Sentences with phrase «high on stilts»

The homes are in the forest, and are built up high on stilts to comply with coastal building codes.

Deluxe timber bungalows are built high on stilts and nestle in the forest canopy providing a magical and unobtrusive relationship with the natural world.

Not exact matches

He said: «The UN treaty, I think is extremely well - meaning naivety on extremely high stilts and it will not contribute to international safety... let alone persuade any rogue state or terrorist organisation to come to the negotiating table tomorrow afternoon.»

In a Sunday Times article, Mr Phillips referred to a High Court case being taken by the National Secular Society and an atheist former councillor challenging the holding of prayers in local council meetings as «nonsense on stilts», and said human rights legislation was undermined by using it to settle «parochial disputes».

Picking a house up and setting it on stilts or a higher foundation to protect it from a future storm surge.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo eagerly went along, claiming the high court is preparing to «effectively end public labor unions» — which (sadly) is nonsense on stilts.

A scattering of trailers perch on stilts high above the snow, with a neat grid of small yellow tents off to one side.

Gone are the days when women had to totter around on stilts to look «feminine» - now there are so many great flat options that are equally as elegant as a sky - high stiletto.

Thanks to a thick, sturdy heel, this 4.5 - inch - high style from Frye, the gatekeeper of work boots, won't make you feel as if you're walking on stilts.

Once inside, it retains the relatively low - set driving position and high transmission tunnel that conspire to promote a «sports car on stilts» feeling.

Just like the Captur is a Clio on stilts or the Ford EcoSport is a new - generation Fiesta on high heels, the Stonic follows the same recipe.

Essentially a an AMG A45 on stilts, the GLA45 shares most of its styling features and technology with the high - performance hatchback.

Maybe we need to book into one of those high - end resorts with huts on stilts or do activities such as diving to see more of its wonderful sea life.

The sturdy wooden bungalows are built atop high stilts on the hillside and afford excellent ocean views from comfy balconies slung with hammocks.

So guests can expect handsome high - rises in New York and Toronto, «overwater bungalows» on stilts in the lagoon in French Polynesia's Bora Bora, and white adobe villas in Punta Mita, Mexico.

First opened in 1992 on a former homestead and cattle ranch, the resort is comprised of 40 accommodations, including ocean - view suites, tree - houses on stilts and the freestanding Cliff House, which features a deck that appears to suspend over the 1,200 - foot - high ocean bluff.

Around you, your treehouse suite at California's Post Ranch Inn — set on stilts among branches high above the Pacific coastline — seems to bend and stretch, too.

First opened in 1992 on a former homestead and cattle ranch, the resort is comprised of 40 accommodations, including ocean - view suites, treehouses on stilts, and the freestanding Cliff House, which features a deck that appears to suspend over the 1,200 - foot - high ocean bluff.

Nestled into the hillside and raised high above the ground on stilts, this all - wooden dwelling is set amongst wild banana palms and other lus...

Raised high above the ground on stilts, the spaceshiplike structure allowed for privacy as well as excellent views and sunlight.

Both works are inspired by observed events; for the latter, the artist witnessed a plasterer having a cigarette break while standing on metal stilts, used to reach the higher part of walls, in a scene that was simultaneously striking and banal.

It's meant to be a cabin - like house, conceived as a «vertically arranged «clearing in the forest,»» and placed on structural stilts on the highest point of a small clearing among the trees on the property, maximizing views out to the landscape.

I never really worried about the mythical Bangladeshi who might drown if the sea level rose too high — I always assumed they were smart enough to move, or build dikes or put their houses on stilts.

«With the highest respect for what Ridley has accomplished in a distinguished career, I believe his position amounts to climate change denial on stilts,» Palmer argues.

Moreover, I know that no matter how much I run or how high the stilts I strap on, I'm eventually going to have to watch technology whiz out of sight towards the Pacific, leaving me benighted.