The proof is in the decibel count and if it works then all is not lost for Heathrow.

The city's noise pollution laws set no limits on the decibel count of conversation.

Dr. Bronzaft blames the rising decibel count on the construction boom of the 1980's, which brought more people, cars and trucks to once-quiet residential neighborhoods.

She accused them of "doing planning and zoning by opinion polls" and "taking a decibel count at public meetings to determine what to do."

The ceiling is high, the platoon of servers large, the decibel count formidable.

Mr. Korder's metropolis is hell with a higher decibel count.

About the only thing Rutgers won today was the decibel count.

I come from a family where the decibel count at the dinner table could permanently damage your middle ear.

Whatever it was, when each was announced on the tee, the decibel count wasn't that much different.

The Department of Transportation has already completed such a study, based on scientific decibel counts.