Sentences with phrase «old wreck»
The phrase "old wreck" refers to something that is very old and in poor condition, often implying that it is no longer useful or functional. Full definition
Toward that end, he recently asked the European Union to fund excavation of a 500 - year - old wreck off the coast of Croatia.
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We put eggshell in our bedrooms and that seems to chip easily (our two year old wrecks havoc on the walls!).
After such a haul on his first old wreck, McKee proved he was only human.
But for the more adventurous, the 64 m long, 100 year old wreck named the Scottish Prince is only 800 metres off the coast of Main Beach and is one of the most popular dive sites in the area.
On TV renovators go from tattered old wrecks to picture perfect homes in less than 60 minutes.
It is McKee's fond fancy that someday, when grandmother has her own air lung, old wrecks will become historical monuments, bronze - plaqued and visited on Sundays (the only memorials where orators can not intrude).
Often compared to an old man muppet, these beautiful wolf eels, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, have taken up residence in an old wreck on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
The key to finding the oldest wrecks, he says, is locating «relic surfaces» that have escaped being buried by sediment, which flows downhill and covers the deep sea floor.
For most countries, these old wrecks are out of sight and out of mind, until they start to leak.
Looking for new truck to replace an old wrecked truck.
The old wreck is huge and one dive is never enough, and all students vowed that they would all come back and dive again on the wreck.
Habaneros - Palmeros This is probably one of the oldest wrecks sites off Ambergris Caye.
The Kowie Canoe Trail will lead you approximately 21kms up the Kowie River past attractions such as The Old Wreck, Windy Beach, Rabbit Rocks, Cob Hole, Black Rock, The old Mill, The Reef, Ferry Glen, White Rock and on to the Camp at Horseshoe Bend.
Other worthy winners include the exquisite Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall for Damien Hirst by Caruso St John and Julian Harrap's immaculate conservation of Sir John Soane's Museum, along with Tim Ronalds's exemplary work on Wilton's Music Hall in the East End — which manages to retain the magical tumbledown character of the old wreck.