Sentences with phrase «of less wind»

And although it is quite a looker, aero was another major consideration for the development team, which worked to reduce coefficient of drag in the name of less wind noise, better engine efficiency, and more downforce.

La Nina, characterized by colder temperatures in the Pacific around the equator, affects weather in the Atlantic hurricane region as well, in the form of less wind in the tropics and therefore more hospitable conditions for hurricanes.

Not exact matches

Researchers at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom found that parents who set super-high expectations for their teenage daughters — and who constantly reminded them of those expectations — had daughters who were less likely to become pregnant, drop out of school, or wind up in lousy, low - wage jobs.

In the end, the existence of programs such as PRISM and Stellar Wind is disheartening for Diebert, since democratic societies are supposed to be better than the less - free countries they often condemn.

But it was only in the last decade that the state began taking advantage of its vast wind - energy resources, growing from less than 1 percent of net electricity production in 2005 to nearly 30 percent in 2016.

Shah said that less than half will come from solar and wind and the rest will be a mix of biomass, small hydroelectric, geothermal (derived from underground heat) and nuclear.

The rebounding economy, low interest rates, less expensive technology and the state of regulation are all fair winds blowing in favor of new small - business owners.

«We decided it would pretty hard to build a wind farm while we were still in college, so this was a little bit less capital intensive and aligned with our vision of what we wanted to do.»

The patent fight billed as the «Ali - Frazier Fight of Biotech,» and a «clash of titans,» and the «last great priority dispute of the «first - to - invent» era of US patent law» (um, okay, that final image is perhaps less evocative) had its first and only hearing before judges yesterday — and the line to get a glimpse of the brief proceedings wound its way around the lobby Christmas tree in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office building in Alexandria, Virginia (a view of which can be found here, in lawyer Jacob Sherkow's enthusiastic Twitter feed).

creation of additional shares of Series C convertible preferred stock; or (iii) effect a change of control, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company in which the holders of Series C convertible preferred stock would receive an amount per share less than the original issue price plus any declared but unpaid dividends on such shares of Series C convertible preferred stock.

But by raising the cost of one all - important ingredient, the tariffs could make solar power less competitive with other sources of energy, like gas and wind, resulting in the construction of fewer solar projects.

In fact, after 30 years of government subsidies, wind power and solar power contribute less than 1 % of the earth's total energy output.

In the middle third of the U.S., wind farms have an all - in cost that is less than a third that of a new natural gas - fired plant, and wind power is also well below the cost of power from large - scale solar farms.»

Cambodia joins a lengthening list of nations around the world that are reassessing big hydropower dams in an era when wind and solar power are less expensive, much easier to build, less damaging, and far less vulnerable to droughts and floods.

Although the less disciplined change their tack in hopes of coaxing along a success, we at Harris Associates continue to look to the horizon and stay the course, even when the winds shift or the gusts blow.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway wound up shedding 3.76 million shares during the quarter (which is actually less than 1 % of its holdings), while David Tepper's Appaloosa dumped all 681,463 shares that it had owned.

«People are amazed how they can easily save $ 50 a month and increase it to $ 100 a month and wind up with thousands of dollars in savings in less than two years.»

I don't think God would think less of them... I don't have to go to church every Sunday to have a relationship with God... I can sit in my backyard and listen to the birds and the wind and have peace and serenity and a conversation with him... The whole point is, we are not the ones that are supposed to judge anyone... that's his place... not ours... when judgment day comes, he will be the one to say welcome, or turn us away...

But he and Madame Secretary seem to have missed one of Niebuhr's crucial lessons: that in this world we can not do everything we would like, and by trying to do more than we can, we wind up doing much less than we should.

As I've listened to the stories of numerous wounded and hurt pastors I've realized that the less we talk about failure the more we feel it, but the more we can talk about it the less we feel it.

The wounds did not have the same kind of clarity as those on the other wards, and opportunities for compassion were less straightforward.

How can we expect people such as this to comprehend, much less embrace a well ordered way of life unless and until their psychic wounds are healed, their hearts are mended and their souls salved by the grace of Christ?

The best accounts estimate that some 610,000 died — 360,000 in the service of the Union and 250,000 in the service of the Confederate States of America — with countless thousands of others maimed, dismembered or less severely wounded.

And for you and many others who are having a tough time understanding what love looks like in the context of our family, maybe we'd be a little less hurt, a little less disappointed, a little less wounded by our family if we truly internalized that a loving God came to earth and was «called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.»

