Sentences with phrase «raised by an inch»

So the new car, announced at the London Motor Show in October 1965, had a wheelbase extended by 3.75 inches with the extra inserted just ahead of the rear wheel arches and this allowed the roofline to be raised by an inch, while a furt

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And even though these coastal glaciers have passed the point of no return, the researchers predict it's unlikely they'll melt entirely until 2100 — when that happens it's estimated that it will raise global sea levels by around 3.8 cm (1.5 inches).

No one wants to end up there — especially since by then, many people are raising families, maintaining homes and inching ever closer to retirement.

This curtain seemed to be raised by a few inches in the nineteen twenties, in those heroic days when de Broglie and Schroedinger de-materialized matter like the stage magician who makes the lady vanish from the box, while Heisenberg (1969) eased her out of the straitjacket of determinism and proclaimed that the principle of complementarity agreed «very nicely» with the mind - body dualism — the implication being that the particle aspect of the electron was analogous to the body, its wave aspect to the mind.

1) Pre-heat oven to 200 deg cel (400 deg farenheit) 2) Mix sugar and cooking oil together till the mixture is light and fluffy, and add in ground cinammon 3) Add in egg, mashed bananas, oatmeal and nuts, mixing well 4) Add in self - raising flour to mixture in step 3 and mix well 5) Drop cookie dough by teaspoon onto a greased baking tray, making sure each cookie is 2 inches apart 6) Bake in oven at 200 deg cel for 15 minutes or until cookies are slightly brown 7) Cool for 10 minutes before storing in a closed container

Put a crib wedge or a towel under the end of the mattress to raise it by a few inches.

At night, elevate the head of his bed around 3 inches by placing an item under his mattress to raise it up, MayoClinic.com recommends.

A rudimentary home version of EEG medical equipment, it works by letting your brain waves trigger a fan to shoot air that raises a ball in a clear 10 - inch tower.

In the deep ocean, a tsunami may raise sea levels by only a few centimeters (inches).

Start by raising the water level to about an inch above the top of the platform and adding powdered milk or non-toxic paint to the water.

If you have knee pain, raising your seat by a few inches can make all the difference.

Treatments range from low - tech — raising the back of your bed by 2 inches or sleeping on your side — to wearing an oxygen mask called a CPAP or a dental device that repositions your jaw and tongue to keep the airway open.

Make access even easier by planting a raised bed (about 10 inches high) and using tools with longer handles.

One time while I was biking an experienced biker rode by and mentioned that my seat was too low and I would get more power if I raised it two inches.

You can make this pose slightly easier by raising the lower - leg heel off the floor a few inches on a block or thick book.

Keep your legs extended in front of you, raised above the floor by about 10 inches.

Slowly bend your elbows and lower yourself down to the floor, keeping your back straight, your chest should be a couple of inches off the floor and then raise yourself back up by pushing the ground way from you.

By raising you up off the floor a few inches, they allow you to do a variety of bodyweight exercises for more repetitions than you could do directly on the floor.

Now raise your knees about 2 inches off the floor so that your body is now supported by your hands on toes — hence the name of «hovering tabletop».

It will raise the hemline of your jeans by 4 inches or more.

You cuff your jeans about an inch and then you cuff them again... This should raise your jeans by about 4 inches as well.

Just wait till you witness the sight sexy young Gene Tierney trying to seduce Ward Bond by lounging on the dirty ground, inching toward him and raising dust clouds as she goes.

Raise a student's awareness of how many times he calls out by taping to his desk a 3 - inch by 5 - inch card divided into five sections — one for each day of the week.

Inching one step closer to fulfilling the G.O.P. «Contract With America,» the House Subcommittee on Human Resources approved the measure on an 8 - to - 5 party - line vote, after altering it to address some concerns raised by Republican governors.

