Sentences with phrase «than a crate of»

They took a wad of cash, as if their art were no more than a crate of razors.

Not exact matches

After several years of dealing with thrifty consumers, retailers have gotten the message and even high - end department stores such as Nordstrom, and specialty stores like Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel, are offering a wide range of gifts that cost less than $ 25.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP)-- Organized crime prosecutors in Romania found more than 2.3 tons of cocaine stashed away in banana crates on ships with a street value of 625 million euros ($ 694 million), they said Friday.

Back in the benighted days when we trained our dogs with punishments more than with rewards, crates and «crate - training» were unheard of.

Currently, the SUBWAY ® brand uses a significant amount of pork from suppliers that are phasing out the use of gestation crates to confine breeding pigs, and more than 5 percent of its turkey comes from suppliers that use «controlled - atmosphere killing,» which has been shown to dramatically reduce the suffering of birds during slaughter.

More than 80 percent of breeding pigs in the U.S. are confined day and night during their four - month pregnancy in gestation crates, cages roughly the same size as the animals» bodies, preventing them from even turning around.

The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International / Canada praised Oakville, Ontario - based Tim Hortons — which has more than 4,000 restaurant locations across Canada and the U.S. — for its newly - announced policy to eliminate controversial gestation crates from its pork supply chain.

To answer that question, one needn't look any further than the dozens of damning undercover investigations into agribusiness operations released over the last several years: chickens crammed so tightly into tiny cages that they can't even spread their wings, living in the same space with the rotting corpses of their cage - mates; mother pigs unable to even turn around for months on end inside their gestation crates; factory farm workers sadistically abusing animals; and more.

But instead of reassessing their practices, the industry is vehemently defending the system — a system that confines 12 million egg laying hens in battery cages; forces thousands of mother pigs to give birth and live for weeks on end in crates barely bigger than their bodies; allows piglets to have their teeth cut and tails cut off without pain relief; and subjects «meat» chickens to such rapid growth that their bodies can barely sustain them.

As a result of Codes of Practice, mother pigs can be locked up in crates barely bigger than their bodies for most of their pregnancy.

Because pigs are so smart — perhaps even smarter than cats and dogs — when crammed in gestation crates they often go insane from the stress, abuse, and lack of stimulation.

6 Sow Stalls Currently it is legal to confine a mother pig (a breeding sow) for the majority of her life in a tiny individual metal crate required only to be 1 cm longer and 1 cm wider than her body.

More than 60 major food providers, including Walmart competitors like Costco and Target, have already committed to getting rid of pork from gestation crates.

The crates are made of steel and concrete and are just barely larger than the pigs» own bodies.

Sustainably sourced materials abound throughout the office, including more than 12,000 board feet of wood reclaimed from sources such as container crates and barns.

Try to continue your normal routine with family meals around the dinner table rather than pizza eaten off the top of a packing crate.

Also a crate of lawyers, each of whom thinks he's bigger than his small practice.

Meanwhile, Rinkevich is hoping to employ a new type of nursery, seeding thousands of corals onto long ropes that quickly resemble rock candy but can be more easily pulled out and quickly moved and planted than crated corals.

They're so much cheaper than fresh vegetables and because a lot of them are frozen at source or within a couple of hours of being picked, most of the time they're going to be fresher — not piled into crates and thrown onto lorries or aeroplanes.

Where it's most effective is when it plays the up to the heroism of everyday citizens, driven less by altruism than hatred for the enemy, and in the telling little touches strewn through the film, like the carefully sharpened pencils lined up like soldiers on the desk of a Gestapo officer, or the crates of beer from the collaborator's brewery stacked up at Gestapo HQ.

Take - Two has a lot more riding on Red Dead Redemption 2 than EA had on Battlefront 2, meaning they might look at this example and make the Wild West free of «buffalo crates» (or whatever you want to call them).

I think that educators are coming to realize they need more time, they need more time with kids, they need more time with themselves that the work is far more collaborative, it has to be far more collaborative than it has been, so this notion of the egg crate school, where everybody's in her own little egg crate; you kind of have to kind of abandon that; you can't stay in your classroom and close the door.

The Riviera — with its expansive egg - crate grille, pontoon fenders, neatly creased formal rear quarters, and sumptuous interior — was more successful at recalling, not mimicking, styling of the classic era than the much - vaunted Continental Mark II.

