Sentences with phrase «on the downward slope of»

Examples: those for the electrically adjusting mirrors are on the downward slope of the driver's armrest; for cruise control, some under the left side of the dash, others on a small stalk to the left of the steering wheel.

Right now we are on the downward slope of the apsidal precession.

Not exact matches

In Australia, we have come to think of the downward sloping yield curve as the norm, and banks have developed cash management - type products to cater for those wishing to capitalise on high short term interest rates.

It has also been on a downward slope from the stated target of 5 % in June, 2015, to 4.6 % in December 2017.

As Andreas Felder slowly climbs the stairs that lead to the top of the 70 - meter ski jump in Lahti, Finland, one of the regular stops on the World Cup tour, he pauses occasionally to stare at the slope that angles sharply downward.

It's as though he's starting to hit the downward slope of his career, and if Ronaldo is starting to decline, then that could be bad news for a Real Madrid team who still seem heavily reliant on their aging star, to the point that they gave him this massive contract extension.

The principles of geomorphology would also suggest that from the lofty mountain axis bordering the Pacific there should slope downward, across the Pole, a broad plateau to Weddell Sea on the one side and the bight between Wilkes Land and Enderly Land on the other; and this interpretation is borne out by the description of the plateau conditions which were found to exist around the South Pole.

The river swelled as it rushed southward on the continent's downward slope, toward the depression in the planet that would become known as the Gulf of Mexico.

Unlike a short term illness that will run its course in a matter of days, the path that decreasing growth hormone levels will put one on continues to slope ever downward.

Miles Ahead is like a seedy tour of Davis» life on the downward slope.

And then I think you should get some kind of a downward slope on the hood to meet that windshield change.

The received wisdom has always been that, in an emergency stop, just pulling hard on the front brakes will massively increase the probability of a flip - especially if you're on a downward slope.

In profile, frameless windows slope downward, accentuating its coupe - like silhouette, and louvers on the sides of the fenders fit into fine aluminum frames, much like the vents on the side of the engine hood and exhaust openings behind the doors.

The front of the car slopes downward, and big windows on the sides and rear offer unobstructed views.

Rovio also admits to making shifts toward free - to - play games and monetizing using in - game purchases and advertising — which is a wise move, but should likely have been addressed at the height of their popularity and not on the downward slope.

It resides on top of the Shift 4G on a downward slope, which makes it difficult to access.

Underlying the silly fun of this spoof is a very real concern if we were to chart over time how Amazon's payment policies are impacting the per - page rates that authors earn on their books, it would be a downward sloping chart of devaluation.

The shape of the inverted yield curve, shown on the yellow line, is opposite to that of a normal yield curve — sloping downward.

It's on the downward sloping side of the road so the huts should block some of the noise from passing traffic.

Sure, it's currently missing that AAA system seller (hi, Monster Hunter) and sales are on a downward slope in the east, but I've still got plenty to play so I'm not totally sure where that comes from, and this week's introduction of Plus is hugely exciting.

The science indicates that we have no more than ten or fifteen years to put total global emissions on a downward slope to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

Wili: As ice volume decreases, the fraction of volume which is new ice increases, and hence the year to year variability in new ice becomes a larger fraction of the total ice volume variability, so I don't think the smoothed downward slope will stay as smooth, i.e. you should expect bigger surprises to the upside on a given winter if it is cold and has heavy snow fall.

But the spectrum of net upward flux at the tropopause for Earth is approximately a valley (Fνup (CO2) is negative) with a continual downward slope toward the center on each side (this is an approximation, though *****).

Canada's federal government, in a pledge that skeptical climate campaigners called a triumph of hope over experience, promised on Friday to reverse years of emissions growth and get its global warming pollution back on a downward slope.

Since many of these glaciers sit on below sea level beds that slope downward toward the interior of Antarctica, a small amount of initial melt sets off an inland flood of these warmer waters that then produces a cascade of melt.

The combination of a green roof (unaffixed object), slope, and gravity imply the need to address physical containment and resistance to downward pressures exerted by the green roof against the parapet and mechanical fixtures of the roof especially in cold climate areas where ice crystals may form on the slip sheet / root barrier surface during winter.

CL at # 45 wrote: «As ice volume decreases, the fraction of volume which is new ice increases, and hence the year to year variability in new ice becomes a larger fraction of the total ice volume variability, so I don't think the smoothed downward slope will stay as smooth, i.e. you should expect bigger surprises to the upside on a given winter if it is cold and has heavy snow fall.»

However, this is only my «guess» (based on the present downward trend, and the fact that we are likely on the down slope of the Holocene), not a hypothesis, and has as much or more validity as AGW.