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  • And, if you're illuminating things away from the house, like your trees, get some outdoor floodlight holders that you can spike right into the ground.
  • The system of 27 Pyle-O-Lite floodlights were to be located on 3-120 foot galvanized steel towers as well as on top of both West Toronto and Lambton coaling plants.
  • I don't think floodlights have a place in four-day cricket. Times, Sunday Times
  • The crater was still in shadow, but the floodlights mounted around its rim lit the interior brilliantly.
  • A police helicopter hovered above, floodlighting the area.
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  • There, on the ground beneath him, was the light from the floodlights.
  • You know this little and popular thing called floodlighting which you might have noticed works well on film? Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • Increased waterway traffic could increase pollution, whilst floatels could involve higher noise levels and the unnatural use of floodlights, which could disturb wildlife, possibly altering natural breeding behaviour.
  • She said the lights, which include floodlights and adverts on the door, were installed a year ago without permission and replaced a single lantern.
  • Using an air rifle or a high-powered catapult, the vandals smashed ten of the ground's floodlights causing over €1,000 worth of damage.
  • It's never allowed to touch the ground, and you're not allowed to fly it at night unless it be lit by floodlights.
  • She said the work to repair the damage to the stopcock went on under floodlight until after midnight.
  • The bright beam of a floodlight sprang out and flickered up and down the length of our vessel, examining us.
  • Only two more scores were to be had in the remaining 30 minutes, as all life fizzled out beneath a haze of rain and the glaring floodlights.
  • We are the peeping toms focusing on her daughter's floodlight naked body, suspended shimmering from a swing.
  • The glare of the floodlights focussed on the gladiators engaged in the middle, the arena one grand spectacle, the game fierce and engaging.
  • The next night, the floodlights were still on, but he felt desperate enough to attempt his escape.
  • It is hoped the park will be fitted with floodlights and CCTV cameras for extra security.
  • Philips executives say floodlighting is the largest part of its lighting business, and with these lights selling for about $5,000 each, they expect significant revenue from this product. What’s New
  • The motor gymkhana events, which are held under floodlights, are the ‘zig zag’ event where in you have to snake across a series of barriers as quickly as possible and clock the best time.
  • In 1961 the new Hampden floodlights were hanselled by a challenge match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers, and in return for the hospitality shown to them the Germans offered to arrange a tour for Queen's, and the summer of 1962 saw two games on the continent, although both were lost, a single goal enough for Hesse to see off Queen's, while Singen won by the odd goal in seven.
  • The event was originally scheduled for last weekend and was to have been staged under floodlights on North Beach.
  • The night dive here produced more dive-bombing by huge tarpon, feeding on a bait-ball of silversides attracted by our floodlights.
  • Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury , the floodlights went out during the second half.
  • I had so many floodlights installed, I could turn night into day, and I went hunting with a tranquilizer rifle, potshotting and overdosing a number of small animals, starting up birds and dropping them from the air, until I felt confident I would be able to knock Isha down, however high he leaped. Asimov's Science Fiction
  • The rest of the venue will be lit with powerful floodlights.
  • The back of her cloak was a shiny satin-like black with deep red highlights, like a brochure photo of a black Mercedes lit with red floodlights.
  • Unfamiliar objects, camera gantries, floodlights and trails of wire stimulated considerable interest among the population of boarding students staying at the school.
  • Accessed directly from the new Terminal 5, the lobby is themed "Antarctica" and includes a fountain cascading out from a mirrored ceiling onto floodlighted ice blocks. Sure Beats the Airport Floor
  • Each numeral is outlined by silvered disks of reflecting material, and floodlights play upon the figures to make them show up clearly at a distance. Boing Boing
  • There were headlights, floodlights, tail lights and spot lights.
  • I was doing well, pat on the back, when floodlighting was switched on ahead of me. SNOWLINE
  • The damaged floodlights are several feet high and are made of toughened glass similar to that used in the rear window of a car.
  • After a 0-0 draw, the most exciting action was a spectator climbing up a floodlight pylon!
  • The bright beam of a floodlight sprang out and flickered up and down the length of our vessel, examining us.
  • Tankers are fitted with tactical floodlights on the engine pylons, wing pods and the boom area to assist night-time refuelling operations.
