Sentences with phrase «embankments as»

In each photograph, the sense of internal ruin is attained with a selection of run - down tourist - poster views of fountains, monuments, the kremlin towers, or the Moscow river embankments as background.

It also helps you if you have to move up and down curbs and embankments as well.

The theme of embankment as barrier against the elements also runs through Howie Sneider's burlap sacks, topped by pink playthings — but then Barnett Newman described sculpture as what you bump into when you step back from a painting years ago.

Not exact matches

Margaret Masson, an elderly woman travelling to her home in Cardonald, was thrown around in the coach as the train slid along the railbed and then careered down a steep embankment.

The blockade caused jams on Grand Boulevard (Nagykörút) as well as along the Danube's Pest - side embankment.

As mentioned in a previous post, parsnips grow wild from self seeded stock in my garden, they even grow through the weed mat on the embankment behind my herbs, consequently many of them are an odd shape.

One of two or more words with the same sound and often the same spelling but different meanings, such as to, two, and too or bank (embankment) and bank (financial institution).

The plastic screen is 5 - metres high and angled to produce the same effect on the movement of air as a solid embankment.

We met at Embankment and walked to Strand where he decided to take me to the «not - so secret» cocktail bar no bigger than your average living room — The Cellar Door, where drinkers are entertained by burlesque performances as they sip at their cocktails.

School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance problems.

As we drove north on the 710 freeway from Long Beach to Los Angeles, Ursula K. Le Guin noted how the isolated palm trees in the distance, poking their dry and dusty heads over the concrete embankment along the road, created the impression of a landscape from another planet or, perhaps, time.

The Castle District, the River Danube embankments and the whole of Andrássy út have been officially recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Other famous sights and attractions, such as Soho, Piccadilly Circus, China Town, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square's National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery, and the Thames Embankment, are all within a short walk.

Beaches such as Cottesloe Beach are very popular spots with white sand, green grass embankments and turquoise blue water.

As much as I loved watching Hunter Grant chase Bryan, a frightened and desperate IT consultant, in circles around a parked truck, this show would be much better pitting its «agents» against real life Traceurs and Traceuses, who could show them a thing or two about running, and by running I mean climbing cat like across a railing before back flipping onto a concrete embankment and dropping twenty - feet into a full fledged sprinAs much as I loved watching Hunter Grant chase Bryan, a frightened and desperate IT consultant, in circles around a parked truck, this show would be much better pitting its «agents» against real life Traceurs and Traceuses, who could show them a thing or two about running, and by running I mean climbing cat like across a railing before back flipping onto a concrete embankment and dropping twenty - feet into a full fledged sprinas I loved watching Hunter Grant chase Bryan, a frightened and desperate IT consultant, in circles around a parked truck, this show would be much better pitting its «agents» against real life Traceurs and Traceuses, who could show them a thing or two about running, and by running I mean climbing cat like across a railing before back flipping onto a concrete embankment and dropping twenty - feet into a full fledged sprint.

Once you find a straight, or as straight as the Isle of Man ever gets, and open the throttle the scenery becomes a blur, the noise ratchets up and the bushes, trees, and embankments form a terrifying tunnel effect.

At the beginning of Operation Little Saturn, in the Russian campaign (it's one of the tank levels), turn immediately to your left and find a single tree sitting on the slope of the embankment that doubles as the level's collision wall.

Sprouting up from the embankment of the chasm is a towering spire, known simple as Jail.

Special sections document public projects which have punctuated Whiteread's career, such as Watertower 1998 in New York and Embankment 2005 for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.

Two Temple Place, until 2 April 2014 Every year between January and April, Two Temple Place — a mansion on London's Embankment — opens its Neo-Gothic interiors to the public with a temporary exhibition, allowing visitors an architectural as well as art - historical treat.

The cinema, called Udarnik, or Shock Worker, opened in 1931 as part of the House on the Embankment, an elite housing complex for Soviet officials designed by Boris Iofan, Stalin's favorite architect.

On leaving Garage, one can still be part of do it Moscow by participating in events such as the «planetary dance» procession staged at the Krymskaya Embankment based on instructions by renowned choreographer and dancer Anna Halprin, or by responding to the challenging task set by Japanese artist Shimabuku to «make an animal smile» or one can dance with a large piece of chalk at the Park of Arts «Muzeon», as instructed by American artist Joan Jonas.

In the other direction from the door, the wooden rod rises along the same angle and kinks twice in midair before shooting up to the ceiling, where it nearly — but not precisely — traces the contour of the corner window embankment before skidding along the top of the long wall, dipping and rising slightly as it runs above the double doors that texture the otherwise smooth surface of the gallery.

Other artists haven't fared as well, their works either compromised by the space (Rachel Whiteread's Embankment, stacks of cast cardboard boxes that lacked the emotional punch a smaller space would have provided) or flawed by choosing to square up to its epic scale.

Recently we noted that In London, they say «Cycling is now mass transport and must be treated as such» They are certainly backing up those words with action; Boris Johnson has just approved a cycling superhighway along the Thames embankment.

With the assistance of Dutch funding, Bangladesh has developed this new land by building roads, embankments, and cyclone shelters, as well as distributing land among settlers to re-settle 21,000 families.

«Loss refers to things that are lost for ever and can not be brought back, such as human lives or species loss, while damages refers to things that are damaged, but can be repaired or restored, such as roads or embankments.»

«At the moment the voices that are heard tend to be advocating for big embankments and flood defences when they should be addressing the underlying causes such as land use change.

Via Law and Magic I found this post on Deceptology discussing the case of Gunderson v. County of San Diego, in which the injured passenger received a $ 1.6 million settlement from the county, as well as the county's agreement to make extensive changes to the road to help keep future motorists from driving off the embankment.

As part of their duties, grade checkers take vertical and horizontal measurement with the aid of surveyor rod and eye level to determine the ratio of grade stake to the juncture of embankment or excavation.