Chevrolet Performance's ZZ6 is one of the most powerful 350 - based crate engines in the more than 25 - year history of the «ZZ» crate engine lineup.

The first shipment was dispatched weeks ago by sea — a 75,000 - pound 18 - wheel tractor / trailer, accompanied by 34 crates of tools and parts weighing more than 30,000 pounds.

In fact, the ZZ6 produces more power than any factory produced 350 engine ever installed in a Chevrolet production vehicle and is one of the most powerful 350 Small Block - based crate engines during the 27 - history of the ZZ lineup.

That is more power than any 5.7 - liter engine ever offered in a production vehicle and one of the most powerful 5.7 - liter small block crate engines ever sold by Chevrolet Performance in the storied 27 - year history of the «ZZ» lineup.

The Classic Performance Parts Week To Wicked 1966 Mustang received one of FiTech's Go EFI 4 600 HP throttle body systems to feed its 507hp Ford crate motor, and installation was barely more work than bolting on and tuning a carburetor.

«After more than six decades, our powertrain engineers continue to refine and update the classic Small Block architecture, adapting new technologies to advance the legacy of the industry's most adaptable V - 8 engine and giving customers new choices from the company that pioneered the concept of high - performance crate engines.»

When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly more freethinking — and attractive — than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be.

A puppy kept in its crate for a reasonable period of time — no more than three to four hours at a time during the day — will refrain from soiling and will learn to hold itself until you let it out.

If you need to be gone for more than 4 to 6 hours, look into getting a friend or pet walking service to let your Greyhound out of the crate during the day.

For dogs, in order to be the perfect size, the crate must have a width that measures slightly more than double the width of the dog's shoulders (at their widest point).

Some of their crates / kennels are sturdier than others.

A little puppy can stay in his crate a lot longer than this in the middle of the night, but during the day you should play and walk with her, wait until she is tired, put her in the crate to sleep, and then take her out as soon as she wakes up.

While they aren't the most attractive options, and can be noisier than other types of crates, wire crates are also easy to clean, and offer removable panels so your puppy can grow into the space.

While crating your dog for short periods of time can help to prevent accidents in the house, crating him for longer than he can physically handle may be considered cruel.

You should never keep your puppy in the crate for longer than he is physically capable of holding his bladder and bowels.

When he has been allowed to explore his new digs and you've played with him out in the yard or given him the run of the house for no more than 30 minutes, put him back in the crate.

While there's still plenty of room for research to be done on the subject of crate rest versus active rest, it stands to reason that getting your dog moving sooner rather than later, under the guidance of a certified canine rehab professional, can help your loved one safely return to being the bone - licking, tree - sniffing, stair - climbing canine you know and love in as little time possible.

Always use a confinement area other than a crate if there is any doubt about the length of time you're leaving your dog without a chance to get out to potty.

I'm crate training my dog at the moment with the intention of not leaving her in the crate for more than a few hours a day.

On the other hand, some canine companions aren't well - suited for this type of situation, and dogs should never spend more time in a crate than outside a crate.

Puppies 8 to 10 weeks of age should be crated for no more than 30 to 60 minutes per day; at 11 to 14 weeks old, they shouldn't be crated longer than one to three hours daily; at 15 to 16 weeks of age, three to four hours per day is appropriate; dogs 17 weeks and older can typically handle four to five hours of crate time daily.

If you find that you consistently have to leave your dog in his crate for more than 8 hours, you should consider hiring a pet sitter to care for him during part of the day.

Other than that, she does not really have any dislikes, other than being left alone or crated for extended periods of time, since she loves people so much (but she is fine to be left alone while her person is at work).

During the initial phases of crate training your dog, you should leave him alone for no more than 30 minutes.

Make sure you help him be successful by NEVER crating him for longer periods of time than he can realistically hold it.

Puppies under six months of age should not be expected to stay in a crate and not eliminate for longer than 3 - 4 hours at a time.

The American Kennel Club stepped up to offer assistance through its Companion Animal Recovery division; CAR provided hundreds of crate and thousands of dollars worth of supplies to the rescue effort and arranged to airlift more than 50 dogs to St. Hubert's Katrina K - 9 Care Center in New Jersey.