However, an exciting alternative method of acceleration is making great strides towards the next energy regime.
I prefer Warmbloods and Arabians, if there are no Thoroughbreds, for their outstanding speed, nimble strides, and excellent carriage.
He stalked towards her, his strides suddenly a bit too fast and too long to be considered sober.
A powerfully built man, slightly hunched round shoulder level, he strides purposely onto the rostrum.
Without another word, Stephanie opens the door and strides round the car to walk up the front steps.
The vast strides made in arthroplasty have also made this once highly complicated procedure more widely available.
Long-legged animals with longer strides maintain contact with the ground for more time during each step than do short-legged creatures.
Flat cap in hand, the foreign secretary strides from doorstep to corner shop, greeting many voters by name and asking after their fathers.
Do you know a businessman who turns heads as he strides the city's sidewalks in his perfectly tailored sartorial elegance?
His eyes widen in fear and surprise, and then he strides round the empty house with it tucked into the back of his jeans.
With that said Duncan pushed back his chair with a loud scrape and left the room with long strides.
Since the beginning of time, women have been the support system and backbone for many of the great strides made by men.
I took long strides and then leaned over his counter and grabbed a jar of maraschino cherries.
It's really not all that simple anymore, given the huge strides in gear and ball-busting confidence, particularly among American climbers.
Then the back door had banged open and Sonny had followed the college boy out to his car, quick long strides crunching over gravel.
When Reyes strides to the plate, odds are the at-bat won't end with him handing his stick to the batboy and jogging to first base.
Generally, I feel that we've made huge strides this year while also blooding a lot of young players.
And never mind the professional strides many St Lucian women have made, the nation seems caught in a time warp.
He comes from a tough area of the country where dairying, in particular, is making great strides.
Jade smiled and followed him down the hall, the child trotting at a quick pace to keep up with her long strides.
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She begins to hum the tune of the music, weeping, as the Artist strides away.
In a few long strides, I've grabbed the doorknob and am about to twist the thing off, when I recognize the voice.
Vishnar strides into the centre of the bridge's walkway and shouts to the crew, who fall silent as he speaks.
The brawny blueliner made his most significant strides by expanding his hockey sense, leadership, and physicality.
It is undeniable that the town's bloom committee has made great strides in the beautification of the town.
I flew beside him, taking giant strides so as not to fall, until we came upon the Jeep, from the underneath of which Johnny's feet poked out.
Despite making huge strides forward under Michael Howard, the party is still considered unelectable.
She strides in her purple slip-on shoes across plush carpet and slides into the photographer's chosen chair.
Compared to the United States or the Soviet Union at the dawn of the space age, China is taking longer but fewer strides.
His strides were cumbersome, as if his height and burliness was more of a weakness than a strength.
Suddenly the door bursts open, a gust of wind blows snow into the room, and a man with a bushy beard and camel-skin tunic strides in.
Down the main street strides the major of the army, an icy wind pulling at the red hackle on his bonnet.
Gliding up to me in smooth strides, he hooked his arm with mine, attempting a British accent.
I nudged Glory into a trot and he eagerly stepped out, his long strides eating up the ground.
Important, albeit lower visibility, ideas on carbon sequestration in forests have also made strides forward.
At every opportunity he strides straight forward and throws huge, windmill haymakers with his right hand that seldom connect.
After settling down, St Lucia took their strides more purposefully, with the crowd spurring them on for a goal opener.
You will go faster during the kick drill and make significant strides toward improving your streamline position flexibility.
Down the main street of Cowdenbeath strides Major Bob Ritchie of the Black Watch, an icy wind pulling at the red hackle on his bonnet.
We've seen the training videos, where the long, lean figure in flowing robes strides across a desert landscape, a Kalashnikov under arm.
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At nearly 200 feet, the building is a colossus which strides the entire block between West Nile Street and Renfield Street.
I grinned and crossed to the bed in three strides, kissing Black passionately.
I took slow strides towards the table, looking around, trying to keep my head high, and not freak out.
Taking long strides towards him, Brett was pleasantly surprised to find that he was taller than the model.
He ran to me, his shoes clamoring on the floor ungracefully, as if these few strides towards me would forever determine the rest of his life.
