Sentences with phrase «over a quarter mile»

«Their toilet breaks are timed, and the (reportedly disgusting and ill - maintained) toilets are over a quarter mile away within the vast complex,» reported the Mirror's Alan Selby in November.

, won't get here because an absurd amount of power doesn't matter if you haven't got the room to use it, a Tesla would still beat it over the quarter mile!

All rooms have balconies with views of the marina toward the beach, which is just over a quarter mile away.

Highly Rated for Cleanliness Featuring a terrace with lounge chairs and sun umbrellas and free Wi - Fi throughout, the Casa Campo De» Fiori is in the center of Rome, just over a quarter mile from Piazza Navona.

Guests can easily reach the Vatican City, which is just over a quarter mile away.

Located right at the beach, Hotel Heaven is just over a quarter mile from the center of Sunny Beach.

Pineapple Beach Club, Antigua is located on over a quarter mile stretch of white sand beach, just 30 minutes from V.C Bird International Airport and 30 minutes from the capital city of St. John's.

• 39 Incidents of Blade Failure - Failed blades have been known to travel over a quarter mile, killing any unfortunate bystanders within its path of destruction.

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The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun - dials and brick walks and burning gardens — finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.

In 2015, vehicle - miles traveled increased about 3.5 percent over 2014 — the greatest growth in a quarter - century.

The electric SUV zoomed through a quarter mile in 11.4 seconds, setting a new world record for the fastest SUV over that distance.

There, Hillsdale, carrying a mere 113 pounds, will again face Round Table, who has to pack 132 over the mile and a quarter.

C. V. Whitney's small but mighty Fisherman gave away weight to rest of field, was held off early pace by Jockey Hedley Woodhouse but took over lead with three furlongs to go and then beat off Joe Jones's determined bid to take $ 29,500 Excelsior Handicap by three - quarters of length in 1:45 for 1 1/16 th mile at Jamaica, N.Y.

HORSE RACING — EASY GOER ($ 2.60), ridden by Pat Day, charged past four horses in the final quarter mile to win the Woodward Handicap by two lengths over Its Acedemic.

The vertical drop is 2,830 feet over 3,510 meters, almost two and a quarter miles, and there is no greater test of the downhiller's derring - do.

The manager admitting he «forfeited» the Carling Cup Quarter - Final away at Cardiff, where loyal fans had travelled over 200 miles from Blackburn to watch their side in (very little) action.

In the first division of the Palm Bench Handicap at Hialeah DRUMTOP ($ 4.20), the only mare in the field, closed strongly to nip Kling Kling by three - quarters of a length, clocking 1:41 [2/5] over a mile and a sixteenth.

When the match race takes its place in racing's history books, the fundamentalists will almost inevitably give decisive weight to the circumstance mentioned by Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons elsewhere in this issue: over an off track (in patches slow) Nashua and Swaps raced together at killing early speed: five - eighths of a mile in 58 seconds, three - quarters of a mile in 1:10 2/5 — two seconds faster than Swaps's time at the same point in the Kentucky Derby over a fast track.

Paladino raised Cuza's eyebrows by saying that Ground Zero isn't merely the footprint of the Twin Towers, but rather «the entire area that was affected by the dust cloud, which spread over an area of approximately a quarter of a mile in every direction.»

The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that a quarter of all its additional resurfacing miles will be designated for Staten Island roads over the next two years.

After the ribbon was cut, Assemblyman Crespo and Congressman Serrano jogged a quarter mile in over 90 degree weather.

Climate velocity was first established in 2009 in a study estimating that species would have to move about a quarter - mile a year on average over the next 85 years.

Eruptions raged century after century, ultimately unleashing a quarter - million cubic miles of lava — the Laki eruption 100,000 times over.

Runners that averaged over 2 and a quarter miles per day were at 95 % lower risk for breast cancer mortality than those that did not meet the current exercise recommendations.

This variability has previously allowed only gross differences to be distinguished — between, say, an Arab horse, bred to run over distances, and an American quarter horse, which is bred to sprint for just a quarter of a mile.

Some powerful force had also flipped over several of the house's paving slabs and dumped fine gravel over the walls — but this part of the site lies a quarter of a mile from the sea and far from any stream or river.

