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Sentence Examples On reaching the Bay of Biscay the wind died down and we were becalmed for 9 days. Between 16 June and 24 July, the Azores High extended 5 times into the Gulf of Biscay and over France. The passage from Ireland was quite rough with the vessel encountering storm force winds and high seas for days crossing the Bay of Biscay. It is set in a valley, through which runs a river that skirts the Bay of Biscay. Smiles? but also tears when the Vendée Globe 2008 came to an abrupt end when its mast broke in the storm in the Bay of Biscay. The only uncertainty concerns the final stretch in the Bay of Biscay, where winds could reach up to 45 knots or more on Monday or Tuesday. This is far from ideal in terms of performance with light winds and a complicated weather pattern in the Bay of Biscay. The reductions on sole and plaice have also been downsized in South Brittany and South Biscay. A great strategic play? which will be judged in the storm lashing the Bay of Biscay this afternoon. But Biscay is above all proud to have been home to Xabier Amuriza, who brilliantly managed to modernise the art of versified improvisation. This will be followed by plans for sole in the western Channel and Bay of Biscay, haddock in Rockall, and Norway lobster in the Cantabrian Sea and western Iberian Peninsula. I should like to ask you what reason there was to justify this discrimination against the Bay of Biscay. Similar projects are being considered for the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Biscay. More controls would be placed to prevent oil spillages such as that of the Erika in the Bay of Biscay and also deliberate dumping of waste oils. A fishing net caught in the propeller in the middle of the Bay of Biscay obliged us to dive in. In the northeast, Atlantic halibut range from the Bay of Biscay to Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea. It was the Henschel Hs 293, which became operational in the Bay of Biscay, where it served to attack British ships. In the French EEZ in the Bay of Biscay, the maximum oil content in the ship's discharge while en route is 15 ppm. He has fished tuna in the Bay of Biscay and off the south west coast. An ocean sunfish, which can weigh up to 1.5 tons, has left the Atlantic for England's west coast, while grey triggerfish are moving from the Bay of Biscay to UK waters. Show More Sentences Stocks that are outside biological limits and for which fishing should be substantially reduced include anchovy and Norway lobster in the Bay of Biscay and anglerfish west of Scotland. In 1592 the Spanish defeated an English fleet during the eponymous Battle of the Bay of Biscay. Landes, also called Les Landes, forest region bordering the Bay of Biscay in the Aquitaine Basin of southwestern France, extending northward to the Garonne Estuary and southward to the Adour River. By 1942 he was training as a pilot for Britain's Royal Air Force when his cousin Michael, Chaim's son, the captain of a Whitley bomber, went down over the Bay of Biscay. The alga Colpomenia peregrina was introduced and first noticed in 1906 by oyster fishermen in the Bay of Biscay. It is common in the northern parts of the Northern Atlantic, including the Bay of Biscay and Palmas Altas Campus. He arrived in La Rochelle, France on January 13, 2003, and embarked a Norwegian offshore supply vessel Far Scout and departed the next day for five days of open sea recovery operations in the Bay of Biscay. The Bay of Biscay sole stock is close to precautionary biomass levels, and achieving such levels in the short term does not require the application of a full effortmanagement system. Thus, efforts should be made to resume salmon counting operations at Northeast River, Placentia, and Biscay Bay River where historic information exists. These research trips covered the North Sea, the Bay of Biscay and in particular the English Channel. In strong winds and rough seas resulting from a summer low in the Bay of Biscay, he was able to ratify the latest modifications made to his Safran monohull for his non-stop solo round the world voyage. Most submarines were in the Mediterranean but two training boats were sent into the Bay of Biscay. Up until recent years it was a regular occurrence for merchant vessels to founder in Biscay storms. The ride across the Bay of Biscay was fairly quick until the early hours, where Franck Cammas and his nine men had to put in a gybe to anticipate the NE'ly wind shift. After the disturbed area of low pressure in the Bay of Biscay, the Azores high, the cold front in mid-Atlantic and