Sentences with phrase «as tall buildings»

Long - range TV antennas are recommended for suburban and rural locations, or in environments where certain elements will greatly affect the signal, such as tall buildings, trees, or hills.

The men and women received weekly sessions over three weeks, during which they were exposed to situations such as tall buildings, highways, elevators, supermarkets, movie theaters, and public transportation.

For nearly 2 centuries, Dharahara, a nine - story observation tower in the center of Kathmandu, stood firm as the tallest building in Nepal's capital.

This tower stands 1,018 feet tall and is considered as the tallest building in the world with a helipad on it.

As the tallest building in the country, it is a significant feature in the skyline, while providing the best panoramic view of the city.

MN: In addition to being one of the Middle East's major business hubs with a blossoming economy, the country's impressive tourist attractions such as the tallest building in the world, and the worlds» largest mall, have placed UAE on the map as one of the most sought after locations to visit in the Middle East.

Forever elevating the Los Angeles skyline as the tallest building west of Chicago and the largest InterContinental hotel in the Americas, the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel will graze the sky at 1,100 feet and 73 stories.

[2] It replaces the Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham as the tallest building in Alabama and the RSA — BankTrust Building as the tallest in Mobile.

At 17 storeys, it was the talk of the town as the tallest building in the British Empire until Toronto's Optima Business Centre was built in 1914.

The Revel opened in 2012 as the tallest building in the seashore town with Beyoncé as its headliner.

Not exact matches

As for what else is in the pipeline, Bloomberg News reported on Aug. 26, citing sources familiar with the matter, that Apple's suppliers are set to start building a new iPad with a 12.9 - inch display, almost 3 inches taller than the flagship model.

It will have the 151m tall «twisting» Beach and Howe Tower — a residential building complete with stunning views of water and mountains — as its centerpiece.

The new building, which has yet to be designed, could be as much as 500 feet (150 meters) taller than the current headquarters, said the person, who asked not to be identified because details of the plans haven't been publicly disclosed.

By the early 1930s, the area along 42nd Street, directly north and south of Grand Central had become known as the «Valley of the Giants,» home to three of New York City's six tallest skyscrapers: Walter Chrysler's silver spire, real estate king Irwin Chanin's eponymous building across from the terminal and the white - faced Daily News Bbuilding across from the terminal and the white - faced Daily News BuildingBuilding.

On Monday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk personally visited his «monster» rocket, which stands as tall as 23 - story building.

And Google has plans in place to build an 11 - story «landscraper» in London, which will be as long as London's highest building is tall, the Shard.

The offer is not the first move online to be made by Dubai billionaire Mohamed Alabbar, who made his name as chairman of Emaar Properties, the Dubai - government linked - developer of the world's tallest building.

The Emar offer was not the first online move to be made by Alabbar, who made his name as chairman of Emaar Properties, the Dubai government - linked developer of the world's tallest building.

Set to open in early 2018, it will rank as the tallest and most expensive building in San Francisco.

Other Chinese investments include stakes in Thames Water, Heathrow and Manchester airports, London's tallest building (the «Cheesegrater») and British companies such as Weetabix, Pizza Express, and Sunseekers, not to forget two Premier League football clubs — Southampton FC and West Bromwich Albion.

Importantly, the payment difficulties do not stem from oil revenues, but largely from tourism and financial activity, as those are Dubai's chief industries (Dubai is home to the tallest building and the largest man - made islands in the world, for example).

Sites such as F - Squared Investments, which allows investors to purchase farmland, and Prodigy Network, which raised $ 171.8 million to build a skyscraper that Forbes says will be Bogota, Colombia's tallest building, are constantly popping up in the industry.

you might ask like a local woman did to me as I snapped a picture of the ten - foot - tall reclaimed wood logo that stood outside a historic hall in the shadow of the Tennessee capitol building.

If you don't believe it controls you because you are so special, please, go to the top of the tallest building without a parachute or any other means to fly or defy gravity, jump off and try to change your destined death with your free will, because you see yourself as outside that power and totally in control of your own fate.

As in most small Italian towns, the Catholic church is one of the biggest and tallest buildings in sight.

The FBI described the suspects as two Hispanic females, both approximately 5» -5» 2» tall and of medium build.

