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Tauranac is an English word starting with the letter T. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.

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Tauranac in a sentence

Using Tauranac

  • In the example corpus, tauranac often appears in combinations such as: tauranac and, by tauranac, ron tauranac.

Context around Tauranac

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

hulme 2× predecessor 1× friend 1× designer 1× ron 1× describes 1× consulted 1× brabham 1× cars 1×

Often after:

set 1× reasoned 1× designed 1× left 1× referred 1× says 1× stayed 1×

Sentence patterns with Tauranac

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

92 hulme tauranac and frank 2× and ron tauranac called the 1× brabham and tauranac set up 1× brabham describes tauranac as absolutely 1× chief designer tauranac reasoned that 1× echoed by tauranac 1× for brabham tauranac 1× had consulted tauranac by letter 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

lawrence 1999 p 2× although in 1979 1× brabham and tauranac 1× brabham pushed for 1× chief designer tauranac 1× his team suffered 1×

Common sentence endings:

shared this view 2× built for hill 1× echoed by tauranac 1× experienced business partner 1× for brabham tauranac 1× fully composite monocoques 1×

Words around Tauranac

Just before it in the word index:

taurama 2 taurai 3 taura 11 tauqir 2 taupin 15 taupe 19

Just after it in the word index:

tauranga 18 taurani 4 tauras 2 taurasi 34 taurayi 2 taurean 15

Similar in corpus frequency:

aare 29 aarti 29 abl 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 adegboyega 29

Corpus analysis for Tauranac

  • In this selection, "tauranac" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hulme, predecessor, friend, set, reasoned and designed stand out and add context to how "tauranac" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 92 hulme tauranac and frank and and ron tauranac called the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tauranac" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tauranac

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Tauranac had designed the Brabham cars for their earlier involvement. (10 words)

Tauranac stayed on to design the cars and run the factory. (11 words)

Lawrence (1999) p. 92. Hulme, Tauranac and Frank Hallam, Repco-Brabham's chief engineer, all shared this view. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

See Drackett (1985) p. 21. Gavin Youl achieved a second-place finish at Goodwood and another at Mallory Park in the MRD-Ford. citation The cars were subsequently known as Brabhams, with type numbers starting with BT for "Brabham Tauranac". (40 words)

Although in 1979 Murray was the first to use lightweight " carbon fibre composite " panels to stiffen Brabham's aluminium alloy monocoques, he echoed his predecessor Tauranac in being the last to switch to the new fully composite monocoques. (38 words)

Tauranac, an engineer at heart, started to feel his Formula One budget of around £100,000 was a gamble he could not afford to take on his own and began to look around for an experienced business partner. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Although in 1979 Murray was the first to use lightweight " carbon fibre composite " panels to stiffen Brabham's aluminium alloy monocoques, he echoed his predecessor Tauranac in being the last to switch to the new fully composite monocoques.

Brabham and Tauranac set up a company called Motor Racing Developments (MRD), which produced customer racing cars, while Brabham himself continued to race for Cooper.

Brabham pushed for further advances, and played a significant role in developing Cooper's highly successful 1960 T53 "lowline" car, with input from his friend Tauranac.

Chief designer Tauranac reasoned that monocoques of the time were not usefully stiffer than well designed spaceframe chassis, and were harder to repair and less suitable for MRD's customers.

His team suffered poor reliability during this period and motorsport authors Mike Lawrence and David Hodges have said that Brabham's reluctance to spend money may have cost the team results, a view echoed by Tauranac.

Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac called the company they set up in 1961 to design and build formula racing cars to customer teams Motor Racing Developments (MRD), and this company had a large portfolio of other activities.

Jack had already tried to buy Cooper in association with fellow-driver Roy Salvadori Brabham describes Tauranac as "absolutely the only bloke I'd have gone into partnership with".

Lawrence (1999) p. 92. Hulme, Tauranac and Frank Hallam, Repco-Brabham's chief engineer, all shared this view.

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Lawrence (1999) p.92 Hulme, Tauranac, and Frank Hallam, Repco-Brabham's chief engineer, all shared this view.

Lawrence (1999) pp. 18, 22. Brabham had consulted Tauranac by letter on technical matters since arriving in the UK.

See Drackett (1985) p. 21. Gavin Youl achieved a second-place finish at Goodwood and another at Mallory Park in the MRD-Ford. citation The cars were subsequently known as Brabhams, with type numbers starting with BT for "Brabham Tauranac".

Sports cars Tauranac did not enjoy designing sports cars and could only spare a small amount of his time from MRD's very successful single-seater business.

Tauranac, an engineer at heart, started to feel his Formula One budget of around £100,000 was a gamble he could not afford to take on his own and began to look around for an experienced business partner.

Tauranac designed the unusual 'lobster claw' BT34, featuring twin radiators mounted ahead of the front wheels, a single example of which was built for Hill.

Tauranac had designed the Brabham cars for their earlier involvement.

Tauranac left Brabham early in the 1972 season after Ecclestone changed the way the company was organised without consulting him.

Tauranac referred to this as Brabham's trade; they had first met at the small machine shop Brabham ran in Sydney in the early 1950s.

Tauranac says (Lawrence (1999) p. 48) that he feels a third mechanic would have reduced the reliability problems.

Tauranac stayed on to design the cars and run the factory.

Tauranac was unhappy with his distance from the Formula One operation and before the 1966 season suggested that he was no longer interested in producing cars for Formula One under this arrangement.

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Common combinations with tauranac

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