Tomas, the tropical depression, time now for a shallow low. The Bay of Biscay has been the site of many famous naval engagements over the centuries. Not only is the state of cod and hake in the North Sea catastrophic, but southern stocks such as anglerfish in Iberian waters and in the Bay of Biscay or hake in the Bay of Biscay are also under threat. The border between Spain and France is dominated by the rugged mountains of the Pyrenees, which run from the temperate climate of the Bay of Biscay down to the sub-tropical Mediterranean coast. On 7 September, a month after they had been scheduled to depart, the force sailed from Britain heading for the Bay of Biscay. It is assumed that the young man took part in sailing voyages around the Bay of Biscay and then towards the Canary Islands and West Africa. Show More Sentences The Bay of Biscay is home to some of the Atlantic Ocean's fiercest weather. In 1627, the Royal Scots Navy and accompanying contingents of burgh privateers participated in the major expedition to Biscay. The English made a vain effort to intercept the Armada in the Bay of Biscay. The oak is a national symbol from the Basque Country, specially in the province of Biscay. It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Bay of Biscay to the south. The current border runs from Plouha on the English Channel to the Rhuys Peninsula on the Bay of Biscay. Lawrence, the Gulf of Maine, the Bay of Fundy, the Bay of Biscay, Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean. Location: Near the international ferry port of Santander, with excellent transport links, the hotel offers an ideal base to explore this pretty port town in the Bay of Biscay. A violent storm in the Bay of Biscay was a spoilsport just a day after the start, forcing several sailors to return towards the port and forcing some of them to retire. Afterwards, the Bay of Biscay is looking good with a fairly strong northerly wind, which, despite changing several times, should get us down to Spain fast under spinnaker. The south area of the Bay of Biscay washes the northern coast of Spain and is known as the Cantabrian Sea. There will be some small variations to play around with in the Bay of Biscay,» said Marc Guillemot, «but we'll need to reflect on that, as we all know how much time and effort is required to change tack. It is on the Basque Coast that the Ocean meets the Pyrenees and that the mountains plunge into the depths of the Bay of Biscay along a rocky and jagged coastline. The English were to meet the French and Breton fleets in the English Channel while the Spanish attacked them in the Bay of Biscay and then attack Gascony. It is bordered to the north by the English Channel, to the south by the Bay of Biscay and the waters located between the western coast and Ushant island form the Iroise Sea. They began whaling in the Bay of Biscay as early as the eleventh century. The subsequent oil slicks that reached the coast resulted in severe ecological and economic consequences for the Galician coast and the Bay of Biscay. In Biscay, the two major warring factions were named Oinaz and Gamboa. Examples from Classical Literature For it was decided that Tom Corbin should rest far out in the bay of Biscay. Both the suit and the Armada were left in the bay of Biscay, and the queen an old maid. We need not he surprised that sharks should get entangled in the Bay of Biscay. In silence, the nobles of Castile, of Biscay and the Asturias took their places. But do you mean to tell me you would cross the Bay of Biscay in a boat that size? Because we were on the coast of the Bay of Biscay when the vessel was wrecked. Falling in with an American in the Bay of Biscay, we got a barrel of beef which lasted us in. East of it, on the Bay of Biscay, is the principality of the Asturias. On Wednesday evening we committed ourselves to the Bay of Biscay. The sweet, soothing, melodious chimes, carolling forth the Bay of Biscay. We were tossed about in the Bay of Biscay, making scarcely any progress. The Bay of Biscay is a well-known example of the semicircular gulf. Already a hand short, and entering the Bay of Biscay with wild weather ahead, and yet last night another man lost, disappeared. In total almost 100 nations and 1,500 sailors are expected to take on the big swell challenge of the Bay of Biscay. But this blanket of steamy air should be nudged away by a front edging upwards from the Bay of Biscay on Friday night. The 40ft container was one of 517 lost from a cargo ship as it crossed the Bay of Biscay in storms on Friday. Find more words! 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