floodgates in English
Use "floodgates" in a sentence
1. A move like this will open the floodgates.
2. That breach in the dike opened up the floodgates.
3. California's first execution may open the floodgates.
4. This easing of restrictions opened the floodgates for commercial Internet access.
5. The floodgates opened then and Bordon piled up six more goals.
6. 1, 2. (a) How did Jehovah open heavenly floodgates during 1991?
7. The case could open the floodgates for thousands of similar claims worldwide.
8. 15 The discussion sessions allow people to open the floodgates to their deepest fears.
9. Any change in the law could open the floodgates to increased immigration.
10. Only twelve floodgates were installed, and the thirteenth spillway opening is walled shut with concrete.
11. If this case is successful it could open the floodgates for thousands of similar claims.
12. Political changes in eastern Europe opened the floodgates to thousands of people who wished to emigrate.
13. The official admission of 40 million immigrants from outside Europe is the opening of the floodgates.
14. The discussion sessions allow people to open the floodgates to their deepest fears.
15. Officials are worried that allowing these refugees into the country will open the floodgates to thousands more.
16. If the case is successful, it may open the floodgates to more damages claims against the industry .
17. A decision against the cigarette companies could open the floodgates to many more lawsuits.
18. The decision closes the floodgates to hundreds of potential appeals by convicted drink-drivers.
19. His display of kindness to her opened the floodgates again, and she began to sob loudly.
20. The floodgates were now open and it is from here that the reverse sequence of On the Look-Out commences.
21. Its authors say the motorway has opened the floodgates for development on a scale planners hadn't envisaged.
22. They drew level after 77 minutes, courtesy of a neat snap shot from Brian Donaghy and the floodgates opened.
23. America’s biggest bank (in terms of assets and market capitalization) will be Accepting PPP applications for Round 2 once the SBA opens the floodgates
24. Advances in women’s rights threatened the Catholic church, which feared this would open the floodgates to abortion and promiscuous women, and lead to the downfall of western civilisation.
25. If we weaken now, we open the floodgates to lobbying from industry across the board, and our leadership role on climate change will be seriously undermined.
26. + 19 But the adjutant had said to the man of the true God: “Even if Jehovah should open floodgates in the heavens, could such a thing* take place?”
27. + 2 At that the adjutant whom the king relied on said to the man of the true God: “Even if Jehovah should open floodgates in the heavens, could this* possibly take place?”
28. 11 In the 600th year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the 17th day of the month, on that day all the springs of the vast watery deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
29. CAMBRIDGE – Fear of a “cyber Pearl Harbor” first appeared in the 1990s, and for the past two decades, policymakers have worried that hackers could blow up oil pipelines, contaminate the water supply, open floodgates and send airplanes on collision courses by hacking air traffic control systems.
30. Similarly, non-Auteurists will scoff at the minor work of major directors and open the floodgates to the chaos of “it’s all good.” Rather, let’s say that it’s all worth picking over and arguing about, so that we don’t shut out Duvivier’s lone Carrot Top and we don’t fall too hard for the remarkable consistency of Hawks