Sections of the canal need to be drained of water in order to complete the work.
Capital has drained from Spain at an accelerating pace in recent months, for two reasons.
It said excess fluid had been drained from his lungs to ease his breathing.
If I don't drive it for four or five days, the battery is drained.
It was lost as a breeding bird 400 years ago after their nesting sites were drained.
So, too, may fears that Japan's fertile financial swamp is being drained of liquidity.
It takes place in a gritty-looking, color-drained world of grays, brown and icy blues.
The equaliser drained Russia's confidence and for a while the visitors were hanging on.
The Orange left Luke Hancock uncovered in the left corner and he drained a back-breaking 3-pointer.
Second, the Web has drained off all of the creative energy from the boxed-software business.
Once I surrendered, I was so drained I couldn't lift myself off the bed.
Ulysses Grant, when he toured Venice, opined that the city ought to be drained.
They note that only a fraction of the site will be cleared and drained.
People are paying cold hard cash on the spot to have their basements drained.
Last year Canal Plus made an operating loss of euro374m and drained euro500m of cash from Vivendi.
While sitting in the boarding area, probably totally drained and dejected, she saw us board our flight.
He poured three fingers of it into a narrow juice glass and drained it in one gulp.
And healthy individuals, as long as that abscess is drained, we do have good results in having that infection recur.
Where they once drained two to five watts indefinitely, many now use as little as half a watt.
The Indiana State Teachers Association had filed suit over the program, saying it drained money from public schools.
She's apparently in a state of limbo that's somewhat hauntingly depicted as a drained and decrepit swimming pool.
She was working around the clock to prepare for the trial and felt mentally and physically drained.
European settlers drained many swamps when they began farming this area, resulting in a loss of wetland habitat.
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The Watergate babies continued to hold class meetings, but their original sense of mission and cohesion drained away.
Other doctors prolonged patients' lives even after they had been drained of dignity, and profited from doing so.
Though state counting-houses may be full now, it is not hard to imagine how they might be drained.
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He said he has drained his savings and is now using funds from his retirement account to cover costs.
But his colour suddenly drained, the whites of his eyes turned yellow and his abdomen became swollen and tender.
Her mother's family had been relatively well-off in Tokyo before the war, but the evacuation drained the family's wealth.
With rehearsals spanning most of last year, the small volunteer staff was drained.
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