Sentences with phrase «points of the compass»

Orient the genres of literature according to the cardinal points of a compass.

There are few points of the compass where the cathedral's role as reconciler has not been felt — Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, most notably in Germany itself.

«Whenever possible, I like to paint my playground maps so they correspond to the natural points of the compass,» Bonne adds.

Phil Blizzard here talks to Guy Hutchinson, chief operating officer of Rotana, and has a guided tour across the four points of the compass looking hotel development, including the big potential offered in Iran.

From one direction comes the rattle - thump of a garbage truck on its Saturday rounds, and from the other point of the compass, the arf - arfing of sea lions on their routes.

Why not widen the scope so that it includes other metadata and data e.g. images / video of the station as viewed from the 8 different points of the compass etc..

While others are listening to words of political wisdom from the mouths of golden orators, the little blacks silently and successfully approach from the four points of the compass, and set to work upon the scraps of good food which yet remain.

Since then, almost as though by underground railroad, IC has been popping up at all points of the compass.

When the Stephen Perse Foundation in the U.K. opened their new library, the guest speaker described it as quaquaversal, meaning «directed outward to every point of the compass from a common center.»

Finally, children look at statistics about refugees and have an additional session on how to use the eight point of a compass.

There is a huge emphasis on geographical skills at this stage; pupils should be able to use the eight points of a compass, four and six - figure grid references and keys on Ordnance Survey maps in order to build on their knowledge.

Round daytime - running lights (DRLs) are punctuated at four equal intervals to represent the points of a compass, a nod to the vehicle's considerable capabilities.

Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the weather is temperate year round and adventures beckon from all points of the compass.

It wasn't until 11.30 Am that the wind started to vary to all points of the compass, but still remaining light and managable.

Wind direction was also a big let down, spinning around to all points of the compass before finally settling into the West.

In 2017 it embraced a colourful theme, Splash of Tartan, playing host to a stunning array of performers from all points of the compass.

The works of 80 avant - garde artists from all points of the compass were displayed in dozens of museums and other locations from Uptown to the Lower Ninth Ward.

Eight eye - level «Locators» (galvanized steel pipes attached to metal stands), placed on the points of the compass in a large circle, gave viewers the experience of directing their sight to specific locations on the landscape, blotting out all other features.

Unfolding like a frieze across the four walls of the gallery, a polymorphous aluminium shelf provides a structure wherein the four points of the compass are aligned with stages in an individual lifecycle, the evolution of technology, philosophical principles of Leibniz and the four Classical elements: fire, water, earth and air.

For his latest series, Antony Gormley has installed an iron man at each point of the compass in the UK.

Also, these people came from the four points of the compass: Pollock and Still were westerners; Motherwell hailed from Washington State; de Kooning was born in Rotterdam; Arshile Gorky emigrated from Armenia; and Rothko came from what was then Dvinsk in Russia (now Daugavpils in Latvia).

The domed shape and the building's orientation in relation to the points of the compass have been chosen because this precise format gives the smallest surface area coupled with the largest volume, as well as the best possible sunlight incidence in winter, and the least possible in summer.

Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from high Arctic to south Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific, then home again.

Direction was critical for sailing as well, so mariners developed the ability to read the wind to 32 points of the compass.

Later, other people entered or tried to enter from all points of the compass.