You can fit one walnut in the palm of your hand — yet it has all the building blocks to grow into a tree that's nearly as wide as a school bus and as tall as a 10 - story building.

You can only build as tall as your foundation is deep, so make sure you have a good grasp of what it means to eat Paleo.

Since the Synder's debacle, I have used my blog to spread information about other causes, including our building The World's Tallest Gluten Free Cake in 2011 as part of our successful 1in133 mission to pressure the FDA to issue gluten free food regulations (regulations finalized in 2014), and our Ditch Amber campaign to pressure the NFCA to remove their endorsement of Domino's «gluten free» pizzas, as well as spreading facts and information about «gluten free» Cheerios, among others.

The object of the game started out to build as tall of a tower as you can with Dots and spaghetti, but the spaghetti didn't work very well, so we switched to toothpicks.

«Kipco Tower is regarded as the tallest and most prestigious mixed - purpose residential and office building in Kuwait's premier business address, and it only invited Johnny Rockets to represent the hamburger category in its retail offering,» Al - Naqeeb says.

He's tall and lithe, but also built like a house and has long been well - reputed as one of the best athletes to ever take up golf.

He is tall and lean, with a strong jaw, close - cropped hair and a youthful face, young enough that in the early morning, when he runs the arena stairs before practice with the building mostly empty and still hidden behind the dark, he is working as hard as his players are to reach the top.

Lately, as a director of the Citizens Union National Bank, he has been working on an urban renewal project that will clear the way for the bank's new building, which will be the tallest in town.

It seems fitting that the Guinness folks would pick New York City's Empire State Building for their new World Records Exhibit Hall, because that oldtime skyscraper held the record as the world's tallest for 39 years.

As you stack one on top of the other, describe what you're doing by saying «I'm building a really tall tower» or «Let's put this green block on top of the red one.»

That way, she won't run out of cups as she builds her fortress or her 100 - cup tall skyscraper.

Although the village has approved it to be as high as 19 stories — which would make it the tallest building in Arlington Heights — Trandel said it's likely the final plans will be for a smaller building.

In the words of Mr. Adams, President Mahama stands tall when we take the books of records in the provision of health facilities, maintaining that the NDC government has commenced work in building regional hospitals to serve as referral centers.

Lawsuit over 1 W.T.C. antennae settled One World Trade Center is back on track to becoming the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has settled its feud with A.D.F. Steel Corporation to get the steel needed to complete the 400 - foot antenna.

The $ 27 million contract to purchase One Seneca Tower — Buffalo's tallest building — has fallen through after less than two weeks, as the wealthy New York City buyer pulled out of the deal because it was too expensive without investment partners to spread out the costs.

A Georgia company has withdrawn plans to build a 17 - story student apartment tower that Syracuse University criticized as being way too tall for the university neighborhood.

The opening of 432 Park Avenue, a 96 - story tower marketed by developers as the tallest residential building in the Americas, had an outsized effect on prices, said CityRealty research director Gabby Warshawer.

A slew of community boards in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn have voted against the rezonings needed to build taller in their neighborhoods so as to accommodate greater private development and more low - cost housing, most arguing that the plan does not guarantee sufficient units or jobs for the poorest New Yorkers, and thus may accelerate gentrification.

The machine, increasingly popular since it was introduced at a California medical center nearly 25 years ago, typically is as heavy as an airliner, surrounded by a shield of concrete and often housed in a building several stories tall.

The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, among the tallest buildings on earth, accommodate about 20,000 people and are roughly 250 times as tall as their inhabitants.

It has enough piping to stretch across much of the state, constructed conveyer belts as tall as buildings and an operating coal mine, where massive trucks ferry unearthed lignite coal to a storage dome.

To ensure safety in ever taller buildings, the potential impacts of uncontrolled fire need to be explicitly considered during the structural design process with the same care as earthquakes and wind.

Kathmandu's basin of soft sediments helped amplify low - frequency waves, as seen in its destructive effect on taller buildings, says Youssef Hashash, an earthquake engineer at the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, and the lead author of a report published last week that documented the quake's damage to infrastructure.

As fire storms swept through cities built chiefly of wood — San Francisco, California, in 1851 and 1906; Chicago, Illinois, in 1871; Boston in 1872 — insurers and officials discouraged tall wooden buildings in favor of less combustible material.