Sentences with phrase «almost due west»

For these two hours, swimming northwest, he makes good a course almost due west.

Not exact matches

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 31cents, or 0.5 percent, at $ 68.36 per barrel.Oil output in Venezuela PRODN - VE, a member of theOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), hasfallen from almost 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) to justaround 1.5 million bpd currently due to political and economicturmoil in the South American country.U.S.

The veteran brewer, who worked for SABMiller for almost 20 years before joining CCA in 2008, was originally planning to stay in the role until April 31, when new Australian Beverages managing director Peter West is due to start.

Due to the wonders of modern technology, especially satellites, despite being seventy miles off the west coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, it was possible to view almost any sporting event taking place anywhere in the world as it happened.

Although that was put on the back - burner for some time, as a move to West Ham almost felt assured at one point due to the lack of game time he'd find elsewhere.

It is elongated due to its proximity to the limb... by looking at it carefully I noticed an extraordinary phenomenon on her, on the penumbra to the west of the nucleus, and almost in contact with it, a very bright object was distinguishable producing a shadow clearly visible on the sunspot penumbra.

«A few of the veterinary dentists on the East and West Coasts have tried placing implants with artificial tooth pontics, but this has not been very successful due to the fact that when we see the animal, and the tooth is so loose, the bone is almost eaten up with infection, and the strength of the metal implant is designed for man and not the power of a dog's mouth.

The almost perfectly circular Pilanesberg national park, due to its lying literally in the void of a 1200 million year old volcano crater, lies 150 kilometres north west of Gauteng, virtually on the border of Sun City - one of the biggest draw cards to the area - and, by comparison, receives little of the acclaim it deserves... The 55 000 hectare Pilanesberg park opened in 1979 in one of the largest game resettlement projects in the history of South Africa, and possibly the most expensive as commercial farmers gave over land to be restocked with wildlife.

The almost perfectly circular Pilanesberg national park, due to its lying literally in the void of a 1200 million year old volcano crater, lies 150 kilometres north west of Gauteng, virtually on the border of Sun City - one of the biggest draw cards to the are...

Nusa Lembongan is still lovely and offers a lot to travelers of all preferences.Nusa Lembongan is only just over 3 km across the longest stretch and there are almost no motorized vehicles used on the island.Mushroom bay (unofficially named due to the presence of mushroom coral in the area) is a delightful little white sand bay in the west of Nusa Lembongan, it is divine in the mornings and evenings where as during the afternoons the presence of extensive water sport facilities can be enjoyed, although sometime disturbing the unreal tranquility of the area.

It's almost as if some folks believe that the environmental protections put in place over recent decades in the West are due to some sort of inherent «special sauce», rather than as the outcomes of historical processes arising out of human nature.

Indeed, and forgive me if I just don't know, but to me from the animation it seems like just warmer tropospheric air splashing up into the stratosphere due to vortex dynamics, maybe as the west and east edges almost meet and start to collide?

We've discussed the transition of the Canada Law Book Company caselaw materials from Lexis - Nexis to a new BestCase product providing electronic access to almost all the caselaw that CLB has ever produced -LRB-(Due to licensing restrictions in the arrangements that CLB has with Thomson - West, the Canadian Patent Reporter is excluded)-RRB-.