Sentences with phrase «as a bridge across»

«Amidst the shifting global landscape, the Commonwealth can act as a bridge across divides of religion, ethnicity, culture and wealth, to the benefit of common humanity,» Mr Hague said.

MELAF, like other types of networks, was designed to serve as a bridge across boundaries within and among districts.

That there was public fury as another bridge across the Thames was announced at Nine Elms that's anything but a no - brainer

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Knox credits Bridge Across My Sorrows, a memoir by Christina Noble with Robert Coram, as being a big source of her personal and professional resilience.

The «Friendship Bridge» is seen in the background as Chinese men take part in morning exercises on the Yalu river in the border city of Dandong, Liaoning province, northern China across from the city of Sinuiju, North Korea on May 23, 2017 in Dandong, China.

As someone who regularly takes the Hudson Parkway to travel across the George Washington bridge, I'm upset I can't use Nissan's advanced cruise control in all future drives.

«As you consider the Administration's proposal, I ask that you consider policies that will bridge the partisan divide and serve the myriad needs of communities across the country — including those of Nevada,» Sen. Catherine Cortez - Masto of Nevada wrote in a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council.

Projects such as building subways in the Greater Toronto Area, replacing Montréal's Champlain Bridge, building a new Windsor - Detroit crossing and constructing Vancouver's Evergreen Line will create jobs across our country.

BRIDGING a gap in the market between fast - food joints and full - service restaurants, fast - casual chains such as Shake Shack, Nando's chicken restaurants and Chipotle Mexican Grill are enjoying success across the world.

In particular, the Board of Trade would like to see focus expanded to include other projects necessary to the growth of our region, such as the replacement of the George Massey Tunnel, improved port and rail capacity across the region, and a six - lane replacement for the aging Pattullo Bridge in cooperation with TransLink.

The difference, equaling the rise in elevation as you travel across the Bridge roadway, is +84.4 feet.

«Open Avenue seeks to bridge the gap for individual investors and real estate operators across a variety of properties,» Cota added, «As little as $ 5,000 is required to invest and Open Avenue makes the entire process seamless and straightforward.&raquAs little as $ 5,000 is required to invest and Open Avenue makes the entire process seamless and straightforward.&raquas $ 5,000 is required to invest and Open Avenue makes the entire process seamless and straightforward.»

Tyrangiel, who rides a Citibike across the Williamsburg Bridge to the office each morning from his East Village apartment, sees the neighborhood as a fitting reflection of Vice's ethos: «authentic, rough, valuing new stuff, enjoying being cool.»

But as indicated, we can sometimes overstress either the Transcendence or Immanence of God, it is Jesus Christ who provides the bridge; who provides the reality check (particularly on the cross); who keeps our feet planted firmly on the ground whilst allowing our imagination to soar across the heavens.

It can be strong as death, because it is stronger than solitude, because it... throws a bridge from self being to self - being across the abyss of dread of the universe.

To attack the President of the country at a time when the USA needs to close ranks and stand together to consolidate the enormous strides his intelligent and respectful approach has achieved in building bridges, when her party's period in government bombed them, Sarah Palin comes across as a pitifully inadequate anachronism from the times of the Far West.

Billed as a book to build bridges across our cultural divides, it is in reality a one - way conduit for self - serving pontifications.

Once they were done and cool, I remember driving down Sandy and across the Burnside Bridge into «the city,» and then handing my pie to the lady there in the Salvation Army kitchen and looking up at her as she thanked us all and told us how much those pies would mean to the people who ate them.

As the chlorophyll within this organelle absorbs energy from sunlight, it releases high - energy electrons; vitamin K1 forms a bridge between chlorophyll and several iron - sulfur centers across which these electrons travel, releasing their energy so that the cell can ultimately use it to synthesize glucose..

David's channel management background across China and Asia will allow us to reinforce our ability to act as a key bridge between our wineries and brands and the market with all of its complexities, giving us a huge opportunity to continue our stunning growth,» Clark said.

It isn't that bad but people here treat going across the river as if you are crossing the bridge over Kwai.

While riding a segway in Barcelona, Harden took a spill as he was riding across a bridge.

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players endured yet another miserable day across London at Stamford Bridge as the referee Mike Dean saw fit to send off two of our players while somehow managing to miss the repeated and sustained sending off offences of the Chelsea striker Diego Costa.

On our way around the course I had a few short rides with Ferdy in his new cart, and the way he drove it down gullies and across bridges, I'd just as lief have been with him on that beach at Saipan.

With Arsenal travelling across London to Stamford Bridge on Saturday to face the current Premier League champions Chelsea, the poor form and internal strife of Jose Mourinho's team could certainly be a big help to Arsene Wenger and the Gunners, as a win would have us fully over the shaky and worrying start of the season.

