Sentences with phrase «embankments with»

One possibility, says Beltrando, is to build embankments with holes to allow the cold air to escape into the valley bottoms.

This one is open to the sun — high, grass - grown earthen embankments with a stone drainage ditch running through the middle.

An elegant Victorian masterpiece with ornate sculptured ceilings, a grand marble staircase and glittering chandeliers, it's ideally located on Victoria Embankment with stunning views over the River Thames and London Eye.

«Melaka is famous for its river, beautiful embankment with colorful houses and weekend night market, where you can find all sort of local delicacies; sweets, pastry, fish, sea food, kebabs, milkshakes and more,» Campbell continues.

If there is an embankment with a tree growing at a 45 - degree angle, the salesperson might suggest that the homeowner have that checked out.»

Not exact matches

Armed with a Stechkin pistol, he hid behind a stone embankment and reportedly unloaded a clip before getting wounded.

Yancey wrestled with the steering wheel, but his SUV tumbled over an embankment, shattering glass, plastic and metal - and much of Yancey's thin body.

It originated centuries ago with the fishermen who cooked it in big metal pots over campfires on the embankments of Hungary's great rivers, including the Danube.

The journey down to Euston was straight forward enough and I then took the tube to Embankment (Northern Line) to connect up with the District line to Dagenham East which all in all, the journey time is about an hour from Euston, arriving at the ground at 12.30 pm.

An eclectic group of us wandered past the birch trees and down the concrete slope of the embankment, with hunks of bread in our hands.

The exam on the coach was the most tricky — you did not know when you were to be called and you might end up having to provide a commentary on anything from a rapid sweep along the embankment packed with visuals to sitting in traffic in a gridlocked road in Marylebone.

The islands, or «polders,» are still protected by embankments — but, the study notes, those earthen structures also cause elevation loss, along with poor drainage and other problems.

Published this week in Nature Climate Change, the initial study finds that embankments constructed since the 1960s are primarily to blame for lower land elevations along the Ganges - Brahmaputra River Delta, with some areas experiencing more than twice the rate of the most worrisome sea - level rise projections from the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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).

With conservative assumptions about sea level rise and the subsidence of the area, two diversion structures — large concrete sluices placed in the river embankment — would create about 700 square kilometers of land over 30 years, said Gary Parker of the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.

For long bridges the authors recommended employing transition slabs, ballast bonding, and embankment treatments — methods that mitigate track stiffness gradually with longer transitions.

That tidal amplification has big implications for coastal protection, says Goodbred: for areas with long tidal channels, building more embankments could actually cause higher tides and exacerbate saltwater intrusion.

Combined with crushed stone, this type of mixture has already been used to good effect in asphalt mixtures and roadside embankments, but its use in the rail sector is relatively unexplored.

These might include small dams in the headlands or working with farmers to build embankments around fields to store water during the winter months when cattle are housed indoors.»

I'm wearing three coats of Color Club's Warhol and one coat of Nails Inc.'s Chelsea Embankment Gardens with one coat of Rica «s Glossy Glam top coat.

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.

4AUTO in my Silverado with locking rear diff is more than enough for diving through deep snow covered roads, across frozen lakes, and up muddy embankments on job sites.

A fair few writers (although not yours truly, he says with pride) sent sleek carbon fibre into the embankments, but no harm was done.

However, to simulate a run - off crash test, Volvo needed to come up with a way to make the occupants move around randomly, like they do in when they drive off an embankment.

Submission of proofs, sample chapters, AIs and covers should be sent in hard copy to the Editorial Assistant, The Bookseller, 10th Floor, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP, with all packages clearly marked on the outside with the name of the preview concerned.

With unique double water frontage, BASK's 87 fully furnished villas open onto sunset - showcasing beachfronts and exotic salt lake embankments.

In the new part of Havana on the embankment of El Vedado, along the Malecon waterfront and the streets of La Rampa there are numerous villas and hotels for all tastes with excellent service.

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

With a beautiful view of the River Thames, The Eye and Big Ben, The Savoy London has a riverfront location that is in walking distance from The Savoy Theatre, Royal Opera House and Victoria Embankment Gardens.

Usually each mission asks you to do mostly simple things: destroy an enemy embankment, recover something important or grapple with foes.

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.

Created by «reverse graffiti» from the dirt on the embankment wall, the figures will eventually merge with new layers of pollution.

Picnic (2018) depicts a scene along a creek embankment, with bread, butter, citrus fruits, and a book of African cubist art resting on an otherwise empty red mat.

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.

The photograph Mirror depicts two images simultaneously, containing both a raw hill or cliff with the image of a graffiti covered concrete embankment.

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.

I don't like Sundays, so the best way to spend it would be with friends, taking a boat from Embankment to Greenwich Market.

Rush's earliest images shot with this camera are of details of concrete walls and embankments.

«Tracings up to the LA River placed in the Clark Telescope Dome, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ» presents the first works that are part of Secular Response 3, in which the concentric circular markings from the footprint of the round building that houses the Clark telescope are laid out with the messy «micro-histories» found in the markings on the concrete embankment of the LA River.

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.

Villagers rebuilt an embankment last year after Cyclone Alia near Satkhira, Bangladesh, one of the first countries to tap into a fund that helps poor states cope with and adapt to climate change.

Alleys are designed to hold garbage and to drain water away, so they tend to be designed with a steep embankment that often does not meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards.

When can a passenger in a car with a driver who fails to observe a left - hand curve in a road and instead continues straight and plunges over an 8 - foot embankment into a ditch recover from the county for her significant injuries caused by the crash?

Five children serious injured after driver lost control of vehicle The Orange County (California) Unified School District recently agreed to settle a school bus crash lawsuit with the families of five - children serious injured after the vehicle's driver lost control and slammed into an embankment.

The Orange County (California) Unified School District recently agreed to settle a school bus crash lawsuit with the families of five - children serious injured after the vehicle's driver lost control and slammed into an embankment.

Of course, the Hermitage Museum is the big draw, with its 3 million exhibits spread over six historic buildings and close by, on Palace Embankment.

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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.

Summary: Committed and dexterous Track Worker with first - hand experience in installing and renewing track, tunnels, embankments and level crossings.