dependent drainage

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A procedure for draining a cavity or structure from its lowest part into a receptacle positioned at yet a level lower.

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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Conventional wisdom holds that most excessive drinkers are alcohol dependent.
Americans Drink Too Much, But We’re Not All Alcoholics|Gabrielle Glaser|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our ability to feel seen is truly dependent on being in relation to someone else.
Why You’re Happily Married and Having an Affair|Ryan Selzer|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2014, any dependent youth who earns more than $6,200 will have to report those earnings to the IRS.
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Uzbekistan, largely dependent on cotton, the industry of white gold, could not afford to re-channel water to its half.
The Aral Sea's Disappearing Act|Anna Nemtsova|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without having represented to your husband the propriety of first consulting his father, on whom he is dependent, I think?
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
It was stated by the deputation that 5,000 families were dependent on the jewellery trades in Birmingham.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
It is dependent on that covenant as made with the Mediator, and consistent with it as established with men.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
"As much dependent on Great Britain as one perfectly free people can be on another," the Farmer said.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
But until these organs are properly developed, the plant is dependent on the matters contained in the seed itself.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson