Sentences with phrase «sheathed by»

The bulk of common table salt from the salar is still harvested by Aymara people, their faces sheathed by sheets or wooden masks to protect against the blinding sun, using hatchets or iron bars and often breaking through to the blue - green brine beneath the crust, rich in minerals ranging from boron to lithium.

Not exact matches

It's sheathed in curved glass with a solar roof, and the main cafe, along with a four - story sliding glass door, is fronted by the single largest piece of curved glass in the world.

The massive facility will be housed in a hitherto derelict nine - acre warehouse once operated by Carlton Cards Ltd., and is to be sheathed in luxurious brushed steel and wood.

To avoid detection by drug - sniffing dogs, each key is sheathed in a rubber membrane, swathed with plastic wrap, and then wrapped once more in duct tape.

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Whether the offended individual sits broken - hearted, staring almost like a beggar at the Paradox, paralyzed by his suffering, or he sheathes himself in the armor of derision, pointing the arrows of his wit as if from a distance — he is still passive and near at hand.

In a statement signed by Israel Ogbonnaya and Chetachi Ikpe, Abia state chairman and the State secretary of the council, respectively, Ohaneze youths said, «we also call on the Niger Delta Avengers to sheathe their sword and drop threat to bomb and attack Abia state and other Niger Delta states.

In a study, reported in the January 21, 2016 issue of Nano Letters, the team demonstrated a new redox - responsive assembly method to synthesize hierarchically structured carbon - sheathed germanium nanowires (c - GeNWs) on a large scale by the use of self - catalytic growth process assisted by thermally decomposed natural gas.

In vertebrates, the axons of many neurons are sheathed in myelin, which is formed by either of two types of glial cells: Schwann cells ensheathing peripheral neurons and oligodendrocytes insulating those of the central nervous system.

And maybe the tilting, aura - sheathed object was actually a distant conventional aircraft distorted by image - processing firmware and autotracking sensors within the fighter jet's gun camera.

For one thing, those LEDs in the subdermal sheathe need to be powered by something.

With MS, your myelin sheathing is mistakenly attacked by the immune system, breaking down this protective cover.

In a mid-century home in Morocco, a vintage Danish pendant light hangs above a dining table by Habitat, the 1950s chairs are by Ico Parisi, the painting is by Robert Schmid, and a wall is sheathed in Popham Design's Scarab tiles.

The master bath is sheathed in marble with Venetian - plaster insets; the sink fittings are by Sherle Wagner, and the 1960s mirror is made of polished nickel and coconut shells.

Weighed down by their kit, the wounded are dragged under to be silently killed by bullets sheathing through the water.

The content is fine, but I have a big beef with the packaging: the keepcase is sheathed in a slipcase with a lenticular rendering of the film's familiar poster, but it's next to impossible to pry the goods loose from this outer sleeve, which looked none - too - attractive by the time I was done massaging it.

But at least they are compelling characters: the sadly clairvoyant Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), who knows to much and is watching his faith in humanity ebb in to the ether; the vampirish Ozymandius (Matthew Goode), an effete tycoon who is the smartest man in the world; the embittered Rorchach (Walter Kovacs), a psychopath whose toxic moods swim across his masked face as shifting ink blots; Nite Owl II (Dan Drieberg), who is basically Batman with a Clark Kent - like alter ego as a mild - mannered model of mid-life impotence; and the latex - sheathed, dominatrix - next - door, Silk Spectre II — played by Toronto actress and Maxim cover girl Malin Akerman, who made an appearance at the Toronto premiere I attended last night.

The visuals conjured by Favreau and the cinematographer Bill Pope are consistently first - rate, from the intense action sequences — a stunning stampede of water buffalo, more than one life - or - death encounter with Shere Khan — to the moments of quieter beauty: a frog wiping a raindrop off its head; a regal simian cityscape; a recently shed snakeskin large enough to sheathe a school bus.

If your Dual Blades are sheathed, you can draw your weapons already in Demon Mode by simply pressing R2.

Approaching this low and improbably tiny throwback, you can't help marveling at the prewar appearance of its form, highlighted by an exposed engine located way out front, ahead of two skinny nineteen - inch wire wheels shod with Avon tires and sheathed with cycle fenders.

A short sword was sheathed at his side and a long sword lay by one broad hand.

