Sentences with phrase «running along the ground»

If a squirrel, say, is running along the ground, then scampers straight up a tree, its internal two - dimensional map simply shifts from the horizontal plane to the vertical.

At this time the aeroplane was started and run along the ground for 300 or 400 feet, in traversing which distance it attained its usual speed of about 30 miles an hour, and quickly ascended into the air to a height of 12 or 15 feet.

Magnificent red rock cliffs overlook wide canyons where rivers of trees run along the ground in beautiful green clusters, and mysterious ruins stand tucked into alcoves at the base of rock faces.

Each character has new MP - consuming combat abilities which can be mapped to button combinations: for example, Velvet has fire magic that runs along the ground, and Cornelius has a drill - like dive attack.

This time there's three narrow trenches running along the ground, you'll need these in a bit.

Not exact matches

If you're on a tight budget and need someone who can hit the ground running, it may be more cost - effective to get along with an unfilled position than to hire someone who not only won't be productive from Day One, but will also take up another employee's time to train, lowering overall productivity.

I just wanted to say when I ran out of bananas this week, I chopped up 4 small apples, boiled them into chunky applesauce, and used them instead, along with a handful of ground flaxseeds to absorb the extra liquid.

I can't say that I have delved to much into the science of how best this works — asides from using the worm deposits and a little Seasol, my gardening technique more runs along the lines of «let's just chuck it in the ground and hope for the best!»

If the Royals want to stay on top, they probably still need to add another hitter and absolutely need to add another starter, or else the bullpen is going to be run into the ground before the season is over: Kansas City starters averaged just 5-1/3 innings during these 20 games to go along with that horrid ERA, and that's not going to work all season in what is still a competitive division.

Before a meeting the ground crewwould push it to the outside, providing good running room along the rail butdoubling the hazards outside.

He knocks down a hard - hit grounder that was just kind of skimming along the ground, recovers, and makes a ridiculous throw to first to get Turner, who was running slow enough that you have to wonder if his leg is indeed bothering him after getting nailed by a grounder last inning.

Along the course, skier carries rifle across back in a tight - fitting sling so it will not interfere with his running; but in difficult terrain (see diagram below for cross-section of course's ups and downs), even a good cross-country runner may slip and fall to ground, clogging muzzle or breech of his rifle with snow which must be removed before next firing.

There was a café downstairs run by the WI (fab cakes), along with a few stalls in the smaller ground floor rooms.

Stringer said the proposed new subway line would run above ground and would be built along existing rights of way, which would eliminate the need for tunneling and save cash.

They fired straight laser pulses into the thunderclouds 10 times every second, hoping that the high energy plasma channels that form in the laser pulse's wake would trigger lightning strikes, which would then travel along the plasma channels down to the ground, like a train running along railway tracks (Optics Express, DOI: 10.1364 / OE.16.005757).

Bat bipeds: Several species of bat are known to use their strong forelimbs and weak hind legs to crawl along the ground, but no one suspected they might be able to run.

Take our ancestor Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), who stood less than four feet tall, swung from tree branches, and ran easily along the ground on two feet more than 3 million years ago.

One of the great ironies of those historic housing patterns in Miami is that for decades under Jim Crow, laws and zoning restricted black people to parts of the urban core, an older part of the community that sits on relatively higher ground along a limestone ridge that runs like a topographic stripe down the eastern coast of South Florida.

The «ground - up» theory holds that bird ancestors used their wings to «run flap» along the ground, making them faster and better able to scamper up steep inclines that got in their way.

When running away from other Pokémon, Bounsweet flees danger by skipping along the ground.

Along the way it has become a proving ground for celebrities to test - run their causes, movements and opinions — to be as Hollywood as they can be.

Each of the LMP1 teams tested Le Mans - spec downforce packages in Belgium (Audi ran two cars in full Le Mans - spec during the race), so the strength of the Porsche 919 Hybrids and their 8 - megajoules of hybrid energy (double that of the Audi R18 e-trons) along Spa's Kemmel Straight suggests the Mulsanne Straight of Le Mans will be a Porsche hunting ground.