The Miracle of Hot Rod Engineering We don't pretend to be experts in Mustang hot rods, but we still think it's pretty amazing that you can take your $ 54,800 Shelby GT500, hand over $ 39,995 to Shelby American, and drive home from the outfit's facility at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an 850 - hp car that will blaze through the lights on the quarter - mile and then take you for burgers and fries afterwards.

That said, the British marque has stopped short of qualifying exactly what it means by «fastest», so whether this is fastest accelerating, fastest in terms of top speed, or fastest over a quarter - mile time is currently unknown.

«The extra weight helps get it off the line,» Kuniskis said, in explaining the 0.2 - second quarter - mile advantage over the Challenger SRT Hellcat.

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In fact, if the factory claims stack up, the Ferrari accelerates with a sustained intensity to which few cars would be able to find an honest answer, covering the standing quarter - mile in a fraction over 12 seconds on the way to its 193mph top speed.

Household travel accounts for the vast majority (over 80 percent) of miles traveled on our nation's roadways and three - quarters of the CO2 emissions from «on - road» sources.

As well as recording drives on circuits, AMG TRACK PACE can also be used to register acceleration such as the sprint from standstill to 100 km / h or over a quarter of a mile as well as deceleration values.

This Cosmo was good for over 120 mph (193 km / h) and could accelerate to cover a quarter - mile (400 m) in 15.8 s.

In the quarter - mile, the Grand Cherokee made up some ground over the GX, posting a run of 16.05 seconds at 88.2 mph, compared to the Lexus run of 16.14 at 88.52 mph.

Chevrolet engineers have made over 100 passes down the quarter mile with the development car with a best quarter - mile time of 10.685 at 125.73 mph.

The laser light waves oscillate at 450 nanometers and put out 1200 lumens, good for 500 meters — or well over a quarter - mile — of night vision.

When launched in 1985, Lancer ES / LeBaron GTS was one of the quickest sedans in America, with Car & Driver reporting 0 - 60 times of 8.1 seconds and quarter - mile of 16.3 @ 85 mph (turbo, five speed); they said it had minimal turbo lag over 2,500 rpm, with «impressively smooth» throttle response.

The Stingray's 0 - 60 performance is 0.1 - second quicker than the previous six - speed automatic, contributing to a quicker quarter - mile elapsed time of 11.9 seconds — a 0.1 - second improvement over the six - speed auto.

I personally added over 160 additional miles to the EV's odometer during my testing, running the battery down to about a quarter of its capacity twice.

We drove over 500 miles that week and still had a quarter tank of fuel left.

Officially, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is the fastest accelerating production car that can dominate drag strip, having hit the quarter - mile in 9.65 seconds at over 140 mph.

Fusion Energi works on electric, gas or a combination of both and for a full week, I put over 500 miles on the odometer and still had a quarter tank of fuel left.

As well as recording drives on circuits, AMG TRACK PACE can also be used to register acceleration such as the sprint from standstill to 60 mph or over a quarter of a mile, even 60 - 0 mph deceleration time.

Performance with the Duramax / Allison combination is also improved over previous models, with preliminary testing showing 0 - 60 mph times of less than 9 seconds and quarter - mile times of less than 16 seconds in 2500HD models.

When equipped with the latter, the COPO Camaro can scream through the quarter mile in a little over eight seconds at nearly 160 miles per hour.

Boasting a brand - new 6.2 - liter, small - block V - 8, the C7 produces 455 horsepower and 460 pound - feet of torque, which spins the rear wheels to a 3.8 - second 0 - to - 60 time, a standing quarter mile under 12 seconds, and a top speed over 180 mph.

Over the span of 11 - weeks the team at MTC transformed a hum - drum full - size sedan that could cruise through mall parking lots unnoticed into a fire breathing dragster that devours pavement by the quarter and eighth mile.

Most importantly, it'll be capable of dispatching a standing quarter - mile in the «mid-8-second range,» crossing the line at over 150mph.

By comparison, Nissan's purpose built 350Z sports car does the quarter - mile in just a tick over 14 seconds.