  • This is just the latest in a series of changes to the law on state symbols; previous ones made it compulsory to stand when the national anthem is played, stipulated floodlighting for the flag when flown above government buildings, and banned drivers from drilling through the Kyrgyz flag depicted on their number plate to attach it to the car. Cumpulsory Anthem Law Hits Wrong Note in Kyrgyzstan
  • Squinting against the array of floodlights lighting up the dooryard like high noon, Maddy swung the truck in a wide circle, stopped it right beside the porch steps, and shut off the engine. Dragon Warrior
  • Beck could see far better in the water now, the floodlights on the dock illuminating the water in front of him.
  • Grey skies had seen the floodlights switched on before noon but nothing could darken the mood of optimism which swirled around the transformed Station View prior to kick off.
  • I don't think floodlights have a place in four-day cricket. Times, Sunday Times
  • A police helicopter hovered above, floodlighting the area.
  • Finishing touches installation stained glass windows drum octagon removal scaffolding exterior interior edifice interior calcimining dome drum octagon tuckpointing cleaning floodlighting entire structure completed synchronizing closing weeks glorious twelvemonth annals Holy Faith. Dawn of a New Day
  • Work was still continuing last night under floodlights. The Sun
  • The site, mainly used for five-a-side football and volleyball, had a worn surface and fencing and floodlights needed to be replaced.
  • But this was his first match under the full glare of the floodlights. Times, Sunday Times
  • An application for planning consent has just been made to replace the semi-obsolete lighting with new-style floodlighting towers down each side of the pitch.
  • There was something electric about the place under floodlights and it always gave me an extra buzz. The Sun
  • He has the look to suit glamorous big European nights under the floodlights and the reputation and aura of a man made to lap up the spotlight. The Sun
  • Every detail was picked out by the floodlights mounted high up on the walls behind protective grilles.
  • Despite the addition in the 1960s of pole-mounted floodlights to illuminate the roadway, plans to light the entire structure never materialized.
  • The only sound was the noise of a motor generator with the floodlights. Times, Sunday Times
  • This new method not only revolutionized the dangerous field of indoor photography, but also was the forerunner to photographic flashbulbs and floodlights.
  • It was here the new Carlow confidence shone like the sun breaking through after rapidly darkening skies which almost called for floodlighting.
  • It seems no time since we were cursing the never-ending long, dark, cold winter evenings spent working in the garden either by floodlight or, if it was wet, in the shed building cold frames.
  • There was something electric about the place under floodlights and it always gave me an extra buzz. The Sun
  • Did football have anything like the same drama without floodlights? Times, Sunday Times
  • At night they worked under the glare of powerful floodlights and members of the ship's company helped.
  • The waterfall was lit up at night with pink and green floodlights.
  • The funding has mostly gone towards improving pitches, modernising clubhouses and installing floodlights.
  • The soundman flicking on the bright floodlight he held in one hand, his microphone in the other. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • These kinds of luminance meters are especially suited for measuring floodlighted or transilluminated areas and not for measuring the luminous density at lamps and lighting fittings. 4. Measurements at Lighting Installations
  • At night, over-lit businesses and unshielded floodlights on hundreds of rental houses keep the sky pale.
  • Plain kits looked better under floodlights, which now became universal and allowed mid week games to be played at night. Archive 2009-08-01
  • Under floodlights the turf takes on an almost luminous green hue. Times, Sunday Times
  • The church was lit up by floodlights.
  • The first game ended all square, and the replay was due to be played a fortnight ago, only to be controversially called off minutes before kick off because of floodlight failure.
  • Camps are often filled with incandescent screw-in bulbs and floodlights.
  • Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury , the floodlights went out during the second half.
  • Spartans point out that they are building a new grandstand, but for league status, they would also need floodlights, disabled toilets, catering facilities, terracing, better access and countless other such improvements.
  • No doubt to the anger of environmentalists in the crowd of 21,000, proceedings ended more than an hour before sunset as the floodlights beamed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Tannadice was enveloped by the kind of dreich, grey weather which made you wonder whether the floodlights would have sufficient wattage to illuminate the pitch.
  • Well-positioned floodlights activated by timers or motion or light sensors force criminals to do what they hate most: work in the light.
  • We went to the barn and got a floodlight. I secured several extension cords.
  • There were headlights, floodlights, tail lights and spot lights.
  • I like the Ivo van Damme with its powerful floodlights and big, enthusiastic crowd.
  • Indeed the win broke some United hoodoos - for instance in six attempts they had failed to beat Lurgan Celtic; they had never won under floodlights; and they had never before reached the Mid-Ulster Shield final.
