(a) a surface abutting the end of the strip associated with runway approach 02 consisting of an inclined plane having a ratio of 1 m measured vertically to 50 m measured horizontally rising to an intersection with the outer surface; THENCE, such approach surface shall be contiguous to the outer surface to an intersection with an imaginary horizontal line drawn at right angles to the projected centre line and passing through the intersection of the East-West dividing line between the North East and South East Quarters of Section 21, TWP. 83, RGE. 18, W6M with the South Easterly limit of approach surface to Runway 02; THENCE, said approa ...[+++]ch surface shall slope upward at the above-specified slope of 1 m measured vertically to 50 m measured horizontally to an imaginary horizontal line drawn at right angles to the projected centre line and distant 15 000 m measured horizontally from the end of the strip, the outer ends of the imaginary horizontal line being 2 400 m from the projected centre line; said imaginary horizontal line being 298.68 m, measured vertically, above the elevation at the end of the strip;

They are dramatic departures from the rules and conventions long taken as unassailable, going to matters as fundamental as the dividing lines among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, and as far as the dividing line between private lives and state encroachment.

Second, the linguistic dividing line in Belgium is very firm, and ultimately it has made Belgium a completely decentralized, even divided, country.

It repeated the Union's determination to avoid drawing new dividing lines in Europe and to promote stability and prosperity within and beyond the new borders of the Union.

So the proposed redraft corrects that technical flaw, adds actual dates so that readers can know exactly how to situate themselves, and makes very clear that we're dealing with a dividing line that dividing line being December 31, 1998.

It's been treated by both the Quebec and federal governments as being an approximate dividing line between Inuit and Cree interests, although it is in fact a very unsatisfactory dividing line from a Cree perspective.