Talking slow strides towards him, Jane smiled and placed her hands around his neck.
There were clowns on stilts, eerily taking giant strides around the square.
Watching his long strides towards the door, Danielle lets herself smile with maternal affection.
His leather packages were draped over the animal's body and they were knocked up and down as the horse took enormous strides towards Jourogn.
Then with a couple of strides of that long gait of his, he had made room in behind McKenna and had only one thing in mind.
Without leaving his wheelchair, he was able to make great strides towards a cure for conditions like his.
As early as the 1930s Veblen expressed pride in the enormous strides the country had taken up to that time.
Zambia has so far made some positive strides in this direction although the challenges still remain in some aspects like packaging.
The town has made great strides over the past number of months and the club is delighted with the progress of the team.
In two bounding strides the woman was in the street, kneeling over her friend.
It reflects the great strides the school has made under the new head teacher.
But Professor Brenner said research into blood coagulation had made significant strides over the past two decades.
It has made admirable strides in recent years towards more democratic access, and it is not in our interest to see them take a step backwards.
I hope people can see the club has made some great strides over recent times.
Within the next five years, with energetic political representation, nationalists will make major strides towards real equality in this state.
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Even as the country takes great strides towards progress and the living standards of the urban elite improve, the society slips backwards.
But an ever-expanding organisation has been making vast strides towards solving these problems.
But by French standards, it has made impressive strides towards more acceptable international norms.
He is often admired for his tasteful shirts, cool strides and groovy haircuts.
He tripped, managed a few more stumbling strides, and then collapsed onto the dirt road.
There's amusement in his eyes as he strides into the room casually chucking his jacket over the back of the sofa.
After warning other animals with several swishes of the tail, the giraffe boldly strides out of harm's way.
I decided to try and come in as high a position as possible, so every few strides became a race against whoever was near to me.
On the operational level, Bulgaria has made great strides in interdicting drugs and dismantling counterfeit currency operations.
As we gather in the relative coolness, the doctor strides forward to warmly welcome us to his small oasis.
Length in the neck, shoulder, forearm, croup, and from hip to hock helps a horse take longer strides for his size.
Two strides take a visitor into the only other room, where a bed, TV, couch and computer table crowd the compact space.
And they made strides in reversing their reputations for mangling customer service and order fulfillment.
She is a vision of sweeping strides and soft steps swathed in airy veils and supple furs.
Long legs are also vital for endurance running, because speed is gained by increasing the length, not rate, of strides.
Great strides have been made in predicting the place and the size of future earthquakes.
Animation is a genre that has taken gigantic strides in creativity and in the use of technology.
So I donned my deerstalker, polished my largest magnifying glass and set off with large exaggerated strides.
Her strides were easy and unhurried as she progressed forward, making her way toward the gates.
Progressivism could not have made the strides it did, had it not been for the advent of what we would call modern journalism.
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The Predators could make small strides this year, if they can find new ways to produce goals and if their goaltenders remain reliable.
Her father's face was a crimson colour with his hands held in fists at his sides, and her mother was walking purposeful strides towards her.
Men and women of various ages and shapes were taking purposeful strides, either walking, jogging, or running.
They don't beg and harass the stream of crowds that pass them with purposeful strides, the way their counterparts do in San Francisco.
I much prefer it when he strides purposefully through the office with a menacing glare.
Two girls ran in front of the pack, their strides appearing easy and effortless.
According to Cohen, while Canada is making significant strides on the gay marriage front, there are still many legal grey areas for gay parents.
This is a franchise making strides, but it is still relying more on guile and guts than skill.
This approach has ensured that great strides have been made in improving and enhancing the cemetery.
He has made enormous strides in every aspect of his game to become an awesome all-rounder.
He lauded the school for encouraging sports and exhorted young sportsmen to make strides in sports and academics.
The downhills offer little relief, as long leaping strides will send your quads into convulsions.
Angrily, he grabbed the first thing that came to hand, crossed the room in three strides and walloped Simeon as hard as he could.
It's been a hectic 12 months for the group but they have made big strides in a short space of time.
While not entirely eradicated, major strides have been made in tackling racism in our game.
He registers the first tug of loss as she strides on, hair flapping raggedly behind her over the collar of her blue jacket.