  • The use of floodlights in the county championship is also to be discontinued. Times, Sunday Times
  • Director of arts, heritage and leisure Jane Glaister said measures had already been taken, including a revamp of the front of the centre, floodlighting, and help in submitting bids for major funding.
  • We were standing higher than the main floor and at one end of the room; the whole thing was softly floodlighted. The Past Through Tomorrow
  • The first two tiebreak sets occupied a total of 2hr 25 min as the opening round match inched along under floodlights.
  • These employees, like the rest of the on-shore mining personnel, worked long shifts, the dredges being lit up at night with high wattage floodlights.
  • When I inquired about her night lighting, she said that her neighbors had floodlights flashing throughout the night for security purposes.
  • Permanent floodlight to be used in photographical work should also be installed.
  • Another concern was light pollution as additional floodlights will be built.
  • On page 19 of today's South Manchester Reporter FB stars in a Lib Dem press release story about some park floodlighting. Manchester City Council: Yes, We Now Have a "Tory"!
  • The soundman flicking on the bright floodlight he held in one hand, his microphone in the other. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • The message was that he wanted a race at night and under floodlights. Times, Sunday Times
  • He sat in the darkened stands, following the cuts and thrusts of floodlighted fencers, poised to spot some gallantry. Another Daunting Olympic Quest:
  • The message was that he wanted a race at night and under floodlights. Times, Sunday Times
  • They will be able to relax in the plaza during the day and at night when the city's ancient walls will be lit by floodlights.
  • As a result many farmers and rural homeowners are re-siting diesel tanks and improving security measures such as floodlighting and alarms in their farmyards and gardens NFU Mutual oil tank security checklist NFU Mutual advice on fuel tank security following attack on Warwickshire farmer
  • Four powerful floodlights may look quite pretty dancing in the distance 200 yards away but alas they're virtually invisible directly above your head.
  • Did football have anything like the same drama without floodlights? Times, Sunday Times
  • Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury , the floodlights went out during the second half.
  • The tournament was played under floodlights.
  • Experts can advise on everything from door chains, window locks and alarms to whether you might benefit from a floodlight in a darkened back yard.
  • At the beginning of next year, the clock tower - which stands outside the station - is to be repaired and will be lit by floodlights.
  • No doubt to the anger of environmentalists in the crowd of 21,000, proceedings ended more than an hour before sunset as the floodlights beamed. Times, Sunday Times
  • At the local football club the floodlights, turnstiles, ticket machines and showers in the changing rooms are all linked to the sun.
  • Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, revealing a light like floodlights on full blaze.
  • Its floodlighted brick facade was whitewashed, the mortar between painted blue; a red-white-and-blue striped canopy emblazoned with the club's name extended out from the front door. The Shape of Dread
  • Even without leaving the floodlighted main cavern, without leaving the marked paths, there were plenty of wonderfully beautiful walks to take. The Past Through Tomorrow
  • He parked the car out of the floodlighting and in the shadow of one of the tall palms. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
  • The glowing stage lights, bright television studio lights and cinema floodlights have all taken turns to illuminate his path as an actor.
  • He stops at a floodlight pylon and looks up at a broken hoarding.
  • It now sits at Fort William, complete with a viewing platform and floodlighting for visitors to observe the train revolving.
  • We know this because those he played against have spoken about the games that took place under floodlights in suburban Havana. Times, Sunday Times
  • The whole place reeked of cordite: a blue haze of gunsmoke rose towards the floodlights. KARA KUSH
  • Still, it might make them enough money to buy a new set of floodlights or training bibs.
  • He has the look to suit glamorous big European nights under the floodlights and the reputation and aura of a man made to lap up the spotlight. The Sun
  • So the red army had won the cup and their third silver trophy gleamed amongst the iridescent confetti and brilliant white floodlights.
  • There are lead-in lights from the river approach, landing floodlights, a marker beacon and a lighted windsock.
  • But this was his first match under the full glare of the floodlights. Times, Sunday Times
  • The "stomper" had the camera on him and the floodlights on him, and he just walks over and "stomps" this woman on the head? Digg.com: Top News
  • I understand that it will be used towards the purchase of floodlights for the bowling green.
  • While electricity for Iraqis runs only a few hours a day, the embassy construction site is “floodlighted by night,” as a June 2006 Chicago Tribune piece succinctly put it. U.S. Embassy Building will Rival the Vatican
  • The skies darkened ominously and the light sensitive floodlights in the Hollow switched on to combat the 1.00 p.m. early darkness.
