Sentences with phrase «narrow stretch of»

Fill a narrow stretch of wall with an heirloom - worthy, grandfather - style clock.

ON May 15, a floating dredge scooped up a bucket of mud from a narrow stretch of the Hudson River near Fort Edward, about 95 miles north of Kingston.

Its narrow stretch of light, fine - sand beach lies between the Black Sea and Lake Siutghiol — one of the most popular water sports destinations at the Romanian seaside.

Right in front of the parking lot, it's just a narrow stretch of sand, since the parking lot is on the beach.

Nestled between Playa Negra to the north and El Parquecito beach to the south, the narrow stretch of sand is lined with an antiquated structure housing one of the oldest markets in Puerto Viejo de Limon, Comissario Manuel Leon, and Reef Runners, a popular dive shop that makes the most out of El Chino's ideal conditions for snorkeling and scuba.

Gloucester Passage is a narrow stretch of water that separates the cape from continental Gloucester Island which dominates the seascape.

This long, narrow stretch of sandy beach close to the low - key resort of Alykes is fully serviced, with tavernas, cafés and many watersports centres.

Laughing Bird Caye (in Belize, islands are known as «cayes», pronounced «keys») is located on a narrow stretch of the reef technically called a faro.

Playa Ballena is a wide beach, which can make it a refreshing change for visitors who might be used to a relatively narrow stretch of sand between their hotel and the ocean.

Traverse the narrow stretch of river known as the Canyon of Fire with help from your experienced guides, and then set up camp in beneath the jungle canopy to fall asleep to the sounds of chattering monkeys and exotic birds.

Santo Tomás de Castilla is a vibrant port city along Guatemala's narrow stretch of Caribbean coastline.

Across a narrow stretch of water is northern Thailand, a country with similar traditions and ethnic minorities...

Instead, the hills of Skye tower over the railway station, only a short distance away across a narrow stretch of water.

At this narrow stretch of Lake Garda, dramatic cliffs rise steeply from the very edge of the water.

The waterfront near the hotel does not have a beach itself — it's a seawall with a lot of boats tied to it and a narrow stretch of sand during low tide.

The Coorong is a narrow stretch of water running from the River Murray mouth to just north of Kingston, 145 kilometres to the south.

The long, narrow stretch of beach along the coast is mainly made up of volcanic sand and pebbles, adorned with sun loungers and providing an ideal spot for water sports.

From its position on the central coast of the city's downtown core, the Harbourfront Centre overlooks a narrow stretch of the Singapore Strait and the nearby island of Sentosa, its vista shaped by the contorted twist of rollercoaster loops and the spires of fantasy palaces found within the Universal Studios theme park.

The port sits alone on a narrow stretch of land that juts into the azure waters of the Singapore Strait, 6 - miles away from the nearest town of Lagoi further inland.

It's perfect when you're trying to pass a slow - moving vehicle on a narrow stretch of road.

The unpublished results of surveys by Jones's team this year show that herpesvirus is most prevalent within a narrow stretch of Cockle Bay at Magnetic Island, a popular tourist destination in the middle of the reef.

After that, the county will have to figure out how to bring the trail back up to Liverpool on a narrow stretch of land, she said.

In the year 59 B.C. he established a colony along the narrowest stretch of the Arno, which is the point where the famous Ponte Vecchio crosses the Arno.

It's easy to find rhythm driving a car like this, perfectly sized for narrow stretches of two - lane road, just enough power to keep a big, goofy grin plastered on my face.

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After a time he gave up this penitential exercise of the door, and instead of it he took up his abode in a very small cell, and used the bench, which was so narrow and short that he could not stretch himself upon it, as his bed.

Brown made the difference during a crucial stretch of the second half when Auburn used a 13 - 2 run to turn a narrow lead into a 72 - 57 advantage.

Narrow aisles end abruptly in nooks and alcoves, and a profusion of used books stretches from the floor to the tin ceiling.

Andersson's group narrowed the search for the gene controlling beak size to a stretch of DNA that contains HMGA2 and three other genes.

Then if a left turn leads the driver to a boulevard or expressway but a right turn leads to a narrow road with frequent traffic lights or stop signs, you could deduce which way the driver turned if the next batch of speed data showed a long stretch of fast driving or a slow stretch of stop - and - go driving.

Their goal was to use classical genetic techniques to pinpoint the location of the lin - 4 gene on the worm's DNA, progressively narrowing the relevant stretch of nucleotides until all they had left was the gene itself.

It may sound like a surrealist's dream, but according to Frank Steiner at the University of Ulm in Germany, recent observations hint that the cosmos is stretched out into a long funnel, with a narrow tube at one end flaring out into a bell.

To conduct the study, Thomas Davies, a community ecologist at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, and his team traveled to the Menai Strait, a narrow, shallow stretch of water that separates the mainland of northwest Wales from the island of Anglesey, an area that remains largely unaffected by light pollution.

These markers allowed the group to narrow the suspect region of the chromosome to a 6 - million - base - pair stretch of DNA that turned out to contain a promising gene: the - synuclein gene.

In this view, all that can be seen of Saturn's D ring is the faint and narrow arc as it stretches from top right of the image.

There are five species of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys): Black - Tailed Prairie Dog (C. ludovicianus) occupies narrow bands of dry plains stretching from central Texans to Canada.

In individuals with IBS — a motility disorder — the gas can become trapped causing pain or the gas can be created in the small intestine which has a narrow diameter and so the stretching of the intestine might contribute to pain as well.

This version of a forward fold is especially relaxing for a yin yoga practice because it is more stable than a traditional narrow stance forward fold and will allow you to feel a stretch and relief in your lower back.

They are made from blue denim with a touch of stretch and sit extremely high on the waist to flatter the narrowest part.

The fabric has some stretch to it and the skirt is so narrow at the knees that I have to pull it down instead of up when I need to go to the bathroom (TMI?).

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In the second place, if Wilkerson were to concentrate on his family's history, he'd narrow the focus of the film, when what he wants is to stretch it to the horizon.

Recent images from across southeast Alaska, a narrow strip of coastal islands and mountains that stretches more than 500 miles along the Pacific Ocean.

Anderson can't help but turn the open - air, urban setting into yet another deathtrap tunnel system, and CGI aerial shots dot Pompeii's opening stretch, showing the complex grid of roads, narrow streets, and aqueducts which make up a Roman city — and through which, of course, the characters will eventually have to escape.

The film focuses on the last stretch of the climb, from camp four through a narrow pass known as the Bottleneck, beneath a serac, an icy overhang 100 metres high that could crack at any time, and then on to the summit.

Yet today, a movement that stretches back several decades has narrowed us down to a single set of take -»em - or - leave -»em initiatives.

The blank page of an exercise book can often deflate the weak or reluctant writer, with its narrow lines stretching endlessly down the page.

Past Jerome is the most mouthwatering stretch of pavement yet, a harrowing narrow mountain pass with slow hairpin turns and long sweeping bends.

It narrows and widens capriciously and is hardly the smoothest stretch of asphalt in the West — an appropriate tarmac rally stage; the kind of shakedown road that either shows a sports car off or shows it up.

It was the sort of narrow, twisting stretch that wouldn't have looked out of place on a Corsican rally stage and the temptation to test the robustness of the car's sump with a few big cuts was almost too much.

From here the road wriggles inland on a stretch of tarmac narrow enough to be devoid of road markings.