He strides into the restaurant and greets the waiters affably by name and orders soup and a glass of mineral water.
Technology for cutting air pollution from cars and trucks has made great strides.
He greets me at the door of his office, dismisses the receptionist, and strides back behind his immense immaculate desk.
The service over, he strides down the pew aisle, wiping fingers across his brow.
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The water under foot splashed everywhere, soaking my trainers with 10 strides.
The average length of a regular stride is about 21, 25 feet, but the first three strides are very quick.
His jaw clenched as he walked in two swift strides to the door and pulled it open, nearly yanking it off the hinges.
In a couple of strides, Sonrisa made her way to the door, yanking it open with force.
He took her by the hand and led her quickly forward, forcing her to jog to keep up with his long strides.
He led for the entire race and was only caught in the last couple of strides.
Four young thespians are celebrating making giant strides in the world of acting after scooping top awards for drama.
Water companies have made big strides in reducing leaks from their pipes, a historic aggravating feature in dry periods.
His strides lengthened and he picked up his pace, as if eager to reach our destination.
She leaned forward and Hope immediately lengthened her strides and stretched forward.
Sure it's fun to get rigged up in some flapping strides and dance along to some dire disco every once in a while.
Granted, Apple and Facebook have made tremendous strides in terms of expanding their parental leave policies over the years.
Another northern area of the country declared itself the Republic of Puntland, and has made strides towards establishing a representative government, according to analysts.
It truly is the end of an era but the people of Hull owe him a great debt and we must look at the great strides the city has made while has been leader.
She got out, still carrying her pack and followed him into the diner, her shorter legs moving almost at a run to keep pace with his long lazy strides.
Its an old time band with old time instruments and the band dress in a uniform of white strides with bowyangs and a red shirt and red chequered kerchief.
As the two bay mares dueled in the lane, Finery angled to the outside following a ground-saving trip midpack and kicked home in the final strides to edge Madeira Mist.
Large dogs, such as retrievers, Dobermans, and Rhodesian Ridgebacks, make great running mates because they've been bred to have long, graceful strides and sturdy joints.
Slowly, his strides lengthened without his pace getting quicker.
He said the City's urban renewal programme had made strides and the inner city was now experiencing an economic resurgence and improved confidence from business.
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But over the past few decades neurophysiologists and molecular biologists have made great strides in their understanding of the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory.
We're looking forward to making massive strides this season, and hopefully there are people out there who could a role in the club, at some level.
With the enormous strides in the level of physical fitness, players are able to provide so much more support for the player in possession of the ball.
He makes confident strides towards the centre of this fascinating maelstrom, forearmed with in-depth knowledge of India's many contradictions and charms.
A handsome man strides along a pebbled beach in New England.
The mare touched down in a clearing a little ways away from the end of the forest, she trotted a few strides and then stopped and snorted, disrupting her long forelock.
In the longer term, she sees big strides in preventing tartar build-up and halting receding gums.
Southampton has made great strides over the past six years in closing the gap between our results and the national averages, and we are proud of this achievement.
Winner of three of his four races, he has made significant strides this season, his latest success coming in a red-hot handicap at Newmarket last month.
McCarthy skated three strides across the line and slid a lead pass to Howe.
Since being plucked from local football on his native Merseyside, Townson has made remarkable strides in the past 12 months and has been capped by England at under-17 level.
They were all of different heights and strides yet they never broke step.
Ben crossed the room in two short strides and scooped her onto his knee.
Instead of grace, there has come in many women an affectation of mannishness, as is shown in hats, jackets, long strides, and a healthful swinging of the arms in walking.
He notes that while geo-thermal and solar energy are still in their infancy, wind power has made significant strides over the past decade, especially in Europe.
He notes that while geo-thermal and solar energy is still in its infancy, wind power has made significant strides over the past decade, especially in Europe.
But it can make major strides to bolster the country's financial security.
Ultimately, I believe both nations must make strides towards the middle.
It's not a hard-and-fast rule, because every so often an athlete or team will make great strides towards success with a big heart and a small wallet.
He strides both the Harlem and Brooklyn black power bases and is the single most popular politician among both blacks and Hispanics in the streets.