The Typhoon's sporting nature is reflected in its exterior trim, which includes unusual alloy wheels, custom front and rear fascias, and special, flared ground effects that run along the sides.

References from the off - road world such as the 21 - inch tyres, the underguards front and rear, the increased ground clearance and the running boards along the side emphasise the performance potential of the GLC Coupé concept.

It came boring out of the east like some ribald satellite of the coming sun howling and bellowing in the distance and the long light of the headlamp running through the tangled mesquite brakes and creating out of the night the endless fenceline down the dead straight right of way and sucking it back again wire and post mile on mile into the darkness after where the boilersmoke disbanded slowly along the faint new horizon and the sound came lagging and he stood still holding his hat in his hands in the passing ground - shudder watching it till it was gone.

The lure is mechanically operated; it runs along a wire a few inches above the ground and is controlled by a hand - held remote unit.

Run your hand along the ground and encourage him to follow.

Get him worked up a bit and see if you can get him to run around you in circles as you pull the toy along the ground.

There are six pools at this hotel: a large beach - style pool at the ground level mostly used by kids, three tiered pools leading up to the lobby with great views and cascading waterfalls, and two adult pools, one of which runs along the central tower and provides direct pool access to guests in the ground floor rooms.

Bondi is also known for its amazing snorkeling opportunities, especially along the Bondi Wall, which is part of a series of steep limestone cliffs running through some of the best snorkel ground in Australia.

Take in spectacular views of Magnetic Island as you hit the ground running in five epic events along the coastline.

Running your finger along the back of the Vita causes the ground beneath your «Deviant» to rise, directing the rolled up alien around the level.

There's free battles that can be taken on at any time and don't take up precious time, but it's generally best to crack skills as you go along instead of waiting till you need to grind for them because you ran into a brick wall.

When running away from other Pokémon, Bounsweet flees danger by skipping along the ground.

Running along a path while chasing down someone on the opposing side is instantly meaningless when a giant Zeppelin flies in overhead and starts laying waste to everything on the ground.

It shows how early CGI effects were an inspiration for the visual design in Sonic «s levels, such as the palm trees and ground that Sonic runs along.

Leap off buildings, run along walls, and grind power lines and rails to destroy your foes from every angle.

An Open World with No Rules: Leap off buildings, run along walls, and grind power lines and rails to destroy your foes from every angle.

However, you will typically never run into a piece of equipment that you can't wear because your rank is too low, as long as you do the usual bit of level - grinding along the way.

Players can run along walls which allow them to reach some areas more quickly, they can slide across the ground, and use thrust jetpacks which allow you can jump clear over your enemy's head and watch them try in vain to either follow you or duck and cover in fear of the bullets that will inevitably rain down upon them.

Across the entire game you spend a good portion of your time with your feet off the ground, grinding on rails, bouncing off objects (some of which defy logic), and whatever other aerodynamic abilities you can think of, run along wall, check, float through the air, to some other degree check.

In Robert Holyhead's Untitled (yellow), a variegated yellow ground is interrupted by two, flatly painted, white triangular shapes reading as cut - outs, accompanied by a vertical line of a different yellow, running along the right hand edge branching out at top and bottom into two triangles causing the yellow of the ground to recede, and creating a lively ambiguous space.

In its stead, there will be starving wet survivors on the run to high ground and Jeff Jacoby's boats happily puttering along plying their wares to people who died below the water line before the good news about climate change could properly cheer them.

When rainwater can't soak into the ground, it runs along streets and parking lots and picks up pollutants.

The way the pharmaceutical business model works now, «big pharma» does not recruit new staff when projects like these come along, but rather, approaches trusted research organisations like ours, or small biotechs that are already set up to hit the ground running.