Sentences with phrase «poised at»

Our smaller items are poised at just under 170 cm, whereas the larger stands reach up to 190 cm.

The speakers are poised at the top edges of the device keeping them out of the way when you are gripping the device.

The wireless industry is poised at a precipice between the potential for incredible growth and a recession that could deepen and set...

Halfway between the Paris Agreement being signed in 2015 and the next review of the Nationally Determined Contributions in 2020, the world is poised at a make or break moment.

Climate change talks are poised at a critical stage before the Conference of Parties meets in Paris in 2015 to finalise a new treaty, and India's alliances with developing countries assume significance at this point.

Looming from a vast 2 x 2.5 metre canvas, a huge, long - limbed man grins over his shoulder, hand poised at his chin.

A small, raised vertical ellipse is poised at the center of each painting, suggesting a concentration of erotic energy.

His paintings are giant Jenga puzzles daring you to take out one last block, poised at any moment to tumble into uncomfortable corridors where race, masculinity, past, and present meet.»

It has appeared resting on the edge of a precarious table, hovering in a dimensionless space or poised at the margin of an abstract landscape.

Poised at the starting line, you become painfully aware of how much time is passing you by as you look for a logical answer to the question: «Where do I start?»

Luxury 5 star Cornish 18th century cottages, near the sea, poised at the head of the Looe Valley enjoying spectacular views to the river below.

While seemingly poised at the edge of the world, Villa Soham enjoys convenient proximity to some of the finest destinations in southern Bali.

Poised at the edge of the Andes amongst a staggeringly diverse countryside and striking backdrop of volcanic... Read More

Platinum Elegantly poised at the opposite end of the spectrum, this sophisticated dining establishment offers modern regional delicacies in a chic atmosphere.

I agree that we should be careful not to condemn the old but I do think we are poised at the inception of a new paradigm.

The conflicts in a novella have more time to develop than in short stories, with endings often poised at an important turning point in a character's life.

Select applicants will win early access and each day the question is poised at different times.

Poised at the heart of so much open land, Amarillo, too, sprawled in a sort of languid disregard, as though territorial hegemony might make up for all that loneliness.

Under the hood of the GranTurismo Convertible is an unbridled Ferrari - sourced 4.7 - liter V8 engine that's poised at the ready to deliver an incredible driving experience.

However high speed stability isn't as good as before (pre-2012) although the Linea is relatively poised at expressway speeds.

-- I've just been handed the keys to an all - wheel - drive turbocharged hatchback, hotter than the shade of red it's wearing, poised at the entrance to a remote Ontario racetrack.

There's perhaps a shade more understeer than the standard car but the transition into oversteer is cleaner and the car stays flatter and more poised at all times.

My hands were poised at the paddles, but there was no need to use them.

Local officials have assumed a defensive posture, poised at every opportunity to minimize the impact of a law that they think is designed to set them up for failure.

«Like a diver poised at the end of a diving board, the new president can make a graceful dive or do a belly flop during the period of entry into the presidency.»

by Walter Chaw Mean Creek is poised at the magic hour of the death of innocence.

I believed this to be the way movies naturally were, unaware then that I was poised at the cusp of a decade of filmmaking that would redefine fantasy and science - fiction, setting precedents for the genre with films like Back to the Future and Predator, E.T., and Blade Runner, Near Dark, and Miracle Mile — the well was as deep for flights of fancy in the Eighties as it was for incomparable character - driven paranoia in the Seventies.

Perhaps more critically, our project demonstrates the power of discovery poised at the intersection of epidemiology, biostatistics, molecular biology, and immunology.

The study identifies for the first time how the machinery for destruction of proteins can render a person poised at the borderline between male and female patterns of development.

«Just a hair to the left,» said Tim Bartholomaus, doctoral student at UAF, poised at the bow with fishing spear in hand to fend off encroaching ice.

So you have all the time in the world for the beautiful constellation Sagittarius, poised at the galaxy's center in the south, and the year's best view of the Milky Way, splitting the heavens like a bold artist's stroke.

«What is most important is the finding that our immune system is poised at birth for disease risk later in life,» said Yuxia Zhang of the University of Melbourne, Australia, who is first author of the study.

Right now, the two Voyager spacecraft are poised at the very edge of the solar system; Voyager 2, the more distant, is nearly 11 billion miles from Earth.

The third possibility was that the universe was poised at a critical knife - edge between these two options, in a perpetual steady state.

In mid-November, the movement seems poised at a profoundly...

Indeed, Osun is painfully poised at a critical juncture between the short - lived but enduring Western Renaissance under Awo, before the SLA Akintola Demo forces blighted everything; and the post-1999 Lagos of sound developmental governance and golden continuity, which has become a national reference.

In mid-November, the movement seems poised at a profoundly important turning point.

Their situation isn't helped by the fact they face French Ligue 1 title - holders Marseille at Old Trafford in midweek for a Round of 16 clash in the UEFA Champions League, a match United must win if they're to prolong their European adventure, with the tie evenly - poised at 0 - 0.

Elsewhere, Juventus travel to Bayern Munich with the tie delicately poised at 2 - 2, while Atletico Madrid, who came away from the Netherlands with a 0 - 0 draw last time out, host PSV Eindhoven.

With the game finely poised at the break, Wycombe needed to push on with Shrewsbury in front at Cheltenham thanks to Mark Wright's early goal.

Group B looks evenly poised at this moment in time with all four teams on level terms meaning a win for either side will shake things up a bit, interestingly enough.

With the tie finely poised at 2 - 2 from the first leg in Paris last week, both will be determined to progress to the semi finals of the competition for the first time in their...

With the game tightly poised at 3 - 2 in extra time, the former Arsenal goalkeeper decided to rush the oncoming Hull attack leaving his goal unattended.

With the match poised at 1 - 1 it could really go either way and has the potential to be one of the matches of the season.

With the score poised at 0 - 0 on the night (but with River 1 - 0 up on aggregate) one angry Boca fan thought he'd do his team a favour at half time by gassing the River players with pepper spray.

The tie was delicately poised at 1 - 1 after a first leg in which Celta played extremely well against, admittedly, an under - strength Barca team but Ernesto Valverde recalled the likes of Jordi Alba, Andres Iniesta, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi for the return match and the Catalans blitzed their opponents with an utterly dominant first - half display.

With the game delicately poised at 1 - 1 Barrett lofted the ball from his own area into the back of the Chairboys» net.

The neighborhood bordered on Watts, where, in 1965, the National Guard, with machine guns mounted on armored personnel carriers, would be poised at a gas station only three blocks away.

The score was poised at 3 - 2 and when Simon Mantell was judged to have been fouled by Devon Manchester, the Blacksticks keeper, Jackson stepped up to convert to fire a decisive penalty stroke, which keeps him poised to finish the tournament's leading the scorer.

my confidence is in the fact we now have a clinical finisher poised at # 9