Sentences with phrase «on stilts like»

Also consider that in the recent floods of north Queensland, houses would not have been inundated if they had been constructed A) on stilts like the first «old Queenslander» style houses were a century ago, or B) anywhere other than in a known floodplain.

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Standing four feet tall on stilt - like legs, the regal secretary bird may appear from a distance to be a crane.

Is it just me or do I look like I'm on stilts in this picture?

Second, I am thin, with extremely thin ankles and long feet, and ankle pants call attention to this and make me look like a puppet or like I am on stilts with feet attached.

Miguel is drawn with the plump cheeks and beady eyes that render so many animated humans overly doll - like, but the many skeletons in Coco are fabulously kooky and the land of the dead is something to behold, a twinkling metropolis of hillside barrios and houses on stilts reached by dangling gondolas.

Looking a lot like a Fiesta on stilts, the latest EcoSport will be produced locally in India at the Chennai integrated manufacturing complex for both domestic consumption and also export, with production in other countries, likely Brazil slated to commence down the road.

Since this mule is pretending to be a Volkswagen Golf on stilts, we can't look to it for many hints of what the future compact SUV will look like, but we still have a few things to talk about regarding this model.

Just like the Captur is a Clio on stilts or the Ford EcoSport is a new - generation Fiesta on high heels, the Stonic follows the same recipe.

The second - generation Ford Edge may look like a hot hatch on stilts, but it has always lacked the necessary muscle to go like one.

It was late last year that the long awaited Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV finally arrived, looking like a Giulia on stilts and promising plenty of driving dynamism despite -LSB-...]

Including the 2015 BMW X1 alongside the other members of our list of the best handling SUVs for the current model year almost feels like cheating, because let's face it: the X1 is essentially a wagon on stilts.

The chrome ornament on the front fenders and the tastefully designed tail lamps are inspired from the F - Type coupe; in fact, the F - Pace actually looks like an F - type on stilts from the rear.

The really good news here is that unlike the Q7, the SQ5 doesn't look like a station wagon on stilts.

It will probably look like a Phantom VIII on stilts.

It alleviates what Mercedes Canada claims was the most common complaint with the previous car, namely that it felt like it was driving on stilts.

Because the Orang Asli built their huts on stilts to avoid dangerous wild animals like scorpions and leopards, their pet dogs had to learn how to climb the ladders to get back home.

A balanced Pom displays legs in proportion to his body: neither so short as to make him appear dumpy nor so long as to make him look like he is walking on stilts.

For guests who like to fall asleep to the sound of the ocean there will be 32 villas standing majestically on stilts over the glistening Laccadive Sea and one spectacular four - bedroom Royal Water Villa that will come complete with nanny's quarters.

A relaxing hour drive to and from the Kruger National Park, Blyde River Canyon, Gods Window and various other spectacular scenes like Mac - Mac, Lone Creek, Bridal Veil and Sabie Waterfalls, Sabie River Camp offer a range of pre-erected self - catering tents; some on stilts and wooden platforms, as well as spacious Luxury Safari Tents with en - suite bathroom and kitchenette.

ARTnews: Some of your previous works have been very physical, like Unnamed Structure, the large raw wood creaky house on stilts you built into the lobby of the Walker in 2011.

The work consists of two large concrete panels, with holes cut from their centers; set on stilts, the work appears like a character teetering among the planks at its base and emerging from the planting beds below.

It's meant to be a cabin - like house, conceived as a «vertically arranged «clearing in the forest,»» and placed on structural stilts on the highest point of a small clearing among the trees on the property, maximizing views out to the landscape.

It seems like a sensible idea; In New Orleans, many of the new houses are built permanently on concrete stilts and look pretty clunky.

The rest of Antarctica is increasing in size and the new research stations are designed on adjustable stilts so that they can be periodically raised so that they are not buried like the old research stations.

I can hear him now — «Mr. & Mrs. open house guest forget about the fact this house is sinking, just look at the magnificant marketing materials that make it look like it's on stilts and aren't the photos taken by a vintage wedding photographer of renown just marvellous?»