Sentences with phrase «example of the geese»

Alaska also allows stopovers on one - way flights, so there are lots of ways to make a good deal even better (Alaska partner flight rules and examples of goosing the stopover benefit).

Not exact matches

A recent example: California attempted to ban the sale of foie gras if it was produced by the forced feeding of geese (even if that feeding occurred in another state), and a company attempted to claim that the state law was preempted by a federal law which said that states can not impose ingredient requirements different than the federal regulations.

For example, in the northern Norwegian district of Vesterålen, the level of subsidy farmers received to cover the cost of setting aside land for pink - footed geese increased and decreased with the number of birds.

As an example, geese eat a quantity of carbohydrate laden foods in the late summer and early fall which causes deposition of fat including a large deposition of liver fat and glycogen, however, when they begin their migration this carb rich diet pretty much ceases as they spend most of their day flying in migration.

Stylistically, Puss in Boots embraces some of Tex Avery's manic sensibilities (a character leaving a shadow cut - out of himself when crashing through a barrier, for instance), and is cheekily self - aware without being postmodern; various chase sequences are superlative examples of action animation, meanwhile, goosed up even further by the movie's stereoscopic 3 - D presentation.

In an attempt to make the characters of Billy and Nick out of touch, for example, the younger interns send them on a wild goose chase based on an «X-Men» joke.

An example of what Le Nichoir means to me is the following story: Lynn Miller, another founding member, was looking for someone who knew of geese to raise some orphan goslings, who were at the center.

Witness, for example, a paper published earlier this year in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in which the authors suggest that outdoor cats pose a threat to Hawaii's state bird, the Nene (or Hawaiian goose), by spreading the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

For example, Geese is more of a hardcore character, and there's a lot of overlap with current Tekken fans.

Bronze geese, swans and cranes from the third century B.C. undergoing conservation in Xian are the earliest Chinese examples of bronze sculpture used for purely artistic purposes.

My personal opinion is that the good professor is going to be remembered as a textbook example of a self - cooked goose.

Given the many examples of genuine issues within Canada's corporate world where the consumer is deliberately at a disadvantage, this case can only be considered a personal vendetta and goose chase financed by the taxpayer at this juncture,.