Getting on for 14 years old and with 87,000 miles on the clock, it nevertheless seems like a remarkably honest, unmolested example, carrying a predictable ragbag of minor niggles that would be easy to put right: a dodgy sunroof seal that generates a gale of wind - noise at speed (alleviated by raising the tilt action of the sunroof an inch or so); an adjustable steering wheel that seems to be stuck in a rather low - slung position (not a problem for me or, presumably, for Mark as it's his daily driver); and, perhaps unsurprisingly, a slightly tappety tickover.

Raising the roofline by about 5.9 - inches compared with the i4 has created ample room for big battery packs.

You'll be able to spot the Limited in the wild by raised - letter badging on the bed sides, a chrome mesh - style grille, and unique 22 - inch wheels.

Designer Michael Mauer was forced to raise the roofline by 0.8 inches, and the resulting silhouette was distinctive but hardly beautiful.

The Tacoma's suspension has been raised by two inches and offers one inch more articulation than stock, and the black TRD wheels have a higher offset, effectively widening the truck's track.

Compared to a standard 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, the ZR2 concept has its track widened by four inches and its suspension raised by two inches.

The ride height has been raised by 50 mm, and a set of 19 - inch alloy wheels with all - terrain tyres complete the off - road look, giving the Beetle what the company describes as a «cool, rugged off - road look».

To make that possible, however, the cargo floor had to be raised by roughly six inches, resulting in somewhat diminished luggage capacity.

Actually, putting rufty - tufty bumpers, jumbo wheels and plastic wheelarch extensions on a small hatch and raising its ride height by a few inches so it can prowl the urban jungle with attitude is nothing new.

Press the raised, Braille - like image of an open padlock on the key, the hazards flash once in the darkness, and on the door, down by the sill, a small horizontal bar appears, protruding by about an inch.

Additionally, the concept truck is raised by nearly 2 inches and features a fully adjustable suspension with nylon bushings.

The reason is that the cargo floor had to be raised by several inches to allow the second - and third - row seats to fold flat.

Bbutton allows driver to manually raise the rear spoiler by nearly 5 inches, otherwise it happens automatically at 75mph

The body is raised by 3.3 inches, giving the car an additional 3 inches of ground clearance (for a total of 8.7 inches).

Bed rails are raised by 1.5 inches, and are now aligned with the beltline of the body to create a stronger, consistent horizontal profile with aero benefits.

Geiger has also tweaked the suspension, raising it by 8.6 inches, and has added 22 - inch wheels of their own design to the truck.

The V60 Cross Country is exactly what it sounds like; an all - wheel drive version of the V60 with some extra off - road bits in the form of skid plates front and back, plastic cladding for the wheelarches, and a ride height that's been raised by 2.6 inches.

This model is raised 17 inches and widened by nine inches and features portal axles, three locking differentials and a permanent all - wheel - drive system.

Although we've always known and appreciated the four - wheeling capability of these live - front - axle Rams, engineers decided to up the ante this year by raising the trucks nearly 2 inches with specific springs and shocks better suited to backcountry exploration.

This attractive and progressive Volkswagen has running gear raised by 15 millimetres, new 17 - inch alloy wheels, robust bolt - on parts in a contrasting colour and re-designed bumpers in off - road style.

The new prototype barrier being used in side impact tests conducted by the Institute is based on the FMVSS 214 barrier, but it stands about 12 inches taller in part because it's raised higher off the ground like SUVs and pickups.

The exclusive features raise the Rubicon by a one - half inch while the 265 / 70R17 BF Goodrich KM2 rounds off each rugged corner.

The ZL1 1LE's ride height can always be adjusted offering owners the ability to raise the car by 1 inch and also lower the car by 1 inch from the factory settings.

Nissan raised the height of the Titan XD by three inches, and increased the width by more than six inches to accommodate the Titan Warrior's 37 - inch tall off - road tires, mounted on 18 × 9.5 - inch aluminum wheels.

The Rebel comes with specially - tuned Bilstein shocks and uses Ram's air suspension to raise the ride height by an inch.

That suspension does another trick too, by utilizing an onboard compressor, and what we assume is an airbag system, the car can raise itself 1.18 inches to make it easier to get over speedbumps and up ramps.