Sentences with phrase «plucked from»

Sitting inside the all - business interior, the 767B's control scheme looks like it was plucked from a spaceship.

Stuffed with 542 horsepower and 501 pound - feet of torque from a supercharged 5.0 - liter V - 8 plucked from the F - Type R Coupe, it's believed the SVR will have carbon - fiber components, a reduced curb weight and aerodynamic updates.

It has a sharper - looking exterior, an interior that looks like it was plucked from something far more expensive, a bit better fuel efficiency, and perhaps most important of all, a manual transmission option.

For the uninitiated, this hot Civic is based on the 10th - generation hatch and packs the fire - breathing 2.0 litre turbocharged VTEC engine plucked from the FK2 CTR.

Plucked from the Audi A8 is the high - definition, three - screen layout, which takes care of all the infotainment functions and the car settings.

Routing the power to the rear was a manual six - speed gearbox plucked from the previous air - cooled 911 era.

Kia has turned to past concept cars to influence the design — the «targa» - style roof loop at the C - pillar is plucked from the Provo coupé concept of 2013.

Kia has turned to past concept cars to influence the design — the «targa» - style roof loop at the C - pillar is plucked from the

Plucked from the CX - 9, the 6 Signature comes with a 2.5 - liter, turbocharged, inline - 4 engine.

Besides the fairly agreeable Willys decals there's a limited - slip differential, meaty springs and gas shocks (plucked from the Rubicon), shiny black wheels, monster tires and 3.73 front and rear axle ratios.

Despite the F - Pace's sizable footprint, it does an impressive job of getting out of its own way, even on narrow, twisting mountain roads that seem plucked from «Gran Turismo» or «Forza.»

Upgraded with an amalgam of parts plucked from Ford's Performance Parts catalogue, Ford hopes the Cobra Jet will dispatch the quarter - mile in less than 9 seconds, clocking speeds in excess of 150mph in the process.

Gone is the Levante's regular 3.0 - liter V - 6, supplanted by a Ferrari - assembled 3.8 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 plucked from the Maserati Quattroporte GTS.

The water pump for the supercharger's air - to - liquid intercooler is plucked from a less likely donor: that bastion of efficiency, the Volt.

The combined work of design director Giles Taylor and designers plucked from the world of fashion, fine textiles and luxury accessories, the team has conspired to create three Dawns based on three separate colour themes: Mugello Red, Cobalto Blue and Mandarin.

The rear subframe can handle the engine's 486 lb - ft of torque now that it is supported by a giant cross-tube and a couple metal reinforcement plates that hold the chassis bars together as load transfers to the rear differential, plucked from a 4,000 - pound Camaro SS.

Significantly refreshed, the midsize sedan gets a couple of new shades of paint, a larger mesh grille, a longer and squared off hood, wing design embellishments, and a more powerful engine plucked from a Mazda CX - 9 SUV.

Our instructors are all professional drivers plucked from various corners of motorsports, all here to help us coax these machines around a set of courses designed to familiarize us with the finesse required to pitch a Lamborghini sideways and keep it there.

Now, plucked from the hallowed halls at Canepa, the prototype is on display at the Petersen.

The VIII introduced the basic blueprint that continues with today's Evo X: feisty turbo four - cylinder engine, computer - regulated all - wheel - drive system, grip - biased suspension, assorted hardware and cosmetic bits seemingly plucked from a race car.

Forneris pushes the big red start buttonon the steering wheel, but it stays surprisingly quiet inside; the rumbling echo of the engine plucked from a Corvette ZR1 engine is great background noise as Forneris does a first pass to make sure everything is working properly.

To fully grasp the teachers unions» «grassroots» activity, check out the following chart, plucked from the California Teachers Association website.

Again and again, Klein recounts his own deprived childhood and how it was a public - school teacher who plucked him from a path to mediocrity or worse.

«Has anyone asked whether these children want to be plucked from their natural surroundings?