  • Using powerful floodlights to attract the delicacy known to the Japanese as ika, the boats employ sails which are rigged astern to reduce the ship's roll in the ocean swells.
  • With the light fading the floodlights were switched on to allow the match to continue to full-time.
  • The plans were then amended to exclude the original proposals for a synthetic hockey pitch and floodlighting and add a new bowling green and retention of existing grassed areas.
  • This time it came under floodlights on a balmy desert night. Times, Sunday Times
  • The only way you could tell a shopping center from a grade school from a minimum-security prison was by the amount of floodlighting and fence wire involved. Future Schlock
  • Accessed directly from the new Terminal 5, the lobby is themed "Antarctica" and includes a fountain cascading out from a mirrored ceiling onto floodlighted ice blocks (£3,000 a night; sofiteheathrow. com). Lodging: Reason To Stay
  • The sailor translates the message into Morse code (dots and dashes) and uses a signal light (floodlight with a venetian blind type shutter on it) to send the message to the other ship.
  • Either that, or it's so murky in Lancashire today that they've got the floodlights on. Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United - as it happened
  • On a night dive we were met by several dozen massive tarpon, with remoras patrolling below the boat under the floodlights.
  • He hired a crew of workers who used JCBs, a tipper truck, lorries and floodlighting to remove track from the disused line.
  • These employees, like the rest of the on-shore mining personnel, worked long shifts, the dredges being lit up at night with high wattage floodlights.
  • The shanties and parked airjalopies of Junktown were floodlighted from above; lines of men were beating the brush and poking among them. The Fuzzy Papers
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  • The floodlights are an eyesore, for sure, but since I understand that it's jolly hard to play football in the dark I have not complained.
  • To keep the floodlights blazing and the hot dogs sizzling, the stadium will suck in vast amounts of electricity from the grid. Times, Sunday Times
  • Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury , the floodlights went out during the second half.
  • This time it came under floodlights on a balmy desert night. Times, Sunday Times
  • The work crews and engineers stand in clusters, their yellow reflective safety jackets glowing eerily amid the dusky floodlighting.
  • Brand new floodlights blazed down on Parkside, but it was lights out for them as Workington Town gave them a lesson in teamwork and finishing.
  • Under floodlights the turf takes on an almost luminous green hue. Times, Sunday Times
  • The game will be played under floodlights, kicking off at 3pm.
  • Floodlights mean the range will also be in use throughout the winter when the welcome luxury of heating will be provided in the bays.
  • Sadly, the long-awaited replacement of the floodlight bulb - absent since September - proved an anticlimax, lasting only one week before it once more expired.
  • Floodlights illuminated the stadium.
  • So the MoD gave special permission for a concrete area at the back of Roman Barracks to be lit up with floodlights and used as an emergency landing strip.
  • In the next two and a half years, Twissell went on to make 56 appearances as a left winger and famously once miscued a shot against Reading, shattering some of the floodlights.
  • Instead of the eternally fuelled floodlight they'd once been, this light was like the tip of a flame, a prick of daylight in the darkness of ones soul.
  • Work was still continuing last night under floodlights. The Sun
  • It would be beautiful tonight when it was floodlighted. That’s Amore
  • It designs and develops lighting for road, industrial and floodlighting applications, it added. Philips Buys Spanish Lighting Company
  • Months after Katrina, and Wilma the Gulf Coast region (and New Orleans especially) remain devastated, and its people scattered around the country because the lying sack-of-shiite prezidisapointment stood on national television in prime time amid floodlights in New Orleans and …. lied. Think Progress » O’Reilly Finally Unveils Enemies List
  • The finishing touches of the installation of stained glass windows in the drum and octagon, the removal of scaffolding from the exterior and interior of the edifice, the interior calcimining of the dome, drum and octagon, tuck-pointing, cleaning and floodlighting the entire structure have been completed, synchronizing with the closing weeks of the glorious, twelve-month annals of the Holy Faith. Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957
  • We know this because those he played against have spoken about the games that took place under floodlights in suburban Havana. Times, Sunday Times
  • There are lead-in lights from the river approach, landing floodlights, a marker beacon and a lighted windsock.
  • The matches will be played in floodlight over the weekends so that the corporates can relax and enjoy the game.
  • The floodlight's housing and lens are made of high-impact plastic and can rotate and pivot to direct light to precise areas.

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