A large number of two-person operated open-platform Routemaster buses were purchased from London Transport for these services, which gave the company the advantage of giving change ( as opposed to the exact fare the city operator demanded ) without the buses having to linger at bus stops.

Later, he began to see merit in the idea and discussed what policies he might introduce should he become Mayor: amongst these were re-introducing the Routemaster buses ( with various modifications so that they would conform to disability and environmental laws ) and scrapping the Mercedes-Benz " Bendy Buses " and, more controversially, putting a large levy on trainers in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games and doubling income tax on Human Rights lawyers.

Using large tyres and a single-wheel trailer, he carried all his food with him, stocking up on water at the periodic wells.

Some race cars use reverse Ackermann geometry to compensate for the large difference in slip angle between the inner and outer front tyres while cornering at high speed.

A large polytunnel which has been built with used tyres was completed in Spring 2011.

* alloy wheels, often unusually large for the respective car, with matching low-section, wide-base tyres

It has been suggested that a large underwater reef made of tyres could be built off the Holderness coast to mitigate this erosion but it would be costly to build.

The characteristic features of these engines are very large rear driving wheels fitted with solid rubber tyres, three-speed gearing ( most traction engine types have only two gears ), rear suspension, and belly tanks to provide a greater range between the stops needed to replenish water.

NoSno boards utilised snowboard bindings and boots, with large tyres for rough ground, and the option for a hand-operated hydraulic disc brake.

Due to heavy rain, the track was treacherously wet and slippery, giving a large advantage to " wet-weather men " Ickx and Rodriguez, who also happened to be equipped with highly suitable cars and tyres.

Lambretta owners may replace existing parts with a Nikasil plated aluminium barrel with radical porting, large Dell ' Orto or Mikuni carburettors and bespoke ( custom-made ) expansion chambers, hydraulic clutches, and modern low-profile tyres.

Meanwhile, Massa, in 6th position, ran off the road and lost a large amount of time, also damaging his tyres.

As I dug in behind one of the bales we were using as protection, I grudgingly found myself agreeing with Oso's logic, especially when I imagined what would have happened to Missy if Old Knife's large party of screeching warriors had overrun our company.

The big fans were going, drawing from the large room the remnants of stale smoke which drifted about in pale strata underneath the ceiling.

They were camped beside a large column-shaped boulder: a man, his lubra, and two children.

Solid brick buildings painted dazzling white, large domes and tall, picturesque palms stretched as far as the eye could see, while the wharves and harbor were filled with tall-masted sailing ships.

Platoons of Hearst agents were traveling from state to state in a surprisingly successful search for delegates at the coming convention, and there were charges that money was doing a large part of the persuading.

Research, development test and evaluation funds, devoted to missiles in 1960 were 3 to 4 times as large as those devoted to aircraft, and actual missile procurement is expected to exceed aircraft procurement by 1963.

Also, it should be noted that the polytonal freedom of his melodies and harmonic modulations, the brilliant orchestrations, the adroitness for evading the heaviness of figured bass, the skill in florid counterpoint were not lost in his mature output, even in the spectacular historical dramas of the stage and cinema, where a large, dramatic canvas of sound was required.

However, they do demonstrate the presence of large normal pressures in the presence of flat shear fields which were forecast by the theory in the first part of the paper.

Rather large differences were still found between reaction cells from different manifold fillings.

The red cells were used within 2 days after donation and were washed with large amounts of saline before use.

Many of the myocardial fibers were hypertrophied and had large, irregular, basophilic nuclei.

The parenchyma was slightly hyperemic in the apex of the left lung, and there were several firm, gray, fibrocalcific nodules measuring as large as 3 mm..

The endothelial cells lining the sinusoids were prominent, and many contained large quantities of hemosiderin.

Some of the sinusoids contained large numbers of nucleated red cells, and cells of the granulocytic series were found in small numbers.

The small and large intestines were filled with gas, and the jejunum was dilated to about 2 times its normal circumference.

The unstructured schools were in a large suburban community, predominantly middle- to upper-middle class, but fringed by an industrial area.

There were two methods that could have been used for conducting the study within the resources available: ( 1 ) interviews in depth with a few selected companies, and ( 2 ) the more limited interrogation of a large number of companies by means of a mail questionnaire.

The first step in processing was to analyze the returns from Questions 1, 2, and 3 to determine whether the respondents were large businesses or small businesses, in accordance with the definitions contained in ASPR Section 1-701.

The returns from companies classified as large businesses were set aside and not used because they were not relevant to a study of the opinions and practices of small firms.

The ten or more dangerous parties singled out for prosecution were still at large, and Pels realized that if these men entrenched themselves in their adobe houses, defending themselves through loopholes, it would be most difficult to capture them.

When the smaller facet-planes of Analytical Cubism were placed upon or juxtaposed with the large, dense shapes formed by the affixed materials of the collage, they had to coalesce -- become `` synthesized '' -- into larger planar shapes themselves simply in order to maintain the integrity of the picture plane.

To be sure of matching color as well as form, pieces of cartoon were traced on the roughcast, and large samples painted in fresco, then left two months to dry out to their final key.

Gothic vaulting above spaces both large and small is usually supported by richly moulded ribs.

The Ishtar Gate of Babylon, now in Berlin, has low reliefs of large animals formed from moulded bricks, glazed in colour.

Their hands were huge, but finely moulded ... their legs were stouter ... their feet had lost their separate toes ... blonde hirsute appearance ... Their eyes were large, and often jade green, their features firm as carved granite, yet mobile and lucent.

In the centre is a large circular column, the basement of which forms a seat: into this column is inserted a number of groinings, which, spreading from the centre, form the roof beautifully moulded.

It is cured ( a preservation process ) usually in large quantities of salt and sugar.

Within a week of the Kir ' Shara incident in 2154, the stigma against mind-melders was evaporating, and sufferers of Pa ' nar were being cured in large numbers.

Olives ( first cultivated at Mission San Diego de Alcalá ) were grown, cured, and pressed under large stone wheels to extract their oil, both for use at the mission and to trade for other goods.

It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either in a brine or in a dry packing ; the result is fresh bacon ( also known as green bacon ).

Unlike Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis can generally be cured by surgical removal of the large intestine, also known as a colectomy.

Decorative laminates were made by impregnating large sheets of Kraft paper with phenolic resin, which was then partially cured -- forming a stiff and very brittle sheet.

Many civilizations believed that drinking and / or bathing in these mineral waters cured diseases, and large industries often sprang up around hot springs, such as Bath in England or the many onsen of Japan.

The infected people, once they were completely cured of the disease, were usually willing to donate large sums to the Forbes.

Prof. Rakoczy's group has developed gene therapy treatments for reversal of blinding retinal dystrophy in Briard dogs – the first large animal genetic blindness to be cured, and the first transgenic mouse model for ARMD.

Tomás kills the priest and proceeds to a garden with a large tree ; convinced this is the Tree of Life, Tomás applies some of its sap to his torso and is cured of his stab wound.