Sentences with phrase «modern wing back»

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Many vestigial structures also exist, showing links back to evolutionary history, like hind limbs on snake fossils, pelvises on modern whales, wings on flightless birds, and tails and extra ribs on humans.

For a modern - day wing back, you need agility, speed, strenght / vibe, creativity and vision.

Whereas in other games the full - backs have acted more as classic modern day wing - backs, Guardiola wanted them to stay deeper on Saturday so as to draw out the opposition's wingers.

Archaeopteryx doesn't have several features considered essential to flight in modern birds, such as a keeled breastbone to which several important flight muscles attach; a ball - and - socket arrangement that allows the wing to flap fully up over the back and down again; and a muscle pulley system that links chest and shoulder muscles, allowing the birds to swiftly alternate between powerful downstrokes and upstrokes.

This is partly because the air is thinner and partly because modern aircraft, with small swept - back wings, are designed for optimum performance in the stratosphere.

The leather is gorgeous, the upholstery is perfect, and the lines of the sofa are accented with chrome from one front corner, all along the top of the sofa, and back to the front corner on the other side.The sofa is basically cantilevered over it's base!I am often a sucker for burlap (despite a mild allergy to it that I discovered after making burlap pillow covers) so I appreciate this combination of a modern wing chair with an upholstered burlap back.

In addition to historic (and more expensive) «chambers» rooms in the old building, a modern Marriott - style 200 - room wing was added out back — not as unique, but probably better suited for business travelers who prefer to spend most of their free time in public spaces and work in their rooms.

While its long room at the back of the wing for modern art opens at either end, most people will first see the last and most aggressive work, in a marvelous installation by Frank Gehry.

Meanwhile, back on Fifth Avenue, a new $ 600 million modern and contemporary art wing designed by David Chipperfield is in the works.

No home is truly complete without a comfy armchair to recline in and although most associated with a traditional home in a statuesque wing back style armchairs can sit pretty in a contemporary setting too, whether you go for something clean - lined and modern or choose to mix and match retro or vintage - style chairs with 21st century furniture.

For traditionalists, shapes such as the wing - back and tub chairs are being reworked into statement pieces that cut a dash in both modern and classic settings.

For the fashion conscious, you can buy mini versions of iconic designs that are as stylish as they are practical, from classic winged - back chairs to the modern transparent Ghost chair.