But noise pollution might severely affect the distribution of fish, and their ability to reproduce, communicate and avoid predators.
But noise pollution is only socially acceptable because society hasn't come to its senses, the way it has with smoking in restaurants and wearing seat belts and driving while drunk.
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But the noise and commotion brought the whole family out into the courtyard.
Luxurious, but the noise level and harried service set one on edge.
Fans help, but their noise is beginning to drive us all mad.
But all the noise in Palo Alto covers over what may be the real deal-killer: Compaq, weakened by all the uncertainty, may be forced to walk out on HP.
Substations and transformer boxes eventually reduce the power to the 110 volts that toast your muffin in the morning, but the electrical noise on a high-voltage line can destroy data signals immediately.
The residents of west London may now be breathing a sigh of relief, but anti-noise campaigners will know that - particularly now there's to be no new runway - there will be renewed pressure for more flights from the existing two, allowing take offs and landings (or so-called mixed mode use).
But I want more noise, more flash, bigger crowds, and an obvious historical context.
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But what about the noise about limiting itemized deductions, including the deduction for state and local taxes?
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Smith confessed there had been a noise, but said he thought it had hit his thumb on the handle.
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They found ISO 1, 600 to have quite obvious noise, but worthy of an 8.5 x 11 print all the same.
It would not only reduce congestion but also air and noise pollution.
But with so much noise and so many opinions flying around, it can be easy to lose sight of what this debate is really about.
In time, the group s songs became more focused and less free-form, but remained rooted in noise, with each album ranking consistently in the Top 100.
Television microphones detected a noise, but replays showed the ball missing the bat by several inches and the bat failing to make contact with the ground.
But it also adds noise, and inaccuracy, and fakes.
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Not only are higher frequencies responsible for the crispness of sound and for being able to cut through background noise, but the comprehension of spoken language relies heavily on vowel sounds in these higher registers.
Given its (relatively) bargain-basement price, we aren't sure how well Pioneer's latest nullifies ambient noise, but there's only one way to find out if they can give the best headset ever made a run for its money.
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In the early days, airports were not adequately equipped to accommodate these flights, from limited airport staff to a lack of runway lighting to restrictions on noise, but with the increasing need to shuttle aircraft to their next route, seats were made available at deeply discounted rates for passengers willing to make the inconvenient trek.
There's fine line between "buzz" and "white noise", but you guys have definitely crossed it.
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The original PadFone sounded the most natural, but this meant that much noise was also captured throughout.
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Some politicians have made much noise with costly but ill-thought-out showpiece schemes.
The government currently limits the number of night flights, places restrictions on the noisiest aircraft and sets noise quotas - but these regulations need to be renewed.
The mayor was "aware" and there was "a lot of political noise and media noise", but it was a decision made by the TfL, not the mayor, Mr Pleming said.
But he said transcranial random noise stimulation could help more people because it had the potential to improve the ability to add, subtract or multiply a string of numbers in your head - not just new number learning.
From what we can hear, the One X has excellent noise suppression, but that also became a double-edged sword as we moved to about two meters away from the phone -- the aggressive suppression started to interfere with our voice and therefore made it hard to interpret the distant speech.
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The US Army-funded research seems promising but is obviously still in its infancy -- one of the designs the researchers demonstrated is half the size of a penny but pumps out 120dB of noise (about the same as a siren), while another bumped out over 135dB, (which is roughly equivalent to a jackhammer).
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The media may harp on statistical noise like this, but it is essentially meaningless for investors.
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