Sentences with phrase «by stacks of»

I'm sitting on my lovely screened porch surround by stacks of furniture with temps in the 80's & the humidity making it a bit uncomfortable... I guess fall will have to wait a little longer at my house.

The shed rests on a concrete block foundation surrounded by stacks of stones, giving the building a sense of permanence and providing an attractive way to level the shed and disguise the change in slope.

Hiring managers are always plagued by stacks of resumes, and typically glance at each one for an average of only 4 seconds.

As a young lawyer working at large firms in downtown Chicago, Melanie Leonard was horrified by the stacks of paper that coated the desks of her colleagues.

Chairs and Books is comprised of two arm chairs conjoined by stacks of books — specifically romance, self - help, and weight - loss books.

In the 2009 «Night Studio» (the title is from Guston), at the New Museum, the scene of two scantily clad women on a chaise is flanked by stacks of monographs, rendered with trompe l'oeil accuracy, on Picasso, Goya, Bruegel, Kirchner and Rousseau, along with Peter Doig and Nicola Tyson, who are Ms. Eisenman's contemporaries.

In the other galleries Ibrahim Mahama has created starker works but equally overwhelming — we're dwarfed by stacks of shoemaker boxes and sacks from markets.

With posters for Season 5 showing Walt surrounded by stacks of cash and emblazoned with the tagline «Hail to the King,» the question at hand was whether or not Mr. White would be able to keep his ego in check successfully enough to take over Gus's meth empire.

When I opened the box, I was awed by the stacks of clothing tied neatly together with ribbon.

I opened my sister's freezer the other day and was greeted by stacks of individually portioned, vacuum sealed lasagnas.

Go plastic» sets the theme for the next scene, where the operative is seen leaving the woods and passing through a cloud of smoke to find himself in a warehouse surrounded by stacks of plastic pallets, with a voiceover announcing «Welcome to the future.»

Procurement executives are inundated with cold calls and buried by stacks of proposals.

In a photo recently posted to Instagram, Floyd Mayweather, the boxer, sits on a private jet surrounded by stacks of dollar bills, touting the sale of tokens for a prediction market called Stox — a moment some saw as proof that ICO hype had reached peak zaniness.

When Tom Colby arrived at Campbell Software Inc. two years ago as vice-president of sales, he was greeted by a stack of qualified sales leads representing millions of dollars in potential revenues.

I'm never not surrounded by a stack of books, voices who meet me in this dark pocket.

Leaving Brooks, I swung through the history department and I thought I saw Fischer crouching by a stack of books along a wall.

School meal programs are governed by a stack of federal regulations as thick as a large urban telephone directory, and nutrition directors have to know them all and follow them all.

By stacking all of those points on top of one another, the researchers combined the faint x-ray glow from the heart of hundreds of galaxies, which were undetectable individually, into a brighter aggregate (see photo inset).

The intruders had forced their way past a formidable barrier — a bolted steel gate reinforced by a stack of concrete blocks weighing about 600 kilograms each.

Lying with your ribs and torso supported by a stack of books, a pillow or anything around the house you feel comfortable on, either rest your hands above your head or beside your torso.

Having sold over 2 million copies since it was first published (and by the stack of copies on my bookshelf I can honestly say I'm a proud part of those 2 million), «The Jaws Log» has influenced whole generations of filmmakers since its release.

The whole mechanism of the EEMS is controlled by a stack of sensors and actuators.

As you can tell by the stack of boxes in the photo above, Santa elves had a busy weekend!

Arriving at Moose Creek 4, summer or winter, you'll be greeted by a stack of split firewood taller than you.

Each adventure is made up of five or six locations, each represented by a stack of cards.

My love of color was satisfied by the stack of creamy white and blue willow plates with the pumpkin - colored linen napkins juxtaposed on the mustard - colored background!

A gold etagere sits lonely in the corner of the room, kept company by the stack of amps that we can only assume belong to her fiance, Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons.

Not exact matches

He could try and do this (assuming he becomes president) by doing a number of things, including stacking the court with judges favorable to his views.

The giant mining operations of Asia stack thousands of computers in dimly lit factory buildings powered by cheap electricity from coal - fed generating plants.

For those of you that «outsource» this service, your accountant with the proper system can actually submit the 1096 and stack of 1099s electronically by March 31.

Marine shipping is often done by tankers stacked with containers that get lifted off the trailer of an 18 - wheeler and stacked on the boat, typically entails international import / export business, and requires knowledge of customs regulations in general and for specific merchandise.

«By design, we will be more promotional and increase our marketing efforts for the remainder of the year, as we will aggressively protect our market share,» Chief Executive Edward Stack said in a statement.

And yet, just eight years later, it seems Facebook may be turning into the very thing its founder once rejected: a still important technology company that's growing a bit long in the tooth and fighting to stay relevant by throwing stacks of money at whatever just might be the next big thing.

Here is a great example of a MarTech stack that is organized well, according to data pulled by Ghostery.

The proof is in the metrics: According to a study by Workboard, 69 percent of high - performing companies surveyed rated companywide communication of business goals as their leading tool for stacking a team of top performers.

After our interesting discussion, he reached deeply into his pockets and pulled out a stack of cards, spilling them by the dozens as he searched to find his own.

Entrepreneur, to me, means someone who is an out - of - the - box thinker, loves having the odds stacked against them and is driven by creation and problem - solving as opposed to monetary compensation.

Most people struggle to solve the problem if given a stack of paper held together by a paperclip; however, they can easily solve the problem if given a stack of paper and a paperclip separately.

In the U.S., Walmart's «stack»em high and watch»em fly» strategy is aimed at middle to lower - income consumers who are watching every penny, while Target has differentiated itself by investing more in the slick look and feel of its stores.

How fast it goes: The two fuel stacks (which provide 670 horsepower) are augmented by a supercapacitor that stores electrical energy conserved during breaking for another 201 horsepower, for a total of 871 horsepower.

The site loses a sense of urgency and news judgement by stacking stories with essentially the same look and feel as each other.

A stacked fight card that included UFC welterweight champion Georges St - Pierre and nine other Canadians provided plenty of action, backed by prodigious amounts of energy drinks, beer and impressive production values.

By avoiding these common resume mistakes, you'll improve the quality of your resume and increase the odds that your application rises to the top of the stack.

There's a metal ball, made of pieces, as well as a 3 - D gorilla made by stacking flat pieces of cardboard on top of one another.

Normally, the sensitive cord tissue is protected by the flexible stack of 33 bones that make up the spinal column.

The union proposal was defeated by a 75 % margin.Meanwhile, Stack managed to finagle a supply of spare parts from his erstwhile cronies in Melrose Park.

Stack began by choosing three modest goals, which he called «accountabilities»: product quality, safety, and housekeeping (meaning the organization and cleanliness of each work area).

With customary flair, Stack ended the experiment by gathering up all the rating sheets and setting them on fire in a small picnic area in back of the plant.

Part of the problem, Stack realized, was that the plant operated under a system that measured labor, overhead, and materials by their actual costs, rather than their standard costs.

On the afternoon of Monday, January 31, human - resources manager Brown sat anxiously by his phone, waiting for a call from Stack, who was negotiating with Harvester at his lawyer's office in downtown Springfield.Since SRC did not want to assume Harvester's liabilities to employees for sick pay and vacation time, everyone in the plant had to be terminated as soon as the buyout was completed.