Sentences with phrase «first sea port»

Bike or walk to Russell, New Zealand's first sea port and New Zealand's first capital city, which retains many of its historic buildings.

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The point is the canon (from cubit) is the yardstick by which all other yardsticks are measured first,... off a degree in port, miles off course out to sea, i.e. (upon this rock ain't the pope) been there done that,..

View the first North American total solar eclipse in nearly three decades as you venture north from Seattle on a route linking historic port towns, state, and national parks set beside the Pacific, and rugged mountain slopes descending through pristine forest to the sea.

First it was the bowsprit, parting the mist, carried high on the running sea and aimed directly at the port quarter, and then, far above, the enormous reefed yards that seemed to reach out like arms to gather in everything in their path.

Voyager of the Seas — operated by Royal Caribbean - has become the first ship to call at the new Historic Falmouth port in Jamaica.

Celebrating its first birthday of service, this Regent Seven Seas Cruises luxury ship is home porting in South Florida for Caribbean sailings through March.

As Advocate General Bobek explained, even though «[t] he first port of call in any interpretative exercise is the text of the provision,» which here would seem to support EFfCI's reading, and although one can not «simply ignore the text and set sail on the foggy sea of effet utile,» in this case the context and purpose of the Cosmetics Regulation confirmed the fact that it was intended to discourage more than just animal testing done with the «intent» of complying with EU rules (AG's Opinion paras 77 - 78).