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wide and picturesque
There is not a hill or hillock in the whole district, but it derives a certain picturesque beauty from its wide expanses of cultivation, and the greenness and freshness of the vegetation.
A sensibility to the " picturesque " was developing among the educated class, and as they toured picturesque districts, like the Lake District, they might have in the carriage with them a large lens set in a picture frame, a " landscape glass " that would contract a wide view into a " picture " when held at arm's length.
In the United States, the so-called " Queen Anne style " is loosely used of a wide range of picturesque buildings with " free Renaissance " ( non-Gothic Revival ) details rather than of a specific formulaic style in its own right.
The village of Bourton-on-the-Water is known for its picturesque High Street, flanked by long wide greens and the River Windrush that runs through them.
File: Kenroku-en-winter-lantern. jpg | Snow lanterns, like this one in Kenroku-en garden, have wide brims which catch the snow, to create picturesque scenes .</ gallery >
Its southern border is formed by the River Noteć with its tributary, the Łobżonka, which cuts through the picturesque moraine hills rising over the wide valley of the Noteć.
The mountain consists almost entirely of granite and diorite, weathered over centuries into a wide variety of shapes, including over 12, 000 picturesque stone formations, ravines, cliffs, stone pillars, and peaks.
Beja remains a picturesque town with wide horizons, a healthy climate and rich and fertile soil.
Woollahra is an extremely affluent suburb, due in part to its proximity to the city and the shopping centre at Bondi Junction, plus a wide range of picturesque homes, mostly in various Victorian styles.
The farm is a landmark on 16th Avenue, with its wide open space and picturesque barn and silo, a reminder of Markham's agricultural past.
From 1835, Davis began work on his own on Rural Residences, his only publication, the first pattern book for picturesque residences in a domesticated Gothic Revival taste, which could be executed in carpentry, and also containing the first of the Italianate style " Tuscan " villas, flat-roofed with wide overhanging eaves and picturesque corner towers.

wide and curve
In October 2007 the level of lake Erie dropped enough to reveal the point again extending at least half a mile out into the water and at least wide with a winding curve shape to it.
There is a concave curve from nose to brow, or rise to prominent brow, a broad unpinched muzzle, prominent whisker pads, a gently sloped wide nose and full strong jaws.
This measurement is taken across a wide range of speeds and the results are used to generate the stepper motor's dynamic performance curve.
The changeover process occurred at 4500 rpm,, was smooth, and provided linear acceleration and a wide torque curve throughout the entire rev range.
By varying the line frequency with an inverter, induction motors can be kept on the stable part of the torque curve above the peak over a wide range of rotation speeds.
The bill may give a hint ; in the Lesser Scaup it has a stronger curve on the upperside than in the Greater, resulting in a distal part that looks somewhat flattened and wide in the Lesser Scaup – hence the vernacular name " broadbill ".
100 kW is roughly equivalent to 134 horsepower, although most electric motors deliver full torque over a wide RPM range, so the performance is not equivalent, and far exceeds a fuel-powered motor, which has a limited torque curve.
This wide sweep of sand, shingle and rock extends two miles in a graceful curve between the headlands of the Great Orme and the Little Orme.
* In France, on the 14th curve of the Alpe d ' Huez, a bronze bust ( 1. 70 m high, 70 cm wide and weighing 70 kg ), mounted on a granite pedestal three feet high, commemorates his stage victory in 1979.
Players were pleased with the quick learning curve and the wide variety of training exercises available.
In the most extreme cases the curve will break very wide laterally.
Clarkson had a wide variety of curve balls and was considered to be a calculating, scientific pitcher who carefully analyzed every hitter's weaknesses.
Engine development did not focus on peak power output but towards producing a very wide powerband ( or power curve ).
He has good command of a wide variety of other pitches, including an 79 – 83 MPH curve, and the occasional 86 – 88 slider or 85 – 87 MPH splitter.
Drop siding comes in a wide variety of face finishes, including Dutch Lap ( also called German or Cove Lap ) and log siding ( milled with curve ).
It also took the rule book literally, as the sweeping curve behind the plate was about, and instead of angling back toward the foul lines, the wide foul ground extended all the way to the wall in right, and well down the left field line also.
Sultan Bayezid II solicited a design and Leonardo da Vinci, utilizing three well-known geometrical principles, the pressed-bow, parabolic curve and keystone arch, created an unprecedented single span 240 m long and 24 m wide bridge for the Golden Horn, which would have become the longest bridge in the world of that time if it had been constructed.
:" Beyond this region ( Gedrosia ), the continent making a wide curve from the east across the depths of the bays, there follows the coast district of Scythia, which lies above toward the north ; the whole marshy ; from which flows down the river Sinthus, the greatest of all the rivers that flow into the Erythraean Sea, bringing down an enormous volume of water (...) This river has seven mouths, very shallow and marshy, so that they are not navigable, except the one in the middle ; at which by the shore, is the market-town, Barbaricum.
The relatively flat cycloid curve would produce elegant galleries that were wide in proportion to their height, allowing the ceiling to be lowered to 20 feet ( 6 m ).
It produces and torque, with a wide torque curve.
It describes a wide curve around the Vourinos mountains, and turns northeast near the village Paliouria.
So, after two stages, the curve takes the appearance of three sides of a rectangle with the same length as the original line, but only half as wide.
Located near a tight curve, which necessitates the slowing of trains as they approach, the central pratt truss bridge was originally made of three iron spans that were wide enough to carry two tracks.
Traditionally the land of the Ramindjeri clan of the Ngarrindjeri people, the bay is a wide curve of coastline extending from Newland Head along the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula and southeast to Cape Jaffa, a distance of 180 km.

