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• Life continues in a surprisingly normal way in a city under constant bombardment.
• We are witnessing indiscriminate bombardment of residential areas .
• Watch this channel and you're subjected to a relentless bombardment of tabloid-style advertising for their programmes .

Organic matter formed from hydrolysis of metal carbides the bombardment was converted partially into beryllium carbide, which we have discussed in the preceding paragraph. From the Cambridge English Corpus The infantry was hesitant to advance under air cover, instead preferring to move in after the bombardment had expired. From the Cambridge English Corpus These estimates are based upon the commonly considered degree of ionization due to cosmic-ray bombardment . From the Cambridge English Corpus Secondary electron emission is the emission of electrons from the wall due to the electron bombardment . From the Cambridge English Corpus Erosion of the wall can take place due to ion bombardment (classical erosion) as well as due to the near-wall electric fields (anomalous erosion). From the Cambridge English Corpus The dust charging occur s owing to the bombardment of ambient plasma species on the dust grain surface. From the Cambridge English Corpus This temperature control has permitted life to evolve as early as the end of the heavy bombardment 4 billion years ago. From the Cambridge English Corpus