Sentences with phrase «vast distances for»

Commercial truck drivers operate tractor - trailers and other large vehicles that transport cargo over vast distances for extensive periods of time.

Not exact matches

«Late in October 1914 three brothers rode from Choteau, Montana to Calgary, Alberta to enlist in the Great War,» reads Harrison's celebrated opening sentence, which author Vance Bourjaily would praise for establishing «both the voice and manner of the epic storyteller, who deals in great vistas and vast distances.»

But for the vast majority of us whose marriages are a mixture of pain and joy, frustration and satisfaction, distance and closeness — for us enrichment methods and short - term crisis methods can be effective in improving our relationships by developing our hidden marriage assets.

The process of research is one based entirely on the analysis of light, calling for miracles of patience, ability and acumen; but it is astonishingly fruitful, since it enables exact measurements to be made of the mass, energy, diameter, distance and movement of objects vast in themselves but ultra-microscopic to us because of their remoteness.

Our «science» is simply a way for us to explain the world around us... nobody has ever seen a graviton but we know it warps space / time and that it interacts across vast distances but in a much smaller way than the strong nuclear force for example (which again is a made up force on our part to just understand our universe)

Incidentally, it has not gone unnoticed around Westminster that apart from a few infamous Labour examples, such as Labour's Ann Keen in Brentford and Isleworth, the vast majority of MPs in Outer London and the constituencies in the South East - who will lose out as a result of making those with seats «within travelling distance» of Westminster ineligible for the daily allowance - are Conservatives.

It also holds promise for «teleporting» particles across vast distances — assuming everyone agrees on a reference frame.

«The evidence for recent genetic connection among the three populations, across this vast distance, is solid and convincing,» says Craig Moritz, a University of California, Berkeley, biologist not affiliated with the study.

For rail workers and passengers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, train travel — while miraculous for the speed with which it carried people across vast distances — presented ghastly dangeFor rail workers and passengers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, train travel — while miraculous for the speed with which it carried people across vast distances — presented ghastly dangefor the speed with which it carried people across vast distances — presented ghastly dangers.

One possibility for communicating across the vast distances of space is the use of radio or other electromagnetic waves.

Now a team of astronomers led by Khee - Gan Lee, a post-doc at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, has created a map of hydrogen absorption revealing a three - dimensional section of the universe 11 billions light years away — the first time the cosmic web has been mapped at such a vast distance.

The distance may be vast, but it could be relatively easy for Starshot's nanocraft or other interstellar travelers to blast through and beam back information to Earth about the system with a bit more than a four - year delay.

This has been the best explanation for why the relic energy from the Big Bang, called the cosmic microwave background radiation, appears to be relatively uniform over vast cosmic distances.

For example, a soldier's ability to perform 35 sit - ups in 60 seconds had little to do with their ability to patrol vast distances on foot while carrying large amounts of essential kit.

But to the real point of Seeking Arrangement's press release: The company is attempting to not - so - subtly distance itself from the vast spectrum of sex - for - money services that we sometimes call prostitution.

For diehards like Sanders, the vast distances and sparse population are part of western New Mexico's draw.

Meanwhile, Australian buyers will pay AU$ 35,490 for a car that can cover the vast distances of that continent with few fill - ups.

One of these ways is our need for a myth to get us through the night: a myth to carry us through the vast distances of interstellar space: a myth to transport us through the endless aeons of time in which life has been lived on earth, a myth to reconcile us to our true evolutionary position.

It's what the Internet is for — connecting people together across vast distances.

Nick Moran of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to factor in: electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple data centers; communication infrastructure needed to transmit digital files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital device (compared to how easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing of digital devices; the need to replace a device when it breaks (instead of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every reader of eBooks requires his or her own eReading device (whereas print books can be loaned out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.

When Larraine, for example, spends the last of her money and food stamps on a lobster and crab dinner, Desmond brilliantly explains why: «the distance between grinding poverty and even stable poverty could be so vast that those at the bottom had little hope of climbing out even if they pinched every penny.

