Sentences with phrase «act as a ballast»

Our bonds and low cost index funds act as a ballast for our portfolio.

However, there are ways of making weight not measured as ballast under the rule act as ballast.

«Tetrapodophis doesn't show any aquatic adaptations — no long, oar - like tail, no thick bones to act as ballast, no flippers,» says Nick Longrich of the University of Bath, UK, who is a co-author of the study.

That's a tricky balance to strike, between fact and feeling, and I suppose the family bits were added to act as ballast for the film's practical policy talk, but I'd imagine that there is some root emotional oomph to be found in that policy that could bolster the story in its own right.

Not exact matches

Ballast Point Sedona Ballast Point makes handcrafted beers and spirits, and the Sedona on display at SEMA acted as a rolling dispensary for those premium libations.