Those were two tough games, two tough fixtures which Blackburn picked four points from and that should build some confidence bridges for the Blackburn players as they head across to Turf Moor in a fixture every single staff and players knows is very winnable.

Hold your child's hand as she walks across the bridge.

A tractor - trailer tipped over on the Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge Friday, causing a major traffic jam as foul weather slammed roadways across the Hudson Valley.

The old Tappan Zee Bridge will be taken down over the next year as workers complete its replacement across the Hudson River between Rockland and Westchester counties.

Art 6 p.m., hundreds of children and teens with cancer and other chronic illnesses march across the Brooklyn Bridge in a show of hope and resilience as part of Camp Simcha's Second March of Hope, Camden Plaza Park, 195 Cadman Plaza W., Brooklyn.

A new online prepay option for commercial vehicles is now available at the Peace Bridge as part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's latest effort to support a more efficient flow of traffic across the Canadian border.

He also revealed that the long term plan of the Government is to take back dead public spaces such as under the bridges across the State and develop it for residents to exhibit and develop their talents.

The drive to rename the bridge — known across the East River as the 59th Street Bridge because it connects 59th Street in Manhattan with Queens Plaza in Long Island City — after the city's 105th mayor began with its currenbridge — known across the East River as the 59th Street Bridge because it connects 59th Street in Manhattan with Queens Plaza in Long Island City — after the city's 105th mayor began with its currenBridge because it connects 59th Street in Manhattan with Queens Plaza in Long Island City — after the city's 105th mayor began with its current one.

Bridge construction firm Harrison & Burrowes, which worked on the Walkway over the Hudson and is based in Glenmont, also is a partner, as is O'Connell Electric, an upstate New York company that installs cable, including pulling one for tightrope walker Nik Wallenda across Niagara Falls, Madison said.

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The 87 - page report estimated a bridge, tunnel or combination of the two across the Sound would cost as much as $ 55.4 billion to build.

People walk across the Brooklyn Bridge as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect New York City.

His plans call for improvements at the MTA, an overhaul of Pennsylvania Station, a new LaGuardia Airport, a third track on the Long Island Rail Road, an expansion of the Jacob Javits Center, major upgrades to John F. Kennedy Airport as well as to air terminals in Long Island and the Hudson Valley — all on top of new roads and bridges across upstate «like we've never built before.»

The town hall meetings across Nigeria began in April, 2016 under the title «Federal Government Discuss» as a means of bridging communication gap between government and Nigerians

Nearly 300 local bridges across Western New York are out of date or in need of repair, US Sen. Chuck Schumer announced as he launched a push for more federal funding to help fix those spans.

«It is shameful that as communities across the state struggle to find the funding to repair crumbling sewage systems and drinking water supplies, we learn that the Cuomo Administration was working in secret for more than a year to divert more than a half a billion dollars from clean water funds to pay for a new bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

Amnesty was announced earlier this month and was set to begin in February, as drivers complain the cashless tolling system across the new bridge, which went live in April 2016 when the Tappan Zee Bridge was still in use, has not been working as adverbridge, which went live in April 2016 when the Tappan Zee Bridge was still in use, has not been working as adverBridge was still in use, has not been working as advertised.

The Japanese government has also approved a proposal for the construction of a new bridge across the Volta River as part of the Eastern Corridor Road Development Project.

Japan today announced the restoration of its YEN loan portfolio to Ghana, with the approval of a proposal for the construction of a new bridge across the Volta River as part of the Eastern Corridor Road Development Project.

Lucy McBath (left, center), the Faith and Outreach Leader for Everytown for Gun Safety, and actress Julianne Moore join hundreds of volunteers and gun violence survivors and their families, as they marched across the Brooklyn Bridge June 3 to honor «National Gun Violence Awareness Day.»

NEW YORK - On Wednesday, April 7th, as part of a Spring cleaning effort, Senator Jeff Klein's (D - Bronx / Westchester) graffiti removal crew will clean graffiti on hard - to - reach overpasses, railroad bridges and buildings across the Bronx and Westchester.

Truck shipments carrying high - level liquid nuclear waste over the Peace Bridge and across Western New York's highways en route to a South Carolina processing facility could start as early as September, though a lawsuit aims to stop that.

Owoseni lamented the rate at which people commit suicide in the country, describing it as worrisome, adding that the police had begun patrol of bridges across the state to forestall other cases of suicide.

The committee oversees construction issues of major facilities across Erie County; as well as issues concerning the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and Industrial Land Development Corporation; acts upon the repair and maintenance of county roads and bridges, general county infrastructure repair on buildings and other physical plant facilities; and discusses ideas concerning economic development, job creation and workforce development.

As budget discussions in Albany rumble towards a conclusion, supporters of the Rebuild New York Now coalition are pressing their case, that surplus money in the state budget should fix roads and bridges and water systems across the state.