Sentences with phrase «sat idle for»

It was my old van that has sat idle for a few years after upgrading.

It has then been driven for a couple of short trips, then sat idle for 5 days, and read 12.1 V on the fifth day of being left undisturbed, and being able to start the car just fine.

I mirrored that same sense of irritation as I stood near AO Tennis — so close yet so far away — unable to play as a mock game of Nadal versus Goffin was staged on Rod Laver Arena's iconic blue court as its menus sat idle for too long.

Although Pyongyang may relish sending its message of defiance, it's clear neither country can afford to have the factories sit idle for long.

Unlike a manufacturing plant, a shuttered nuclear plant typically sits idle for decades and can not be quickly restored for other uses.

The Directorate did not want a situation where the school was completed, but would sits idle for a year, till the 2018/19 academic year, according to Mark Adatekey.

After sitting idle for nearly 2 decades, the 40 ′ was recommissioned in 1987 as an educational telescope.

Their mode of transportation is The Leisure Seeker — the family's 1975 Winnebago RV that's been sitting idle for years.

With its breathtaking photography and nail - biting suspense, Chasing Coral is a dramatic revelation that won't have audiences sitting idle for long.

Schools that sit idle for the summer months are a longstanding tradition in American education, but it's a tradition that many growing districts can't afford any more.

(Calif.) After sitting idle for the better part of a year, a bill resurrected in January would set the ground rules for a new state program giving schools money to fight chronic attendance problems.

We let the car sit idle for a good 30 minutes, and it was able to start up later in the day.

It is natural for an engine which sits idle for a long time to have some starting trouble.

When vehicles sit idling for long periods of time, heat builds up in the engine compartment.

If your cash lands in between these review times, your cash may sit idle for a short time — usually no longer than two weeks.

The old Dallas Statler Hilton at 1914 Commerce Street downtown opened in the 1950s and has been sitting idle for a decade, but it is getting new life.

The owner of nearly half the state's centralised generators returned a profit of just $ 14 million in the last financial year, as it closed down one sixth of its capacity and watched the remainder sit idle for long periods.

Standby time seems to be really great, and letting the phone sit idle for almost an entire day didn't dent battery life.

Apart from tracking your physical activities the band can also remind you when you are sitting idle for a longer period and you can get text / call notifications too.

Recruiters won't hesitate to reach out, even if your application has been sitting idle for months!

Despite sitting idle for 8 years, the pavement is in excellent condition.

Not exact matches

Outgoing Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney famously chided corporate Canada this summer for sitting on mountains of «dead money,» the idle dollars on balance sheets that could instead feed economic growth.

For example, if you want to ship cargo from Montreal to Los Angeles, you hire a trucker, the load sits idle while he sleeps or eats, it takes 120 hours, and if he doesn't find a load to make the return trip, it'll cost you a bundle.

I can recall waiting in line with my late father for hours to get a tank full of gas because shortages were so widespread that refineries around the country sat idle.

After moving to Canada for an internship and working at travel agencies here, he identified two underserved populations to match up: travellers looking to get around, and charter buses sitting idle.

Canadian Western Bank is also embarking on a diversification strategy so that it's less reliant on Alberta's economy, which shows the company isn't sitting idle, waiting for oil prices to recover — though a rebound would surely help.

The sooner this nation's policymakers realize it has a generation of wasted and neglected resources sitting idle or flipping burgers the sooner we can harness those resources for a more productive economy...

Pinkerton also noted that if there was truly a need for additional funding, Congress should reallocate some of the almost $ 6 billion sitting idle in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund that passengers have already paid.

«A lot of cash sitting idle is now getting back in,» said Tom Wynn, director of research at Spectrem Group, which conducts the Millionaire Survey for CNBC.

The people close to Didi pointed to the fact that most personal vehicles sit idle in parking lots for 22 hours a day or more.

Until then your «opinion» is worthless for no more than idle debate on here, or in your favorite meeting place where you sit and gossip about how perfect your world is and how God himself has placed you on that mountain to dictate his rules to the world because your so clean of any sin.

Taxi men and private vehicles sit idle on the roadsides for the duration, not being permitted to advance or return.

«The first priority for the ones we aren't using is to sell them off, but in the meantime, many are going to be sitting idle,» the prime minister is expected to say later.

«There is nothing as insulting as wealthy cabinet ministers dishing out tax breaks to the super-wealthy, allowing massive assets to sit idle in bank accounts doing nothing for the common good, yet working people wait in fear for the letter telling them the government is cutting their income and ponder joining the foodbank queue.»

An audit by the city comptroller identified 1,131 lots that have been sitting idle, most for over 30 years.

The AP calls Mayor Michael Bloomberg out for toughening vehicle idling laws but letting his own SUVs sit running for more than an hour each week.

If a piece of equipment sits idle on a lab bench for weeks at a time and then you and a co-worker both want to use it at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, a case will be made for purchasing another one.

«Every step requires funding and if there is a delay or break in funding, then everything sits idle and potentially innovative approaches for patient care do not advance.»

I used half the honey called for and coconut milk for the water (just because it was sitting on the counter), needed extra to thin the batter out after it sat for idle for awhile, and they were just perfect.

We should and never sit down for even one hour at a time because our body «idles» and starts to store fat.

If you're a fashionista you can never let go of your style, even if you're sitting idle at your home, so for all the fashion gurus out there, wear your hot pink sweatshirt with Aztec print tights of the color of your choice and voila, your super stylish look is complete.

Don't beat yourself up Cindy, there are a lot of blogs sitting idle this summer, lol I have my Caipirinha ready for the Opening Ceremonies!!

No longer do you have to sit idle waiting for love to come find you, you can now be proactive about searching for lasting love with the use of these online dating websites.

The 409 coughs to life as it pulls into position for photos, settling into a rat - a-tat race idle that translates to, «I wasn't built to sit for photos.»

Hi to those starting engines which have been sitting «idle» for more than three months.

I took it for a drive 4 - 5 times, but otherwise it has been sitting idle.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Obama Administration today announced that it won't allow infrastructure funds to sit idle as a result of stalled earmark projects at a time when hundreds of thousands of construction workers are looking for work.

I bought this car last year and it was running hot, I recently started to try and fix it after letting it sit for a year and now when I crank it it idles weird and then when I go to put it in gear it cuts off.

I was happy not to be wasting fuel when I was sitting at light after light, but this idle - stop feature is very aggressive, shutting down the engine for the brief moments I had to brake for stop signs.

Compare it spec - for - spec with familiar opponents and that argument seems unfounded — the high - grade H2 LUX on test failing to offer memory seats, a powered tailgate, sat - nav, idle - stop or any of the now - expected electronic driver aids (such as self - parking technology, blind - spot monitoring, lane - keeping assist and autonomous emergency braking) found in many of its rivals; and those are just a few of the omissions we noted.