Sentences with phrase «as lumber»

Physical Strength: Wood frame builders are strong and able to lift or handle heavy work materials such as lumber, power equipment, and hand tools

Gulfport's local economy has diversified since its beginning as a lumber port.

The third most populous city in the state is located near the University of Maine and also prospered as a lumber producer.

«Biomass» for all practical purposes will become trees, any tree regardless of its inherent value as lumber.

Using materials such as lumber, drywall, insulation and plywood, Diiorio assembled partition - like structures only to cut them open and lay the parts on the floor or lean them against the gallery's actual walls, emptying his objects of functional purpose.

Both of these works will be on view next month in «Confessions,» Hutchins's two - venue solo exhibition in Portland (at Reed College's Cooley Gallery and the collector - run space known as the lumber room.)

Her immense sculptures — made from traditional building materials, such as lumber and plaster, as well as textiles, Styrofoam, and cardboard — reference her constant observations of everyday life.

The slow shuffling zombies who utter «Braaains» as they lumber towards your plants are a world away from the horrors that prowl the Resident Evil universe.

When these mangroves reach sufficient height (as they do on the southern part of Ambergris Caye) they are used for masts in sailing boats and as lumber for construction.

Some commodities such as lumber and iron ore are bulky, costly to warehouse, and should be less susceptible to financial speculation.

Over time, Oregon's economy has transitioned its focus from natural resources such as lumber to the manufacturing and industrial trades.

The third most populous city in the state is located near the University of Maine and also prospered as a lumber producer.

Soviet ships, originally designed to carry cargo such as lumber or food, had been outfitted to transport nuclear warheads to their ally in the Caribbean.

This opens independently of the rear door and helps accommodate longer items such as lumber or surfboards while keeping the rear door closed.

The seats can be left in or taken out which makes it very convenient for hauling things such as lumber, plants, etc..

The story is set in the late 1920s, as lumber baron George (Bradley Cooper) struggles under the economic pressures of the impending Great Depression.

Taking the most rudimentary tenets of eating and flipping them over like organic flapjacks, Dr. Catherine Shanahan, of Bedford, illustrates the correlations between «eating mindfully» and establishing an uncomplicated diet — especially as we lumber through the dog days of summer.

Design elements pay homage to Hinckley's history as a lumber and rail town which is reflected in the diner's abstract art murals and rich wood ceiling detail.

This is a tiny hamlet of nineteenth - century settlement, much reduced from its ancient prosperity, yet the house is there, newly built from the ashes of its fiery ruin, Piety Hill, an Italianate pile, which began as a lumber baron's residence, sank to a refuge for impoverished gentry, and became the seat of a literary man — a history suggestive of larger changes in American society since 1918.

In the latest agreement, implemented in 2006, the U.S. agreed to drop anti-dumping tariffs as long as lumber prices remained at an acceptable level.

Under this agreement, which was scheduled to expire in 2012 until being extended for another two years, the U.S. agreed to lift antidumping duties so long as lumber prices remained above a certain level.

The third most populous city in the state is located near the University of Maine and also prospered as a lumber producer.

Unlike many accounts of Billy Graham's life and ministry, Grant Wacker's America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation does not construct a heroic fable, nor does he deconstruct the evangelist as a lumbering proselytizer.

Adams is the best CB that the EPL has ever seen yet he was as slow as a lumbering cattle, you know where you need to be and who cares is you haven't got the pace, pace becomes secondary to players good enough to read the game and walk into the ideal positions.

This is the man who saved Sunderland, who pushed a limited Bolton side into Europe, who got the best out of the brilliant Jay - Jay Okocha as well as the lumbering Younes Kaboul.

As he lumbers along, one can see that he doesn't have the classic configuration of the soccer player — all lungs and legs — but is built more like a tight end — wide shoulders with a bullish hunch and a narrow waist.

I am tired but can't sleep, perhaps because I am literally shaken (and flung and bounced into the air) by the motor home as it lumbers and sways down the road.

As he lumbers slowly back across the valley, Collins points to a clearing and we take a quick scenic detour back to the trail.

While the idea of dinosaurs as lumbering lizards persisted, research didn't come to a standstill.

Mazlish and Brewer deride the company as a lumbering giant moving so slowly that their partner Desborough left to join Bigfoot.

Since it died out in the 17th century, the dodo has been depicted as a lumbering, fat bird, ripe for extinction.

Cable pops onto the scene as the kid's nemesis, and as a lumbering, square - jawed compendium of knowing clichés.

«Gen,» as big brother Ariki (Wayne Hapi) calls him in the film, seems clearly disconnected from the real world as he lumbers through the rain to the local chess shop, draped in a colorful patchwork quilt.

Schwarzenegger is presented as a lumbering slab of dumb, destructive strength — the image is more geological than human — and Cameron plays his crushing weightiness against the strangely light, almost graceful violence of the gunplay directed against him.

Look, for example, at Jason Dixon, the moron cop Sam Rockwell plays; he starts as the lumbering embodiment of police brutality and bigotry, only to suffer his own crisis of conscience and responsibility — a rather daring dramatic choice, akin to expressing sympathy for the head - cracking devil.

His actual appearance at the exhibition launch is breath - stoppingly unsettling, as he lumbers around the room, aggressively whooping and pawing at the guests.

When Peter Dinklage shows up as a lumbering giant with a smeltery, it feels like the movie has suddenly been whisked away by Terry Gilliam (if only).

The big Bentley is easy to drive and not as lumbering as you'd expect.

It also rides well and doesn't feel as lumbering as some of its competitors, though it's not quite up to the level of the Ram 1500 in this regard.

It rides well and we like that it doesn't feel as lumbering as some of its competitors do on the road.

My feet rested against the dashboard of the Winnebago as we lumbered down the road, the second vehicle in a small caravan of beat - up trailers and motorhomes.

In all, ten elephant seal weaners and one subadult California sea lion (nicknamed Farewell) were the stars as they all lumbered off of our trucks and headed for the cool ocean water.

I was struck by how clumsy the turtle was as it lumbered about awkwardly.

The main character seems clunky to me as he lumbers stiff - legged across the landscape, but he's fluid as he evades and chops down bad guys who cross his path.

Sitting down in the booth, we had a minute or two to quickly figure out the controls — yes I could have looked at the controls layout, but hey, that's just not as fun as lumbering around trying to figure everything out now is it?

As lumbering as they moved in, the masses dispersed to the sidewalk outside the Center to update their websites and to the shuttles to return to hotels.

Against nimble modern platformers like Rayman Legends and Ori and the Blind Forest, however, Tropical Freeze can sometimes feel as lumbering as the titular ape in its execution.

The atmospheric, immersive world of Rapture was as much a character in the narrative as the lumbering Jules Verne - nightmare Big Daddies or the enigmatic Andrew Ryan.

From the perspective of the smaller companies, the giant multinationals are seen as lumbering beasts, slow to act, slow to innovate, secretive and over-confident.

Traditionally thought of as lumbering elephants, taking decades to change pace and direction, law firms are recognising that alternative business structures and new technologies are the passport to business survival.