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To get that extension where the horse really sits back and goes slowly while making huge strides, the horse is ridden from behind uphill to the extension.
But no more than a few strides towards the stationary cart, she yanked hard on the reins, sheathing her sword that had been loosened, partially drawn out into her grip.
Introspection is majorly in order, as you address certain excesses and make strides to temper them.
With jockey Juan Gutierrez in the irons, Curicular made a determined rally down the stretch to put a neck in front of Crowning Quest in the final strides.
It's also clear to see how Amanda's brief motocross career prepared her for making strides in sports where women have to tread carefully so not to step on macho male toes.
He had a shoe taken off him a couple of strides out of the gate.
Too often, exactas, trifectas, and superfectas are influenced by jockeys who can't win the race and decide to stop riding in the final few strides.
He strides across the grounds of the Gleneagles Hotel, resplendent in mustard yellow cords, flat cap and wax jacket, his pruned moustache often twisting up in a smile.
The manic shoppers in search of baby-soft cashmere or cool leather strides range from gamine model types to balding businessmen and sleek middle-aged ladies.
And however mindful he is of how much still needs to be done, Sharpton is aware of other great strides for women and for gays.
Despite a brave effort the footballers finished up with no silver ware but the Development Committee made huge strides with the development of the new playing grounds.
I began taking long strides towards the entrance, leaving Josh behind.
In the final few strides the Glaswegian eased past both Richards and Catherine Murthy, the Welshwoman who had previously held the fastest time by a Briton this year.
Women have made great strides, he argued, for instance now comprising more than half of the students at medical and law schools.
With perfect balance, she advanced on Aslyn in three long strides.
But they are making strides on all fronts and their ranks are growing.
One deeply unamused officer strides purposefully up the street to me.
The city has already made great strides in line with international standards to improve the quality of its environment and in particular to reduce air pollution.
There can be no question however that the Spanish League has made tremendous strides over the past few seasons and that Spanish soccer is once again on the rise.
Taking long strides towards him was the headmaster, Mr. Bates.
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Every time I look at a flight of hurdles now I can still feel myself making the three strides between each and then getting my legs in the right position.
Red-haired and rangy, with an easy laugh, the new executive director of the Ballet Center for Dance Education strides the hallways with the confidence of a star athlete.
Before his role as CEO, president and sentimental bolsterer, Bill Ford had made strides from within to bring Ford to a higher level of corporate responsibility.
Indonesia, once a regional basket case, has also made great strides in cleaning up its bank and corporate sector, which are beginning to attract foreign suitors again.
He said, too, that after being accepted as a slave to Mistress Couple, he has made massive strides psychologically.
The potential new species strides ahead up the fitness curve, leaving its more poorly-adapted predecessors languishing behind, to the point when they are driven to extinction.
We made a few gargantuan strides, leapt three or four times more, and sat down at last in a lichenous hollow.
The fields of geology, astronomy and psychology also made strides and gained new insights.
Under the generous patronage of Nicholas, humanism made rapid strides as well.
In the twentieth century, Mexican women made great strides toward toward a more equal legal and social status.
His mother used to have to buy two pair of strides for him, cut the legs off one and sew them onto the other.
Great strides have been made in recent years in our understanding of lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis.
With Heliodor setting a frantic gallop, Dettori eased his mount to the front turning for home and settled the race in a few strides.
York Rite was collared in the dying strides by a renewed bid from Red Alert Man in the gg.
Guest and Beck were denied a double when York Rite was collared in the dying strides by a renewed bid from Red Alert Man in the gg.
The 7lb claim proved vital as Burke forced Daas Rite ahead in the final strides to foil Handsome Jack, ridden by Tom Queally.
Aphrodisia provided a late burst of excitement with the 7-4 favourite sweeping through in the final strides to claim the Williamhill.
American Blacks have made huge strides over the years, but the Demoncrats invent class warfare and inequality issues.
Marbach, a German thermoform tooling specialist, continues to make strides in production of preprinted PP lids.
Highly tried at times, he snatched third place in the dying strides in a five-furlong handicap at Pontefract won by Divertimenti.
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Sohcahtoa flew towards the finish under Neil Callan and would have defeated Irish Heartbeat within another handful of strides.
Our schools have taken great strides in personalizing learning for every child, making mastery the goal rather than seat time.
