Sentences with phrase «of road like»

Everyone hates additional traffic lights, particularly on long stretches of road like Route 32.

People need to realize that cats are living breathing beings that can not be discarded by the side of the road like an empty beer bottle.

Though this may be expected from a vehicle at this price point, the fact we're pointing it out as being a tad excessive by class standards means you should prepare for a fairly noisy journey if you ever take the Honda Fit out on longer journeys or out on open stretches of road like highways.

The trade - off for that slightly jittery ride over rougher surfaces, for instance, is well - contained body lean through the bends — and, once you're up to speed on more open stretches of road like highways, you'll find the Volvo S60 to be very well adapted to life as a mile muncher.

In our testing, though, big bumps still went «wham» and we could still feel rough patches of road like in other cars with standard shocks.

Another new feature is the Multi-terrain Select system which helps control wheelspin and brake lockup giving the selectable choices of: Rock, Rock & Dirt, Mogul, Loose Rock, and Mud & Sand and with an addition to the Multi-terrain Select system a feature known as adaptive Anti-lock Braking system which adapts to the condition of the road like mud or sand and efficiently uses the ABS to reduce braking distance on any type of terrain.

«Unfortunately, when you're trying to keep the momentum on a hilly, winding section of a road like 58, the car feels outside of its ideal operating range much of the time.

So many people thrown on the side of the road like junk thanks to this horrible system of dating!

You need to come here — Daffodils are EVERYWHERE — on the sides of the road like wildflowers.

What is missing is a clear set of publicly declared rules under which USCYBERCOM will operate, Bronk says, adding, «We can't say there is a cyber command and then not have rules of the road like you do for other areas of military conduct.»

I urge members of Congress to support the funding for the transportation bill to bring much needed money to Erie County and to allow for the repair and reopening of roads like Tonawanda Creek Road.»

Not exact matches

Zhu, the assistant to the chairman of a major marketing agency, likes SUVs for their safety on China's chaotic roads — she and her husband upgraded from a BMW X5.

Of the $ 100 billion a year spent on Belt and Road, about 50 % will be used for raw materials like concrete and steel, according to Strategy &, the consulting arm of PwOf the $ 100 billion a year spent on Belt and Road, about 50 % will be used for raw materials like concrete and steel, according to Strategy &, the consulting arm of Pwof PwC.

But the EPCs — firms like State Construction International, Metallurgical Corp. of China, and Energy Engineering Corp. — don't have strong ties in most of the Belt and Road countries.

On its website, Verge is described as a cryptocurrency which «improves upon the Bitcoin blockchain» and uses open - source software like Tor and I2P — both of which have been used in connection to the former trading site for illicit goods, the Silk Road.

In addition to writing several best - selling books like The Road Ahead, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has raised billions of dollars to combat infectious diseases and elevate the quality of life for impoverished nations around the globe.

But the federal government would only invest a maximum of 20 % in these projects, leaving it to the states to find other sources of revenue, like imposing higher tolls on roads.

Other companies, like GoPro and online dating platform, Plenty of Fish, have also achieved enormous success by bootstrapping before rushing to Sand Hill Road with a pitchdeck.

HitchBOT, valued somewhere in the ballpark of $ 1,000 but priceless to many, was so much more than a plucky pile of junk on the side of the road, even if it looked like a glorified wastebin pimped - out with gangly foam noodle arms and legs.

He shows me a low - slung, rust - covered 1952 Chevrolet Fleetline, the first car his garage built; and a hunter - green 1968 Shelby Mustang, riding high on off - road tires, meant to look like the Mustang that appeared in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.

Of course, it includes a lot of assets that an average investor can't easily buy — including big stakes in privately held companies and infrastructure facilities like toll roads and airports, to name just a couplOf course, it includes a lot of assets that an average investor can't easily buy — including big stakes in privately held companies and infrastructure facilities like toll roads and airports, to name just a couplof assets that an average investor can't easily buy — including big stakes in privately held companies and infrastructure facilities like toll roads and airports, to name just a couple.

