Sentences with phrase «take shore leave»

The Vikings» stay on the island was apparently brief, just long enough for a few stowaway rodents to take some shore leave that ended up being permanent.

Given the cities» historical trade networks, researchers believe that this high incidence of the normally rare mutation resulted from a few polydactyl merchant - ship cats taking shore leave as far back as the mid-18th century.

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Under a deal clinched in March, Turkey has agreed to take back illegal migrants and refugees leaving its shores for Greece in return for aid and visa - free travel for Turks in Europe.

She argues that by not taking tourism seriously, governments are both failing to fully capitalize on a booming industry and leaving their countries exposed to the destructive elements that accompany foreign travel: environmental degradation, lowered living standards for the poor, sex tourism, and all the subtler injustices and annoyances that materialize when droves of foreigners arrive on your shores demanding authentic cultural experiences.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

Few days after taking over, the United Nations cautioned Ghana about hooliganism and vigilantism, the world bank continue to downgrade us, corruption has increased according to Transparency International's latest report, Ghana has been rated down by Amnesty International because of brutalities being unleashed on journalists, investors are leaving our shores etc..

As the other candidates desperately try to shore up their Left flanks, the Tories are taking careful note of everything they say.

Eight years into the tumultuous revolution, with about three years left on his watch, Bloomberg today took a bold step toward shoring up his education legacy by replacing schools chancellor Joel Klein with publishing executive Cathie Black.

Cuomo has taken steps over the past year to move to the political left and shore up support, particularly with unions and minorities.

ON 17 March 2007, the bar - tailed godwit known to science as E7 spread her wings and took flight, leaving the northern shores of New Zealand behind her.

Dustin Hoffman leaves the sandy shores and takes to the high seas as a nasty pirate captain in Hook.

FHA has been taking steps to shore up its program after being left with «terrible portfolios» from 2007 and 2008, Stevens said.

Leaving Tekapo we head to one of our best wilderness camps — sitting on the shores of Lake Pukaki you can set up your tent and take in the views of the lake with New Zealand's highest peak Aoraki / Mt Cook visible in the distance.

This incredibly scenic route takes us across Scotland from east coast to west, crossing the Caledonian Canal as we leave Inverness and skirting the shores of crystal - clear lakes.

The holiday period which takes in Christmas time and New Year Eve usually sees most of the executive and business clientele leave to spend the holidays with their families and the Park Regis Concierge Apartments then become well - priced accommodation for tourists and travellers to Sydney who want to be on the lower north shore during festivities of the New Year period in Sydney.

However, there's a snorkeling tour that leaves from Port Allen Harbor on Kauai's north shore, which will take you across the channel to Niihau.

We also took another look at the Outer Reefs here in Tuban later in the afternoon and if the wind wasn't so howling off shore there might have been a few nice waves to had between Kuta Reef and Airport Left in the chest to head high plus range.

The idea of returning home tells the various stories during the Apartheid struggle of men who had left their family homes in search of labor, migrating to the mines or cities, or even political exiles who had taken a pact to leave the shores of South Africa as a means to take up arms against a brutalist regime.

The president seems to have no clue about energy return on energy invested (oil shale and off shore drilling take huge amounts of energy leaving less net energy gain as a result).

A photographer has left Twitter baffled by series of photos she took of a bloated and decayed sea creature that was washed upon a Texas shore after Hurricane Harvey.