They scratch to remove dead nail sheathes, stretch and strengthen their muscles, and communicate to other cats by marking territory.

Dubbed the Haunted House by its owners, who sheathed its five stories in twenty - four - karat gold leaf, it's one of ten buildings on the grounds of a former distillery in Milan that now make up the Prada Foundation.

Two twigs wrapped around each other find themselves sheathed in a tiny pair of adapted tights crudely assembled with a metal clamp (Twiggy), whereas two wall - based sculptures made by casting collapsed balls of wool in bronze, evoke breast - like forms (Twins).

Goodman's cavernous front gallery space has been sheathed in the larger of Mr. Kentridge's two multi-screen film installations: a giant curvature of eight projection screens titled More Sweetly Play the Dance, which was co-commissioned by the EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam and the Lichtsicht Projection Biennale in Bad Rothenfelde, Germany.

Their contribution to that show was a pandemonium of ear - cracking sound, seizure - inducing films, and bewigged mannequins sheathed in the collective's trademark knit Afghans, which look like they were produced by a team of Taylorist acidheads with industrial looms.

In tracking population growth, spikes in resource appetites, and explosive change in technologies that are sheathing the planet in human activity, it's not hard to find support for the contention by Stuart Hart of Cornell that our moment is unique, that we're not suffering from «chronocentrism,» the tendency of each generation to see its time as special (in a good or bad way).

Donald R. Pettit (click for a fun profile by John Schwartz), who is poised to ride the space shuttle into orbit and who spent five and a half months on the International Space Station in 2003, is one of that remarkable breed — exuding a blend of sheer brilliance, mechanical skills and a passionate appreciation for the simple beauty of this rare life - sheathed orb.

When you do it by making the walls thicker, you also change the ability of an assembly to deal with moisture because the sheathing stays colder in winter, an issue that painters discovered back in the early days of insulating homes when walls stayed wet and paint peeled off.

Figure 2: Control Layers — Continuity of the air control layer, the vapor control layer and the thermal control layer at the roof - to - wall interface is provided by connecting the wall OSB sheathing to the roof OSB sheathing.

This is followed by relaxation and opening up of the roof sheathing later in the day — the buckling disappears.

Infiltration: Air barrier system is as follows: existing basement slab with two coats of epoxy paint; taped rigid insulation on inside of foundation walls; spray foam at the rim joist; taped housewrap on above grade walls; fully adhered membrane on existing roof sheathing; transitions between roof and above grade walls made by lapping membrane over the housewrap; other transitions made using sealant.

Applicability — all hygro - thermal regions except subarctic / arctic — in cold and very cold regions the thickness of the foam sheathing should be determined by hygro - thermal analysis so that the interior surface of the foam sheathing remains above the dew point temperature of the interior air (see Side Bar 2)

There are alternatives to the shear properties provided by OSB sheathing (Photograph 6).

Before we wised up and bought more appropriate cables, we killed more than a few USB charging cables by slowly stressing the connection point between the wire and the plug until the sheathing wore right through and the wires themselves began to fray.

In order to sprint, you'll always have to sheathe your weapon by either pressing square / R1 on PS4 or RB / X on the Xbox One.

The two headphones are connected by a coiled cord sheathed in the same material as found on the main headphone cable.

If you are looking for more of a long term fix what I found works well is replacing the subfloor by gluing and screwing the sheathing down and rather than putting down carpet I called out my masonry contractor to do an overlay.

Identification of electrical conductors or wires by their general type, such as «non-metallic sheathed cable» («Romex»), «armored cable» («bx») or «knob and tube», etc..

This elegantly designed home by Crosby Studios, is much like a pink palace sheathed in luxurious textures framed in precious metals with art deco styled highlights.

The vintage sconces and Emil Stejnar pendant are from Orange, the 19th - century mirror is Chinese, the walls are sheathed in mirrored tiles by Kit Kraft, and the existing flooring is stained ebony.

The master bath in this London townhouse is sheathed in Nero Marquina marble, the 1950s slipper chair is by Ico Parisi, and the 1950s vase by Ercole Barovier was a Paris flea - market find.

Passing by a dining room and laundry room — both making extensive use of sheathing and paneling taken from the original house — the entry hall leads to the heart of the new home, an open living room and kitchen occupying a cavernous space with twenty - two - foot - high ceilings.