Sentences with phrase «ribbons of»

And it is, for the most part — unlike some executive sedans like the Lexus IS, the BMW 3 Series is as comfortable with tackling twistier ribbons of tarmac as it is lolloping along the highway.

Unlike some executive sedans like the Lexus IS, the BMW 3 Series is as comfortable with tackling twistier ribbons of tarmac as it is lolloping along the highway.

I'm carving my way along winding, narrow ribbons of road through the Austrian Alps.

The C300 had no problems changing directions in a brisk manner, with lateral weight transfers happening in a tidy fashion on the most challenging ribbons of road I faced.

On the exquisite, twisting ribbons of California's Highway 1 north of San Francisco the new Chrysler leapt around turns with only minor body roll, and the tires maintained their composure well into the margins of sane driving regardless of whether it was a front - drive I - 4 or AWD V6 getting flogged.

Thick fog obscures the view of the mountaintops ahead, and each new mile reveals ribbons of impeccable pavement that appear to have been lovingly drizzled onto the side of this particularly picturesque portion of the Alps.

We chase each other along the ribbons of pavement that weave through the north - central portion of Tennessee, concentrating silently save for the occasional warning of «Dog!»

We escape the congestion of Beijing on thick ribbons of freeway asphalt that seem as if they were poured yesterday (they might have been).

Thankfully traffic is extremely light, and I unleash the GT S on set after set of Highway 1's squiggly ribbons of road; by now, I've been in Mercedes - AMG's new beast for several hundred miles on the way up to and during the annual Pebble Beach car week festivities.

With bixenon headlights cutting through the encroaching darkness, the breeze rushing in, the unmistakable sounds of Italian engines, and winding, rolling ribbons of pavement ahead, it was nirvana.

The area to the south of Sienna is choc - full of superb ribbons of tarmac that cling to the hillsides and present mile after mile of bends, many of them second and third - gear fodder - prime hot - hatch territory.

For the remainder of the year, the place is a back - water, connected to the rest of the world by a trio of narrow, winding ribbons of tarmac that converge at the Col's summit.

The new engine is sluggish off the line as we climb from Denver up into the surrounding mountains, snaking through twisting ribbons of pavement and rough dirt roads aboard a front - wheel - drive Tiguan with three rows.

When we keep a firm foot on the gas along the majestic, pine - lined ribbons of Oregon roads, the car behaves as Garbis promised, inspiring confidence to go even harder into the next set.

Our roads aren't the pristinely smooth ribbons of tarmac that Germany and the rest of Europe enjoy, and that's a big problem in a car optioned with 20 - inch rims and nearly painted - on Michelin summer performance run - flat tires.

Several of our test cars featured thick ribbons of ebony wood lapped with fine grain or white perforated - leather seats with blue piping, the latter recalling a Range Rover.

NEWBERG, Oregon — The roads that slash through this verdant green, mountainous stretch southeast of Portland are billiard - table smooth — delicious ribbons of asphalt any enthusiast would get a kick out of attacking.

Moreover, the small episode I selected from People of the Lakes painted a pulsating depiction of life along the ribbons of waterways of the Mississippi basin in pre-Columbian times.

For The Man From Laramie, Mann shot in the high plains and the ribbons of ridges of New Mexico, stretched far across the widescreen canvas.

This is a suggestive emptiness: a car racing down an empty rural highway, creating suspense; a sky that hangs ominously over a gas station, and then begins to fill with the fiery ribbons of a spy satellite breaking up in the atmosphere; people standing in empty fields and clearings in anticipation of the supernatural; the spotless white space of the test room of a secure government facility; the camera pivoting around NSA analyst Sevier (Adam Driver) as the massive hangars of an Army base flicker on one after another, readying for pursuit.

«A Royal Affair,» which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, unfolds in ribbons of traditional, melodramatic plotting, and is certainly a bit too long.

Cupid.com strikes into single hearts and ties them with the ribbons of love.

