Sentence examples for strong tent from inspiring English sources

However, in most cases it is a strong tent to shade the poor accountability of the recipient states, given the initial cooperation that led to the aid agreement.

Parallel to the effort of constructing nearly 150 temporary classrooms using the traditional steel pipe tent structure, UNICEF Madagascar's Construction Unit designed a new, inexpensive, light but strong tent, the TARPAtent48, a 48 m2 tent erected using local materials and tarpaulin as a cover.

Until it was dismantled on Tuesday, the 100-strong tent settlement in front of City Hall occupied a space that protesters have begun to call "Oscar Grant Plaza", after the young man who was shot and killed on a Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) subway platform in 2009 by a police officer who later claimed to have mistaken his gun for a taser.

The wind blasts through like a racing car, buffeting the strongest tents and uprooting the weakest.

Windsurfers, for instance, are core buyers because the Sportsmobile is well suited for maneuvering to a choice spot like the Columbia River Gorge, where the winds are too strong for tent camping.

Mustering the particular efficiency I can bring to the pursuit of a rare bird, I ate a quick breakfast, packed my knapsack with the radio and the satellite phone and enough food for two days, and, at the last minute, because the wind was so strong, collapsed my tent and weighted down its corners with large stones, so that it wouldn't blow away while I was gone.

Although crowded, Ophelia says they took in neighbours during Hurricane Tomas when the strong wind uprooted tent pegs and the heavy rain crushed the shelter.

His arms and shoulders were powerful, and he was physically strong from driving tent stakes, making chains, fighting, and hanging on to the iron ladders of fast intercontinental freights.

His children were huddled round a fire in a metal crate in the corner of his tent as strong winds blew snow in the entrance.

But as severe weather hit the area on Saturday, a strong wind lifted the tent, made from a lightweight tarp, and dropped it back down on a set of raised train tracks.

Even with freestanding dome tents with personal items inside, a strong wind can loft your tent and contents.