Then blown by every wind of doctrine and preoccupied with fads and the ethos of hypertoleration, now I suffer fools a little less gladly.

At first they welcomed Cook as a god and believed his ships came to the islands on the winds of Lono, but his incessant and arrogant demands for provisions soon made him appear considerably less than divine.

Surrounding the somewhat recalcitrant materials of community and religious culture are the far less easily mastered elements of the natural world, which in «The Island» is represented by the light, the wind and the sea.

The temptation of our current culture is to cast the Church as a bureaucratic obstacle to wounded persons» desire for God, and her pastors as «cold warriors» — but this, to put it kindly, is less than honest.

Tax me less, spend less, and if you really feel compelled to keep a bit of pork in that fat Federal Belly... at least use my tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back into their country after serving it.

• Winds of change have blown through all countries of Eastern Europe in a way not dreamed of less than a decade ago.

And see q, 54 a 4 ad 2: «Although those openings of the wounds break the continuity of the tissue, still the greater beauty of glory compensates for all this, so that the body is not less entire, but more perfected» and ad 1: «a special comeliness will appear in the places scarred by the wounds».

A steaming bowl of comforting soup is always a nice way to make the frigid cold and wind that howls outside of my house seem just a little bit less daunting.

Between this and my other health issues I've found too often that what is good for the body overall or good for one particular disease is contraindicated by another, and you wind up having to choose the lesser of the evils.

Who among us has not tired of catching wind of the claimed advantages of a Mediterranean eating routine, or a Vegan count calories, or a low - fat eating routine, or a low - sugar abstain from food, or a low - protein consume less calories?

The 20 mph gusts of wind make it feel substantially less.

«All over the surface of the great waves themselves, the wind was whipping up lesser waves, and blowing their tops away, so that the whole sea was lined and streaked with the blown spume, and it looked as if all the surface was moving.»

Like Saturday, there will be plenty of sunshine but less wind in Southern Virginia and temperatures near 70 degrees near the end of the race, with green flag temperatures in the middle to upper 60s.

We probably wind up getting to enjoy Omari for less time because of this but I am sure he will be a beast when we do have him.

American track fans got disappointing news when Britain's Brian Hewson, one of five who have run the mile in less than four minutes, regretfully notified the AAU that he won't be able to compete in the U.S. next month because of a strained leg muscle, though he may possibly arrive for the wind - up of the indoor season in March.

The old master does three more rounds with less capable students than the frat kid (chasing a hugely rotund guy who's wearing glasses around the ring, spanking him on the seat of his workout pants instead of punching his face or his jiggling body; cartoonishly winding up and lampoonishly telegraphing all of his punches while letting a 140 - pound pointed - nose novice push him around all - four square), then he steps awkwardly from the ring and immediately begins to walk his great - granddaddy walk.

Less wind and mostly sunny skies are expected for Friday and the rest of the tournament.

2) What do you make of a round where [fighter A] winds the first 40 seconds in an eye - popping way and loses the last 2:20 in a comprehensive but less spectacular fashion?

Mathieu wound up making a little less than $ 22 million of that.

All of that was how he wound up in Boston less than one season into a four - year deal.

As expected, it went down a treat with Arsenal fans, but naturally Spurs fans caught wind of it and were less than impressed which inevitably led to plenty of back and forth between the two rival sets of supporters.

Wound care experts have found that wounds heal faster and with less pain when the natural internal moisture of the skin is protected (4).

The stitches help hold either together so that it heals properly (in proper position,) and often, a tear will have a more noticeable, and less desirable scar (i.e. larger) but it heals more quickly because the tissue can more easily re-attach because of the shape of the wound.

You'll wind up eating a lot less of the unhealthy choices, and chances are that you'll feel a lot better after the meal.

In Kenya, there is generally more help from extended family; there are fewer parenting philosophies to pick from, doubt and then be judged by; there's no scheduled sleep times to disrupt; there's a more relaxed free - range parenting style; it's a less tightly wound culture in general; there's not the pressure to be the main source of entertainment for your children.

That said, I think the uncontrollable nature of chemical weapons is something that shouldn't be discounted - we can build bombs that are less likely to fail to detonate, but the whole point of a chemical weapon is that it spreads a chemical which can be picked up by the wind, stick to clothes, etc..