Sentences with phrase «lever for»

By asking how school policies and practices are affecting students» social and emotional development, SEL can be a powerful lever for school improvement.

Finally, with email, you want to be checking it periodically on your own time, not like a mouse pushing a lever for a food pellet (or a junkie perpetually looking for the next fix).

It grabs onto the actual phone mount via a ball joint, and it has a really handy lever for releasing the suction that keeps the adhesive honest.

That's a powerful lever for advancing support.

A deadbolt only has a keyhole or touchpad, and requires a separate lever for you to actually open your door.

This developed mandatory safeguarding structures for all the UK's main sports, football included, and since then adherence to national child protection standards has become a basic requirement for grant funding, a key financial lever for ensuring compliance.

Trump said would get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency, the agency created in 1970 by President Richard Nixon that has become the nation's main federal lever for mitigating the impacts of climate change.

So is voluntary economic contraction a key lever for climate mitigation?

It is potentially an Archimedean lever for transforming American politics.

It is the ideal lever for the «Progressive» vision for our society.

Since 2005, EcoAct Group has provided the public and private sectors with unique expertise in planning and implementing tailored strategies to make climate a lever for performance.

Some other freight efficiency considerations: Downstream Efficiency As usual, the biggest lever for efficiency occurs downstream at the user end.

The only alternative would have been to physically keep voters from pulling the lever for Obama.

The exhibition «A Window to China: The Lotus Series» highlights Robert Rauschenberg's immense artistic interest in China and examines an idealistic artist whose profound conviction to the arts had him constantly searching for new ways to utilize art as a potential lever for intercultural dialogue.

«Art is a lever for Action.»

We believe that culture is a shared asset that can be an outstanding lever for development,» affirms the museum's mission statement.

And then there's the issue of Houshiary's exotic heritage - a Shiraz - born woman resident in the UK since 1974 - as lever for column inches.

«Koyo's piece would be a lever for clearing this out, something the museum has wanted to do for a long time, a rupture so that we can begin again,» Schaffner said.

Dog shows can be a powerful lever for change, by rewarding and encouraging the breeding of healthy dogs.

Approximately in the middle of the electronic book on the right there is very confortable lever for browsing.The book has no slot for a SD - flash card.

Fine Nappa leather adorns the selector lever for the S tronic and the knee pads; the floor mats have black piping and Sepang Blue stitching.

And if you've got a 4x4 with a separate lever for switching between 2wd, 4wd high, and 4wd low, we've got correct reproductions of those too.

Profile shots into the interior — thanks to those easy - off doors — appear to show a lever for a manually activated transfer case and a manual transmission.

The elevated center console cocoons the driver and reduces the distance from the steering wheel to the shift lever for fast and ergonomic gear shifts.

On the interior, Audi added dials with a gray background, a flat - bottomed leather sports steering wheel, a new selector lever for the S tronic, black rings on the air vents, and a high - gloss trim for the optional navigation system plus.

A second shift lever for the transfer case is located on the floor to the right of the console.

Hyundai engineers redesigned this lever for all cars manufactured starting on August 1, 2005 and recalled the cars made earlier.

Pulling the up - shift lever for more than two seconds returns the transmission to fully automatic mode.

Interestingly, Jaguar has dumped the rotary gear lever for the C - X16, reverting back to a more conventional gear stick.

The gear shift sits on top of the console, with a high - mounted shift lever for sporty driving.

The gearshift sits on top of the console, with a short shifter lever for sporty driving.

The photos also reveal a gearshift lever for a manual transmission, as well as switches for heated steering wheel and seats.

The shift lever for the 6 - speed DSG dual - clutch automatic transmission always remains in a central position, like a joystick.

On the left - hand side of the center console, the selector lever for the 6 - speed DSG automatic transmission has shift - by - wire functionality.

The selector lever for the seven - speed S tronic has a knob of perforated leather and a cuff with gray seams.

Developed in - house, the7DCT system offers drivers fully automatic operation (ideal for town driving) or sequential manual gear changes, selected with the gear - lever for greater driver involvement.

Also updated were the ignition key, the selector lever for the automatic transmission, the button for the optional Audi drive select system and the controls of the high - efficiency air conditioning and multifunction steering wheel.

Dropping the shift lever for the ZF eight - speed automatic transmission into Sport mode kept the engine speed high, making the throttle more responsive, and the electric power steering made for easy, precise turn - in.

The seatbacks recline 12 degrees, and the flip down with a lever for more cargo space.

At the helm of the Range Rover, you'll find thick and chunky - looking handles and knobs, leather - clad dash surfaces and steering wheel, along with a gear - lever for the 8 - speed automatic that is a direct copy of what you'll find in a BMW.

On the left, there are buttons for setting and maintaining cruise control, and on the right there are buttons for phone (you can pick up or hang up the phone), the touchscreen (there's a home button, which takes you to the main screen, and an information button), and there's a lever for SYNC voice - activation.

Standard seating includes flat - folding 3rd row seat, 40/20/40 split separate - folding 2nd row seats with easy one - touch release lever for 3rd row access and a fold - down front passenger seat (except S - V6 and LE).

The Tata Nexon compact SUV gets a new gear lever for the AMT - equipped units.

ft.) equal to the Dodge Charger — New «EZ» entry with high - mounted seat - back lever for easy, one - handed operation; enables second - row passengers to enter and exit with ease — More than 25 safety and security features including supplemental side - curtain air bags, advanced multi-stage air bags, Electronic Stability Program (ESP) and anti-lock brakes — Equipped with cutting - edge technology including MyGIG ™ radio / navigation, UConnect ® Hands - free Communication System, Keyless Go push - button start and Remote Start — To ensure quality, Dodge Challenger engineers logged nearly 3.2 million customer - equivalent miles in the development process — All - new 2009 Dodge Challenger to arrive this fall

The only control element other than that of the MMI is the flush - mounted selector lever for the automatic transmission, which extends upward from the tunnel when the vehicle is started.

A central paddle - shaped lever sits over the ignition button — complete with Lamborghini's trademark red hinged missile - launcher - style cover — and functions as the primary gearshift lever for the eight - speed automatic.

Then, too, there's no need for four buttons on the right of the instrument panel to control wipers and three buttons on the left of the panel to control lights when one button or dial or lever for each would reduce complexity.

, we'd make those low front splitters with some kind of simple, lightweight flip - up lever for crossing rain gutters, a simple mechanical cable that raises them up to make everyday driving less delicate.

Starting with the paddles themselves, the travel has been reduced by a third so there's less delay between starting to pull the lever for a gear and the car responding accordingly.

Inside, the short - throw gear lever for the Xtrac six - speed sequential gearbox and tiny racing steering wheel were reminders of the close alliance between the road car and the racer.