Sentences with phrase «height of favor»

At the height of their favor (during the T'ang Dynasty from A.D. 700 to A.D. 1000) many of these lion dogs were literally treated as royalty, pampered by personal servants.

They represent the height of favor with regards to women fashion.

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In the late 2000s, it suffered from such mind - boggling hyperinflation — at its height in 2008, a can of Coca - Cola that cost ZIM$ 50 billion in the morning would cost ZIM$ 150 billion at the close of business on the same day — that it abandoned its own currency in 2009 in favor of currency from other, more stable countries.

That worked in Romero's favor during the height of the recession because the students never stopped coming.

At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the city's jails.

At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the...

Such a request of prayer from Mary smacks of an effort to gain divine favor by some route other than Christ — the height of idolatry.

I'm looking at the winter temps from 80 N this year (continuing toasty, relatively), and thinking about ENSO — neutral is now favored through spring — and remembering a) that the weather last year was rather unremarkable for melt and b) we're still at the height of the solar cycle, more or less.

We are still at the height of the dog days of summer, yet I find myself leaning towards more neutral colors and clean lines and less of the in your face brights and prints that I usually favor.

To accommodate those big, free - breathing valves while preserving the 100 mm cylinder - bore spacing that allows this all new block to be machined alongside the 5.0 - liter in Windsor, Ontario (the deck height is also the same), the bore was increased to 94 mm by eschewing iron liners in favor of a plasma - transferred wire - arc cylinder liner technology.

Because while a raised ride height isn't going to do you any favors at the autocross, it's great for visibility when you're navigating traffic, and the acres of cargo space means there's always...

Surprisingly, when it comes to moving goods, you might be better off with a van — there's more cargo volume behind the first and second — though not the third — rows of a Chrysler Pacifica, for example, and the high load height doesn't do the Suburban any favors.

The first clear indicator is the replacement of its entire drivetrain in favor of a custom lift kit that raised the roadster three inches from its normal height.

They favor the size of a Shih Tzu, growing to about 10 inches in height and staying under 12 pounds.

I'm looking at the winter temps from 80 N this year (continuing toasty, relatively), and thinking about ENSO — neutral is now favored through spring — and remembering a) that the weather last year was rather unremarkable for melt and b) we're still at the height of the solar cycle, more or less.

These stem from a diversity of site - specific conditions, including, but not limited to: local vegetation; presence of building structures and contributions made by such structures involving energy use, heating and air conditioning, etc; exposure to winds, the wind velocities determined by climatic factors and also whether certain wind directions are more favored than others by terrain or the presence or absence thereof to bodies of water; proximity to grass, asphalt, concrete or other material surfaces; the physical conditions of the CRS itself which include: the exact location of the temperature sensors within it, the degree of unimpeded flow of external air through the CRS, the character of the paint used; the exact height of the instrument above the external surface (noting that when the ground is covered by 3 feet of snow, the temperature instrument is about 60 % closer to, or less than 2 feet, above an excellent radiating surface, much closer than it would be under snow - free conditions).

For once the low roof heights up in the loft actually works in favor of tiny houses, by allowing the egress window in the roof.

While older generations may be inclined to write these traits off as those «youngin's quirks», it's these fresh perspectives that often drive businesses to new heights by challenging the concept of business as usual in favor of innovation and improved efficiency.

To maximize natural light, the designers bypassed upper cabinetry in favor of a reflective ceramic tile backsplash and a trio of windows; they also opted for double - height windows (all by Marvin) on the ocean side.