I'm not really certain at the moment whether I think that smart cars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhere.

PR is kind of like the road sign that announces a bridge is up ahead, and content is what the bridge is actually built with.

The following infographic comes to us from Get Off Road, and it shows the history of autonomous vehicles, how they work, the technical challenges overcome so far, and what the near - future of driverless cars may look like.

Cars will just react to road maintenance far ahead of time, like they do with everything else.

«Let me tell you, a lot of people on Sand Hill Road looked at us like we were insane,» ElNaggar recounted.

Meanwhile, «transportation in the U.S. costs the equivalent of less than one yuan ($) per kilometer, while road tolls [in China] are higher,» he added, pointing out that some mid - and small - sized Chinese enterprises have already started moving to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia for cheaper wages and materials.

Like the conductor of a great orchestra, Google is leading us along a road that will undoubtedly lead to its masterpiece.

A lot of very famous VCs here on Sand Hill Road looked at us like we were nutjobs.

Because when you're watching a video of someone speaking (as opposed to watching, say, a road trip), there's no way to accelerate the accompanying audio without the person sounding like Mickey Mouse.

The 2018 Nissan Rogue, which I also tested recently, costs just $ 24,800 and is remarkably similar in terms of what you can load in the back, the overall feel on the road at least in terms of wind noise (a crossover is literally a cross between a full - size SUV and a car, but tends to drive more like an SUV), and even the fuel economy (around 33 highway for the Rogue, 28 highway for the Stelvio).

That may sound like a lot, but the problem is that that number of cars on the road will have doubled by then to 2 billion.

Starting a business is like a prizefight, you can project a path but the road is still full of surprise punches.

First - tier Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai have already employed AI and facial recognition technology to regulate traffic and identify driver's who violate road rules, while Shenzhen traffic police began displaying photos of jaywalkers on large LED screens at major intersections starting in April 2017.

I actually like having a lot of options on the steering wheel because they are easier to access and help me keep my eyes on the road.

And while most of us may not update our online followers every half hour like Sullivan did in his heyday, fiending for a Facebook fix 85 times a day is still obviously a good way down the road towards online life crowding out real - world experience.

What's more, many of them excelled in spite of obvious obstacles like language barriers and prejudice — offering an inspiring look at the difficulty some entrepreneurs face on the road to business success.

Plus, the small routines of your home life — the ones that normally relax and orient you, like your exercise and coffee habits — are often on hold while you're on the road.

As you discover and practice new emotional intelligence skills, the billions of microscopic neurons lining the road between the rational and emotional centers of your brain branch off small «arms» (much like a tree) to reach out to the other cells.

Passing on opportunities like this shows a level of respect and dedication that can often lead to even more amazing opportunities down the road.»

«It's sort of like road rage — or ice rage,» Athey says.

Historian Timothy Snyder, author of «The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America,» explains that Russia is not a powerful nation when measured in terms of traditional indicators like technological innovation or gross national product.

It seems like China and the U.S. face a long road to work out differences on trade policies, says Sam McElroy of @financial.

She said, «If the world puts you on a road you do not like, if you look ahead and do not want that destination which is being offered and you look behind and you do not want to return to you place of departure, step off the road.

His packing philosophy, like many of our entrepreneurial road warriors: «If I'm traveling for a few days or a few weeks, I keep it minimalist — both simple and light,» he says.

In his new book, The Food Police: A Well - Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate, Lusk takes direct aim at Pollan, charging that he and other writers, like The New York Times» Mark Bittman, are «food socialists» who are «slowly leading us down the road to serfdom.»

Driving down the long Quantico camp road, you first pass through a country - club - like sprawl of lush, rolling hills.

Or as Julia Deans, CEO of the Toronto City Summit Alliance, observes, «There are a lot of question marks about what [Ford's] road map for attracting business will look like.»

The road to social video success is littered with the remains of previous efforts that ultimately sputtered, like Seesmic and 12Seconds.

That's when you resist an immediate reward in favor of some greater reward down the road, like investing part of your paycheck instead of spending it all at once.