On the vast majority of our trips you are expected to carry your own luggage (please see below for exceptions), and though you will not be required to walk long distances with your luggage (max 30 minutes) we recommend keeping the weight under 10kg / 22 lb.

The game is split into a series of hubs that act as nothing more than a method of separating the game's sprawling dungeons, the vast distances being traversable using Death's summonable horse or by a fast travel system for when equine transportation feels like too much hassle.

Whilst the vast majority of those features were in the game in some form (turns out the «multiplayer» Sean was referring to boiled down to leaving messages for one another), the distance between expectation and reality were in themselves, galaxies apart.

Vast customisable camera options allow players to set specific parameters for the cockpit, TV pod and TV pod offset with a twenty point system for genuine customisation for the field of view and horizontal offset to be zoomed in or out; vertical offset and angle of camera to be increased or lowered in height; near clip plane decides at what distance a nearby object is no longer rendered; the mirror angle to be increased or lowered in height; as well as the amount of camera shake and camera movement.

Vast customisable camera options allow players to set specific parameters for the cockpit, TV pod and TV pod offset with a 40 point system for genuine customisation for the field of view and horizontal offset to be zoomed in or out; lateral offset to be moved further to either side; vertical offset to be raised or lowered; angle of camera to be increased or lowered in height; near clip plane decides at what distance a nearby object is no longer rendered; the mirror angle to be increased or lowered in height; as well as the amount of camera shake, camera movement and a look to Apex limit that is displayed in degrees.

Palutena The goddess of light from Kid Icarus joins the fight, with her vast variety of moves for up close and distance based gameplay.

You'd have to be blind not to notice that, from a distance, Tacita Dean's commission for Tate Modern's sepulchral Turbine Hall looks like nothing so much as a vast stained - glass window — and for this reason I fervently hoped it was going to have the same effect on me as Olafur Eliasson's numinous The Weather Project (Eliasson's commission, the fourth in the Unilever series, filled this space in 2003 - 4 — and oh, how I worshipped it).

In this context, Weiner's statement offers a framework for this display, connecting artworks from across vast distances to provide a snapshot of current artistic thinking.

For his first solo exhibition in France, «Cartografías para navegantes de tierra» (Cartographies for Navigators of the Earth), Enrique Ramírez, a Chilean artist based in Santiago and Paris, presented work that navigates the vast distances in betweFor his first solo exhibition in France, «Cartografías para navegantes de tierra» (Cartographies for Navigators of the Earth), Enrique Ramírez, a Chilean artist based in Santiago and Paris, presented work that navigates the vast distances in betwefor Navigators of the Earth), Enrique Ramírez, a Chilean artist based in Santiago and Paris, presented work that navigates the vast distances in between.

The similarity between Venus and Earth whereby they are each at much the same temperature at the same pressure subject only to an adjustment for distance from the sun despite vast differences in atmospheric composition is empirical proof.

Development of high voltage direct current cables and transmission systems — Although initial loss of electricity of DC cables is higher than for AC, there is no incremental loss of electricity as the length of the cable increases, making it possible to build offshore wind farms in very windy areas and transmit the energy over vast distances to areas with poor wind regimes, and to combine wind generators from different areas to reduce the impact of low - wind days and the need to use backup hydrocarbons on those days

Walking is the most natural, affordable, healthy and clean mode of travel for short distances, and a necessary component of the vast majority of transit trips.

* Annual estimated fuel cost is based on driving 20 000 km per year — a realistic distance for the vast majority of Canadians — at fuel prices that are estimated to be $ 1.028 / L for regular, $ 1.191 / L for premium, $ 0.976 / L for diesel, and $ 0.13 / kWh for electricity.

* Annual estimated fuel cost is based on driving 20 000 km per year - a realistic distance for the vast majority of Canadians - at fuel prices that are estimated to be $ 1.028 / L for regular, $ 1.191 / L for premium, $ 0.976 / L for diesel, and $ 0.13 / kWh for electricity.

We wore both devices for the Moon Walk, which is a walking marathon, and where the Charge HR measured 47,922 steps, the Alta recorded 48,163 - so we are talking a minor difference, especially over such a vast distance.

This is often a vast distance from their homes (for example, in Central Australia).