wide and provides
ATM provides data link layer services that run over a wide range of OSI physical Layer links.
Wireless broadband is technology that provides high-speed wireless Internet access or computer networking access over a wide area.
The constitution provides for a wide range of internationally recognized human rights.
* provides a wide range of information about ELF files and other object formats.
" It is known as a health care classification system that provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or disease.
The government provides a wide range of incentives to investors, including remittance facilities to assist them in repatriating funds to the country of origin ; tax holidays which defer taxes for a period of years ; and duty-free access for machinery and raw materials imported for approved enterprises.
The risk & insurance group provides specialist insurance and reinsurance broking together with risk management services for a wide range of clients, including some of the world ’ s largest corporations.
* The MPEG-4 format provides end users with a wide range of interaction with various animated objects.
WUPX provides NMU Students and the Marquette area with a wide variety of music, event announcements, and activities.
In 2007, Philips has entered into a definitive merger agreement with North American luminaires company Genlyte Group Incorporated, which provides the company with a leading position in the North American luminaires ( also known as ˜ lighting fixtures "), controls and related products for a wide variety of applications, including solid state lighting.
This provides a well-reproducible absolute thermometer over a very wide range of temperatures, able to measure the absolute temperature of a body inside the cavity.
This growth occurred across a wide range of sectors-the oil industry directly provides only a small
This algorithm provides good compression on a wide variety of data with minimal use of system resources.
Through babl GEGL provides an optimized and powerful ( optionally with SIMD support ) treatment of arbitrary color data ; This enables dependant applications to efficiently support a wide range of color spaces ( from 8-bit RGB to full floating point CMYK ) with minimal extra application code.
A MAN usually interconnects a number of local area networks ( LANs ) using a high-capacity backbone technology, such as fiber-optical links, and provides up-link services to wide area networks ( or WAN ) and the Internet.
The liturgy requires repeated settings of the word ‘ Alleluia ’, and Byrd provides a wide variety of different settings forming brilliantly conceived miniature fantasias which are one of the most striking features of the two sets.
LRT provides a wide range of passenger capabilities and performance characteristics at moderate costs .”
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway provides over of protected waterway, 12 ' deep and 125 ' wide.
* Ophthalmoscopy or fundus photography: Ophthalmoscopy is an examination of the retina in which the eye care professional: ( 1 ) looks through a slit lamp biomicroscope with a special magnifying lens that provides a narrow view of the retina, or ( 2 ) wearing a headset ( indirect ophthalmoscope ) with a bright light, looks through a special magnifying glass and gains a wide view of the retina.
The large number of flea species may be attributed to the wide variety of host species they feed on, which provides so many specific ecological niches to adapt to.
The small size of the county's communities, scattered along the beaches, coastal hills, and mountains of the Santa Lucia range, provides a wide variety of coastal and inland hill ecologies to support many kinds of fishing, agriculture, and tourist activities.
Havana provides direct support in the form of training, arms, safe havens, and advice to a wide variety of guerrilla groups.
The church provides for a wide range of priesthood ministries through the calling and ordination of both men and women.
The park protects a wide range of biomes, including semi-arid woodland, subalpine heath, and eucalypt forests, and provides a habitat for a range of animals, including bats, birds, wallabies, quolls, and the unique red triangle slug ( Triboniophorus graeffei ), which is known to appear after rainfall.
VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio and TV and the Internet outside of the U. S. in 43 languages.

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