Sentences with phrase «happens by inches»

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And even though these coastal glaciers have passed the point of no return, the researchers predict it's unlikely they'll melt entirely until 2100 — when that happens it's estimated that it will raise global sea levels by around 3.8 cm (1.5 inches).

It has never happened that a team coached by Sam Allardyce has suffered demotion from the top tier to the second tier, but, as they say there is a first time to everything and this may prove to be big Sam's first taste of demotion as his team is inching towards that.

But because it posits that evolution happens in bursts, punctuated equilibrium goes against the notion that evolution inches forward in tiny steps guided by natural selection.

Power good mornings increase the static strength of your back by allowing the weight to travel a few more inches forward than it would with a regular squat, during which you hold your back static and let all the motion happen around your hips and knees.

I paid for it by having to cut off several inches of split ends, but hey, it happens in college (and I would rather spend money on clothes than my hair;)-RRB-.

This is the perfect strategy if you happen to come across a six - inch patent leather pair that you might have been inspired by on the runway, but stick in the back of your closet when it comes time to wear them.

In the static «charging» situation this doesn't happen - so you can do it by lifting a corner of the battery about 10 mm (1/2 inch) and dropping it about every 1/2 hour.

Bbutton allows driver to manually raise the rear spoiler by nearly 5 inches, otherwise it happens automatically at 75mph

That's what happens when you lose roughly 500 pounds, lower your center of gravity by 1.7 inches and install a 5 - link front / rear suspension.

The baby rolled off of his chest and over the edge of the bed, and here came that peaceful moment, the baby in the air, Adam and Saskia asleep, everyone oblivious, the floor still a few inches away, and now, with a crack followed by a thud, the moment is over and everything that will happen is under way.

The brand prides itself on testing bags for sturdiness, and this 22 - inch ballistic nylon spinner is functional, well - reviewed by frequent travelers, and expandable if he happens to over-pack (or shop) before heading home.

They think all Sally Brown thinks can happen is 100 times 3.0 mm, or 11 inches by 2100.

The new data confirmed that most of the melting happened on ice - covered Greenland and Antarctica, where enough ice melted to raise sea levels by 1.06 millimeters (0.042 inches) per year between January 2003 and December 2010, the study period.

Readers were told that, according to «the latest calculations,» sea level should be falling by eight inches a year and that the reason this wasn't happening was due to a replenishment process involving cosmic ice.