«Zoodles & Squoodles» aka Zucchini and Squash ribbons of «pasta» This is a super easy and fast not to mention low calorie alternative to pasta.

Made from silk chiffon Mr De LaRenta has artfully embellished this jacket with ribbons of satin and patent leather in a modernist design recalling...

Ribbons of polished sterling silver reveal contrasting textures as they embrace a five - carat smoky quartz gem.

A few famous and hottest variations of ombre / sombre hairstyles like Dark brown to russet dying, brown to blonde transition - «The blonde», blonde with ribbons of pink or any other shade, platinum or honey colored ends, The reverse ombre (starting from lighter with darker tips), Chocolate to caramel highlighting, Black to Mahogany, Dark brown to copper, Dark brown to ash blonde, sun - kissed ends, and lot more are getting into the fashion statements of high profile fashionistas for the upcoming couple of months.

I added ribbons of burlap starting from the top, tucking in here and there until I reach the bottom.

Traditionally it would include filets of veal pounded thin, fresh sage leaves, and thin ribbons of prosciutto wrapped together and served in a white wine sauce.

«Balayage, which is freeform painting that creates ribbons of color throughout the hair, is great for almost everyone,» says Kimberly Cannon, colorist at Marie Robinson Salon.

Kate has ribbons of copper painted throughout her hair, which lightens it over all.

Garnish with a few ribbons of zuchinni / squash skin and hit with a bit of black pepper.

Instead of pasta or rice, this Whole 30 - approved seafood casserole starts with thick ribbons of zucchini.

Ribbons of zucchini can instantly transform a simple salad into something you might see served at an upscale restaurant, not only does it look pretty, but the added zucchini adds a special element of flavor.

I washed it and sliced it up into rough little ribbons of green, and then tossed it into the same skillet I was about to use for the frittata along with a small amount of water, and heated covered with a lid for a couple of minutes on medium high heat to let it soften up a bit.

A riff on a Spanish - style tortilla featuring ribbons of Tuscan kale and replacing the traditional potatoes with heart - healthy cannellini beans.

The salad base is ribbons of Tuscan kale, which get a nice little massage with an egg - free, fish - free vegetarian Caesar dressing.

Ribbons of cinnamon, lots of pumpkin flavor and a sticky caramel icing make these rolls totally irresistible!

Purpley blue - ish ribbons of yumminess.

Your mouth is watering just thinking about the gooey - sweet glaze, the ribbons of butter and cinnamon.

Use a gin with fresh cucumber notes and pair with an elderflower flavoured tonic then garnish with long ribbons of cucumber and a sprig of mint.

One way of introducing a bandgap into graphene is to make extremely narrow ribbons of the material.

Riparian forests — the ribbons of trees that grow along river channels — play an important ecological role as refuges for endangered species in dry areas.

Miniscule ribbons of graphene are highly sought - after building blocks for semiconductor devices because of their predicted electronic properties.

A sharp - eyed telescope has spied strange ribbons of cool plasma clustered tightly around sunspots, like sperm swarming an ovum.

The researchers also made a claw shape by sticking together eight 5 - by - 1 millimeter ribbons of flash - treated graphene oxide in a star shape.

The Galileo team hoped they also might find ribbons of fire called «lava fountains,» similar to those that spurt skyward from long narrow gashes in the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii.

These «eggbeaters,» Bower says, may be stirring up and fragmenting the ribbons of deep water that wind around Greenland.

«Nanoscale ribbons of a new phase of gold have been produced with a different crystalline structure.»

Now, Lin Wu and colleagues at the Institute of the A * STAR Institute of High Performance Computing have modeled the optical and plasmonic properties of nanoscale ribbons of a new phase of gold — the 4H hexagonal phase (see image)-- produced and characterized by collaborators at other institutes in Singapore, China and the USA.

Several research groups have found ways to «unzip» carbon nanotubes to produce atom - thick ribbons of graphene.