Sentences with phrase «of a lever»

Just a simple pull of the lever allows the driver to quickly change gears while keeping both hands on the wheel.

For more space, a simple flip of a lever folds the rear seat flat to expand cargo room to 73 cubic feet.

Put the pad of the lever at the back of your leg near your calves.

You do get a leather - wrapped steering wheel and gear lever though, with the upper part of the lever getting a piano black finish.

The middle also can be configured numerous ways, or taken out with the quick flick of a lever.

When the researchers increased the number of lever presses required to get another dose, the animals kept pressing — for up to hundreds of presses per dose.

The gate features a convenient design that allows adults to walk through with a simple lift of the lever - style handle that includes a safety - locking feature.

The locking mechanism is simple with just the push of a lever.

In one set of tests designed to quantify how much the rats desired each drug, they could get another infusion only by making ever - greater numbers of lever presses.

You don't even have to let go of the lever completely.

However, if the owners want to take the vehicles off road, a twist of a lever or press of a button connects the engine with the front wheels too.

To park the vehicle, you push a small, almost - hidden, rectangular P button just ahead of the lever.

Also depends on how far they've been bent and the quality of the lever.

The shape of the knob at the end of the lever just isn't shaped in a way that lets it fit through the hole.

The position of the lever converts the cam action into a smaller or larger valve lift, as requested by the engine management system.

So if the boy's shadow pulls on a shadow of lever, the real level will be pulled as well.

The fold takes place with the pull of a lever.

The professional blade adjusts to three different sizes (# 10, # 15, and # 30) with an easy flip of a lever.

On the other hand, if voters believe the institution of Congress is fundamentally broken in regards to ethics, they are likely to punish the party in control of the levers of power.

The 60 / 40 - split rear seats fold flatter than in the outgoing model and do so with the tug of a lever in the cargo area.

«There are a lot of levers for Gucci to keep growing,» chief financial officer Jean - Marc Duplaix told journalists by telephone.

Unity discussions have come in fits and starts in the Senate over the last several years, but the push has taken on a new urgency after Republicans gained control of all levers of power in Washington last year.

The rear seats fold flat with a pull of a lever in the cargo area if you need space for longer items.

She so strongly opposes the use of touchscreen voting machines with or without paper trails that she would opt for the continued use of lever machines or paper only, in violation of HAVA mandates for persons with disabilities to be able to cast a secret and independent ballot.

Then you need to pull on a pair of levers on both sides and push the handlebar forward.

but the challenge is that most of the levers for change are outside our control.

The responsive six - speed ZF automatic transmission includes a Sport mode that delivers quick upshifts and downshifts through a pair of levers mounted on the steering wheel, and incorporates a throttle - blipping feature to smooth transitions on the downshifts.

There was a baby in the crib with lines running from its arms and legs that ran to a set of levers on the wall, and standing there was an evil - looking clown throwing the switches.»

Of course, Austen understood the irony of her protagonist's situation: The power - hungry Susan lacks access to most of the levers of power her society grants women — a dependable male protector, a reliable income, even a home.

«I see these findings as a building block towards understanding what kinds of levers can be effective,» he says, «but they're not necessarily evidence that we know how to control deforestation.»

I was given eight hours of work to complete in an hour, I dropped my sushi into my printer, my shoe fell into the toilet when I kicked the heck out of the lever thing (the toilets are always broken at school), I got yelled at by an NYPD officer for «being too aggressive» while trying to nab a parallel parking spot, and I got stuck in a massive rainstorm.

Those who prefer using the seven - speed manumatic's gear lever to self - shift will pooh - pooh the fact that upshifts and downshifts are accomplished through a side - to - side motion of the lever instead of forward and backward.

The KitchenAid 11 - Cup Food Processor with ExactSlice System slices from thick to thin with one slide of the lever.

It says it currently buys about 3 percent of the domestic box office, but when it tweaked some things in its app — things it only described as «a series of levers within its app and marketing - based platform» (uh-huh)-- it could move the needle even further.

Access to the third row is made easy with the touch of a lever that slides and folds the second seat forward.

The new study took the study a step farther by increasing the cognitive challenge, using tokens instead of levers, and putting the food out of sight.

There is still nothing like that visceral feeling of levering a cork out of a tasty bottle of wine.

A variety of levered market - neutral equity hedge funds were running into trouble in August 2007 as they all pursued similar Value plus Momentum strategies, and as some fund liquidated, a self reinforcing panic ensued.

Gear changes are triggered by a brief tap of the lever, after which it automatically returns to its center position.

The gear spacing of the six - speed gearbox, both numerically and in terms of lever travel, was ideal.

One was the «Method of Mechanical Theorems,» which describes the law of the lever and a technique to calculate a body's center of gravity — essentially the one still used today.

For example, a can opener needs two descriptions: the mechanism of levers and cutters, and what this does to open a can.

This includes types of levers and planes of movement and axis of rotation.

If you've opted for the manual gearbox then that's a shame, as the close gate and snickety action of the lever is incredibly satisfying and longs to be used.

A tug of the lever positions the seat and footrest into a reclining position.

The rear seats can be folded flat very easily, using a pair of levers mounted in the boot.

EASY FOLD REAR SEATS The backs on the 2014 Honda CR - V's new 60 / 40 - split rear bench seat flop forward with the pulls of levers conveniently located on either side of the cargo bay to create a near - flat load floor.

Honda engineers changed the design of the lever mechanism so the head restraint moves toward the head earlier in a crash.