps heavier than traditional early medieval mail.

The sediment was heavier than the salt deposits and squeezed the salt deposits upwards into what are now the Lisan Peninsula and Mount Sodom ( on the southwest side of the lake ).

At the time, the multiple neutron absorption was thought to be an extremely rare process, but the identification of indicated that still more neutrons could have been captured by the uranium nuclei, thereby producing new elements heavier than californium.

The Article also prohibits a heavier penalty being imposed than was applicable at the time when the criminal act was committed.

The conflicts with Spain and in Ireland dragged on, the tax burden grew heavier, and the economy was hit by poor harvests and the cost of war.

While people expected elements with higher atomic number to form from neutron bombardment of lighter elements, nobody expected neutrons to have enough energy to actually split a heavier atom into two light element fragments, and it was thought still more unlikely that slow neutrons could accomplish such a task.

It was an alternate technology to the heavier caliber 140 mm gun by using the dual-caliber approach.

Dan Gurney often complained about the weight of the Mk IV, since the car was heavier than the Ferraris he raced.

So tight was helium-4 binding that helium-4 production consumed nearly all of the free neutrons in a few minutes, before they could beta-decay, and also leaving few to form heavier atoms such as lithium, beryllium, or boron.

It was a significant promotion that marked a distinct aptitude for medicine ; it brought increased responsibility and a heavier workload.

As heavier armour, including enlarged shields and enclosed helmets, developed in the Middle Ages, the need for marks of identification arose, and with coloured shields and surcoats, coat armory was born.

The suspension was raised to clear rough Russian roads and the bodyshell was made from thicker, heavier steel.