Sentence examples for idle wind from inspiring English sources

"It passes by as the idle wind that I respect not," he said.

And in "Idle Wind," he softened his tone to match Tedeschi's tender vocal and Kofi Burbridge's gentle flute.

It may demonstrate that institutionally, you can face opposing contentions and confidently repeat Shakespeare's words, "There is no terror...in your threats, for I am arm'd so strong in honesty, that they pass by me as the idle wind, which I respect not".

More effort by BPA to link this new capacity to grids in California and British Columbia could have avoided the need to idle those wind turbines, or so a number of power experts reckon".The crime is that we have been nearsighted," says Angus Duncan, chairman of Oregon's Global Warming Commission.

Now, standing idle in the cold wind during the search for Casey's ball, Oosthuizen pulls on a sweater.

Winter winds whip away the margins that big, inflexible plants used to enjoy.To add insult to injury, consumers and power-hungry industries still expect the power utilities to take up the slack when sun and wind are idle.

ALSO: U.S., Iran trade accusations over hitch in nuclear talks Aid workers struggle to reach Philippine typhoon victims With nuclear plants idled, Japan launches pioneering wind project Twitter: @IngyHassieb.

Yet the fact that they run around the clock makes them only 75% more expensive to build and run per MW of capacity than a solar-power plant, Mr Frank reckons.To determine the overall cost or benefit, though, the cost of the fossil-fuel plants that have to be kept hanging around for the times when solar and wind plants stand idle must also be factored in.

Last year as many as 20%-30 20%-30rbines across China were left idle at particular times but wind industry officials say the problem is now being tackled.

Mr. Sherman said that many fleets were having trouble attracting drivers, with the result that many cabs wound up sitting idle in garages at any given time, even in times of taxi shortages.

Steinmetz let the motor idle and ran like hell into the wind.