«Neither the U.S. Department of Education, nor the Kentucky Department of Education, is advocating that teachers be plucked from one spot to another or moved from one building to another,» she said.

They in turn have often tried to replace veteran administrators with executives plucked from other private and public sector enterprises.

In 2012, she was plucked from the classroom by Chief Technology Officer Pete Just, a mentor who was an adjunct professor in her online master's program.

The government should focus on these issues rather than obsessing about an education policy plucked from the 1950s.

Yet a multiple choice test of discrete facts plucked from across a millennium strikes me as a poor ruler for measuring how well teachers can animate the past.

The kids also deliver some really good performances for a bunch of fresh - faced newcomers who were literally plucked from the streets (particularly Boyega and the very funny Alex Esmail), because it could have easily blown up in Cornish's face.

(«I joined the Reserves for the college money,» he explains in voiceover, a detail that screenwriter Chris Roessner plucked from his own life.)

Plucked from relative obscurity at age 19, Millie Perkins» amusing screen test is archived, along with the DVD's other extras, on the B - side.

Plucked from her native Austria to marry into the French royal family, Marie is forced to adapt to the extremely restrictive (yet at the same time highly frivolous) lifestyle of French royalty.

Soon she is prematurely plucked from rehab by her husband - manager James (country star Tim McGraw, who does no singing in the film).

As we stated in our breakdown of possible Avengers 4 titles, a comic miniseries by the same title, «Avengers Forever», saw the heroes plucked from various timelines in an effort to unite against a common threat.

Though Rocky and Rocky have become synonymous with scrappy underdog tales, the movie is upfront about the gimmickry afoot when Balboa is plucked from obscurity to fight reigning champ Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) when a more experienced boxer drops out.

In the golden age of Hollywood, the popular myth was that some lucky waitress, dancer or hat - check girl could find herself plucked from obscurity and turned into a star.

Filmed on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, it looks like a land plucked from Lord of the Rings, only the fantastical creatures — lactating sea aliens (that Luke Skywalker drinks the milk of) and Porgs, those adorable - as - hell owl - ferret creatures from the trailer — confirm that you're in the Star Wars universe.

She is beholden to August because he plucked her from poverty but she can't mistake Jacob's barely banked ardor for her.

One of the games to be plucked from thePSP's digital library and given the Vita HD makeover is PixelJunk Monsters, a title that first arrived on the PS3 way back in January 2008 before making its way to the PSP (with DLC included).

The waiters, a seasoned crew plucked from powerhouse dining rooms all throughout the city, have the smooth steps and cool banter of celluloid pros.

As the name implies, the entire campaign is remade to facilitate playable cameos from seventeen legends and obscurities plucked from Capcom's rich history.

It's a prequel, taking place before «The Pink Panther» (1963), and showing Clouseau plucked from obscurity for his first big case.

Four - year - old Amanda McCready is plucked from her bed in Boston's working - class Dorchester neighborhood one night while her mother, Helene (Amy Ryan), is apparently at a neighbor's house watching television.

This stranger insists he plucked her from the crash for her own protection — if he's to be believed, the rest of the world has been wiped out, and the only survivors are himself, Michelle and Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.), the sweet if simple handyman who spent years helping Howard construct his underground bunker.

He plucked her from the wreck of her car and brought her to his subterranean shelter just as the world was ending, see.

Contrasting spectacular vistas, blacks are also appropriately deep and dark in certain interior scenes, as when a passed - out Oliver is plucked from a rural road and given soup by a kindly woman during his journey by foot to London.

You pick one of the many unique heroes plucked from The Legend of Zelda's expansive universe, each complete with unique abilities, play - styles, and a whole mess of customization options.

The Shape of Water, director Guillermo del Toro's fantastical love story coupling a woman and a creature plucked from the Amazon River, landed seven nominations.

Fresh faced and with her hair pulled back, Gadon's striking, Hollywood - ready beauty explains why she was plucked from relative obscurity to star in an Armani Beauty campaign in 2015.