Sentences with phrase «more than a rubber»

Chemical maker DuPont is providing the resin base, and Nike's engineers say that despite the fact that the raw material costs more than rubber, it's easier and faster to use, cutting down on labor.

But my job — assigned by the government — consisted of little more than rubber - stamping newly - created communist rules and regulations.

Under long - time Chairman Rich Gerentine of Marlboro, a Republican chairing the legislature's major committee for a Democratic majority, the watchdog has been little more than a rubber stamp for the executive.

Day claims the incumbent is disconnected from the issues that impact her constituents and often nothing more than a rubber stamp for the party line.

You don't hear much more than rubber rolling over pavement.

Since the DL was the basic model in the range, it featured little more than rubber mats and a very simple dashboard with a strip - style speedometer.

Most outside directors seem too busy, and too friendly with top managements, to be much more than rubber stamps.

He enjoys plush toys more than rubber or plastic ones.

Any governmental «science court» would be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the politicians in power, more like a kangaroo court most likely.

But this contention, like the contention that the FISC is nothing more than a rubber stamp, is beside the point.

Not exact matches

'» Still, the company will produce more TPU than rubber handrails this year, a first.

It's a niche, for sure, but CelebriDucks has sold more than a million celebrity rubber ducks while being featured on countless TV shows, magazines, and newspapers including The Tonight Show.

As the name suggests, it's comprised of resin, a material that's lighter than the more traditional rubber core, that's been molded in a so - called speedlock shape that could best be described as a pattern resembling a waffle iron.

More than 5,000 migrants, many escaping civil war in Syria, have died over the past 18 months while trying to cross from North Africa, often on flimsy rubber dinghies or crowded fishing boats.

It did that by exploding a watermelon with rubber bands, a broadcast that was simultaneously seen by more than 800,000 people at its peak.

But that is part of a fast - disappearing cooperative process when parliamentary committees were more than a government rubber stamp.

Based out of Philadelphia suburb Berwyn, Penn., rubber products maker Trinseo's stock has been in a steady uptrend for over three years, more than quadrupling in value since the end of 2014.

I would become more than just a rubber stamp for couples.

Sometimes rubber spatulas are good for more than just folding;)

Pour the wet ingredients over the dry, switch to a sturdy rubber spatula or wooden spoon and mix until blended - the batter will be very thick (really more like a dough than a batter) and not easily mixed, but persevere, it will soon come out together.

I still have a little more than a fourth a package left and I make sure to rubber band and pack it in a bag and it still is as fresh and tasty as the day I opened it.

Consumer complaints of pieces of rubber in barbecued pulled beef prompted J.T.M. Provisions Co. to recall more than seven tons of the product, according to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

If you're looking for equipment, here are some basics: 10 - inch skillet 2 quart pot 6 quart pot (larger if you'll be cooking for more than 2 people) whisk rubber spatula metal spatula ladle slotted spoon microplane 8 - inch chef knife colander cutting board salad spinner a food processor and blender are handy, but not essential

More than once we've witnessed a fisherman in knee - high rubber boots stride through the bar with a five - gallon bucket of live shrimp, soon to become the crunchy, juicy foil to crisp julienned vegetables in their banh mi — inspired shrimp po» boy.

Before his accident he was another rowdy Chicago - area club fighter, a little more colorful than most, parading the rings of Indiana, around Gary and Hammond, in a rubber devil's mask.

At this stage in its history, basketball is little more than a collection of carbon and rubber.

It's more like what the floor mat in bathroom is like than it is rubber, like four floor mats place together.

That will start after Sunday though with the Europa League final looked upon as more important than a Premier League dead rubber of which nothing can come from it.

Why kids love it: The playground is clean, and the rubber ground is more comfy to run around than woodchips found at other nearby parks.

I guess it weighs whooping 10 lbs more than City MIni because of the reversible seat and rubber tires.

The feet of the seat is made to be more stable than ever with their rubber base, which is also eventually used to reduce scratches on the surface.

The physical exercise required to nurse is more intense than feeding through a rubber nipple.

Mothers knew, just as Procter & Gamble did, that the disposable diapers on the market, while more convenient than traditional cloth diapers and rubber pants, tended to get baggy when soggy and even leaked.

It looks so much more comfortable than the plastic / rubber seat

The first disposable diaper was created in 1942 in Sweden and was nothing more than an absorbent pad held in place with a pair of rubber pants.

During his official pitch to DRC members, St Lawrence played up the fact that he is an elected official who understands that the «rubber hits the road» at the local level, although his home county, Rockland, is considerably more populous than the 47 rural counties represented here.

The Lieutenant Governor position needs to be more than ribbon cutting and rubber stamping.

«At a time when city agencies and elected officials should be dedicated to keeping the people safe and informed, Mayor de Blasio is more concerned with lining up the rubber stamps for his progressive agenda — and he knows he won't find a more willing puppet than my opponent.»

«There's a local paper rolled up in a rubber band One more sad story's one more than I can stand Just once, how I'd like to see the headline say Not much to print today can't find nothing bad to say

The DCCC is up on the air with its first ad of the NY - 24 race, which casts GOP candidate John Katko as little more than a «rubber stamp» for House Speaker John Boehner.

Adeyeye, a former minister of state for works, said that «if President Buhari retains these ministers in the face of the serious allegations against them, he will show that the entire judicial corruption saga is nothing more than a deliberate attempt to blackmail the judiciary in order to subjugate it and make it a rubber stamp institution of the administration.»

More than you'd expect — and I swear this isn't a joke about unfireable teachers in rubber...

Republicans don't seem to have anybody willing to risk at least $ 100,000 of their own funds and spend the next five months on the rubber - chicken circuit to oppose Auerbach, who won by more than 6,000 votes the last time.

More than you'd expect — and I swear this isn't a joke about unfireable teachers in rubber rooms.

Also, rather than using rubber crumbs, the base of most artificial turf fields, the Battery Park City field uses a much more natural material: coconut husks.

The sandal's thick rubber sole gives more support than ordinary sandals, and its patented rubber toe cap protects the toes from sharp rocks and sticks, making these sandals the among the best water shoes for rocky beaches and the best shoes for river hiking.

It has often been described as a rubber sheet, but Einstein's twisted space - time is more intangible than that

And the rubber subsurface — which Schlegel says absorbs more force than standard artificial fields and should thus reduce player injuries — has an elastic layer made from recycled materials.

Because the molecules are packed closer together than in standard rubber, Toda says, there are more particles to grip the ball, and a player can transfer more spin with the same swing.

And when the rubber did meet the road, more than half of the teams failed their inspections, never even making it out of the pit area.