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buttress is a structure or support that is built to strengthen or reinforce something. It is often used in architecture or construction to provide stability and support to a wall or building.
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For now, the coalition is holding together on a Reformed understanding of salvation
buttressed by complementarianism and a commitment to inerrancy.
New wings are added like the flying
buttresses of Gothic cathedrals at Tate Modern, which already has around 5 million visitors a year, and in New York, where the Met celebrates its modern and contemporary art holdings with its move into a Marcel Breuer - designed building on Madison Avenue and 75th Street.
The Spyder version of the open - top Boxster carries a pair of
flying buttresses on the engine cover.
Breasts, silver mushrooms, a melancholy fir tree, giant slippers, a water tower with a crazy red wig, pricks dangling from a string, milk cans: these are a sampling from the ten works that Maria Roosen has chosen for this substantial volume, which is further
buttressed with texts by Hanne Hagenaars and Wim Van Mulders.
Sea level will increase slowly at first,... but as Greenland and West Antarctic ice is softened and lubricated by melt - water and as
buttressing ice shelves disappear due to a warming ocean, the balance will tip toward ice loss, thus... causing rapid ice sheet disintegration.
Of all the cars he saw in 2015, the GT moved him — and us — very quickly, with its flying
buttresses in all the right places.
They are derived from the idea that if the ice
buttress for one of these big basins in East Antarctica were to go, you might get lots of ice sliding into the ocean very quickly, then sea level stabilizing after that most unbalanced ice is released.
His so called war against corruption has collapsed totally and he himself has taken the position of Patron of the «corruption club»
as buttressed by a recent opinion poll conducted by Joy FM.
Both of the Charger's extremities are dramatic; the front end's covered headlights show a vacant snarl, and the rear has a tunneled rear window, with a flying
buttress on each side.
A team of researchers has learned that the powerful 1997 - 98 El Niño event dramatically accelerated the melting of the ice
shelves buttressing glaciers in West Antarctica's Amundsen sea sector.
But at the same time Conservative ministers hope popular annoyance will
buttress support for their plans for further action to curb the power of unions.
Citing the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) group as an instance
which buttresses Jonathan's clientelism style, Atiku complained that the rest of Nigerians who stay out of this network do not only remain excluded from the decision making process, but are also sequestered from enjoying the benefits of democracy.
The Roadster's folding roof is a compact fabric unit, slipping underneath a new interpretation of the i8 Coupe's floating
rear buttresses when stowed.
In particular, the study noted volume loss at the Totten and Moscow University ice shelves, which
help buttress a large section of the EAIS.
Hooting and hollering, he gallops up to the giant
buttress root of a tree, grips its crest with his hands, and beats on its wall - like surface with both feet, making a racket that can be heard more than a kilometer away.
BE: WISE: Research on
buttressing effects on ice shelves (ULB)-- Dr Reinhard Drews and Lionel Favier worked on the Antarctic coast, funded by the annual InBev Baillet Latour Antarctic Fellowship in partnership with the IPF.
In the more affluent areas, indoor soccer is
further buttressed by a unique recreational development.
Flying
buttresses at the rear of the teardrop - shaped glasshouse form part of the aero package, directing air over the shoulderline of the 570S and across the rear deck aiding heat evacuation from the exposed engine bay and increasing downforce.
Stripping the car back to basics and returning to the roots of its original forebear, the Z3, also means ditching the old Z4's heavy, complex folding metal roof in favour of a multi-layer cloth roof and two large
buttresses behind the head restraints.
Perhaps in an effort to play that down, where the previous Ridgeline had unusual flying
buttresses between the back of the cab and (odd - looking) tapering box sides, the new model looks much more conventional, right down to having a visible parting line between the box and cab.
A pad of fibrous tissue called a
medial buttress may develop on the medial side of the tibia in longstanding cases.
Wesselmann's work is entertaining and humorous, but it is
also buttressed by a dynamic and innovative approach.
At the start of this dive there is not much to see, however after a brief swim a
large buttress appears to fill the rest of your dive.
My father, in great detail, explained that one of the images, that of
massive buttresses of what appeared to be battlements (actually elevated highway supports), had, on Nov. 23, 1936, been the cover of the first issue of Life Magazine.
The report appears to
buttress all the rumors suggesting that Google would make its own house - branded phone by the end of 2016.
The convertible's fully automatic soft - top has what BMW describes as a flying -
buttress design in which the top trails behind a vertical rear window, maintaining a coupe - like roofline.
A confident design includes side door scallops and flying
buttress style roof pillars.
Museumgoers find exhibitions
so buttressed with text and technology these days that they easily lose sight of pleasure as the ultimate reason to see a show.
But this new
study buttresses recent findings by another Los Alamos scientist who found boron on Mars for the first time, which also indicates the potential for long - term habitable groundwater in the planet's past.
If you are 6» 9» tall with «shoulders
like buttresses and legs like pylons,» and your «hands, as fists, resemble demolition balls,» the Immigration Minister may deem your «exceptionally large» stature as being too great of a risk factor.
Inflation has to be driven by real growth in the economy, he says, not stagflation, which refers to rising
inflation buttressed by slow growth and high unemployment.
They're going to
need buttressing here, here they totally shine, and try to pair them with the right people.
When did the first man or woman think about
buttressing such a habitat using tree limbs?
However, neither side was able to
buttress arguments with solid facts, because very little research had been focused directly on the new phenomenon.
The poll, conducted in March with a sample of 1,006 respondents,
buttresses other recent findings that rewards cards are extending their reach to a broader swath of consumers.
At Red Peak Station, Skyrail's Rangers provide guided boardwalk tours, sharing their knowledge of these ancient tropical forests amongst
giant buttress roots, towering Kauri Pines and climbing wait - a-while palms.
For decades beforehand, researchers had debated the extent to which ice shelves
buttress glaciers on land — acting like corks that slow the land ice's inevitable march to the sea.
Chimps paired pant hoots with
buttress drumming 75 % of the time when traveling, compared with only 40 % of the time while resting and 10 % while eating.
If you prefer something with a hardtop, for some additional cash, Mazda will also sell you a Miata RF, which features a power retractable roof and its own unique flying -
buttressed look.
Following the Montreal presentation, Agency Task Force chair Bob Myroniuk of Alberta and vice-chair
Larry Buttress of B.C. discussed the Agency Task Force findings with REM senior editor Kathy Bevan.
Perceived best practices,
often buttressed by observation or nonrandomized studies.
Teased here in a single image, the Evolution concept features an angular design motif and bold
roof buttresses.
The question then becomes whether the GOP is able to sell that argument to its traditional supporters, including business groups and the Conservative Party, which provides a
critical buttress for Republican candidates.
(The aero team once pretended to hack off the rear
buttresses just to mess with the designers, Ebbinghaus notes with a delighted cackle.)