Epigraphers have made great strides in decoding Maya glyphs in the past 20 years.
As he strides closer and closer, each footfall is reinforced by a background chord.
He could not long outdistance such a runner as the Bishop, whose tremendous strides would surely overhaul him in the end.
As a result of modernisation efforts over the years, Egypt's healthcare system has made great strides forward.
Not surprisingly for animals with long, slender yet powerful legs, many antelopes have long strides and can run fast.
Byrd had also taken serious strides with instrumental music.
The Paiutes have taken other strides in building their economy as well.
He strides in a businesslike manner to the slope leading to the water and plunges in, setting off happily at a purposeful doggy-paddle up the pool, head up, teeth bared.
The 20-year-old South African double-amputee, who runs on carbon fibre blades, finished a close second, losing by just two strides to Italy's Stefano Braciola.
Besides the personal memoir, it serves also as a review of several major strides in oceanography over the years with which the author was involved.
However, a never-say-die ride by Sam Thomas saw the ex-Irish six-year-old collar the pace-setting Fool's Wildcat in the dying strides to win by a length and a half.
Well into his seventies, he strides centre stage in a blue three-piece suit, cap atop his sceptical face, and lets rip with his fabulous rich voice.
Many of the pitches offer views of sheltered Luce Bay, and that crunchily crisp pebble beach is just a few strides away, accessed directly from the campsite.
Edmaaj was checked at least three times and it was no surprise to see him run out of steam in the dying strides and go down by a neck to Flying Applause.
He went upstairs and changed into a fresh pair of strides, nipped into the bathroom and gave his hands and face a quick rinse and threw on a clean pullover.
Over the past decade Cambodia has made considerable strides, achieving sustained growth and poverty reduction, aided in part by the global upcycle.
With its restrictions on how AOL Time Warner can use its instant messaging software, the Federal Communications Commission strides into new regulatory vistas.
With long, powerful strides, Francis trimmed the margin to five meters on the backstretch, and when she rounded the final curve, the chase was on.
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Babies take their first major strides with their eyes, not their legs, as they rapidly distinguish among playpens, pacifiers, and a plethora of other objects.
Working together over the past decade, WWI, the Washington State Wine Commission and WAWGG have made huge strides on behalf of grape growers and wineries.
But in the last 20 years, the strides in neuroimaging have allowed doctors to map the brain and better evaluate where epileptic seizures originate.

But Maxley stretched his long limbs, and caught him in two strides, and griped his shoulder without ceremony.
Mijok ran with his vast strides, holding the shield out in front so that the motion of his body would not jounce it.
Over the hills he went with giant strides and arrived at the office of Jack's Journal just at press time.
As his majesty is in such a hurry to get them, I promise you to take my longest strides.
When she see Jinnie she jist made strides for the wood-shed, and old Jinnie sashayed arter her.
It is true that penology in the Philippines has gone ahead with great strides.
Further, the pancreatic juice is a remarkably active fluid, and proteolysis under its influence must make rapid strides.
It was a desperate duel for a few strides, and then plaudit gamely responding drew away and the race was over.
A map has a graphical scale on which 1.5 inches reads 500 strides.
Crossing over to his desk with headlong strides, he sat down violently.
I hope it's just a group of small-minded people who are making it newsworthy at the moment, but there are still great strides to be made.
He halted in his strides, and looked over his shoulder, impudently.
Eight hundred yards straight away were the woods, and the roan was covering the distance with mighty strides.
Tom King was forced to take extraordinary long strides to keep pace with the little man.
Munro was pacing his narrow apartment with a disturbed air and gigantic strides as Duncan entered.
I willingly complied, though certainly so stumpy a needle as mine never took such gigantic strides over calico before.
Walking the deck with quick, side-lunging strides, Ahab commanded the t'gallant sails and royals to be set, and every stunsail spread.
I heard Sir Alexander traversing the apartment with hasty strides.
The iffy strides in question were wide, a touch too short and high crotched.
Vishnu, the active, traverses the universe with three strides.
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Patiently ridden, he made up ground nicely when asked but showed his inexperience as he raced greenly and hung fire for a few strides.
Ridden with considerable urgency he just prevailed in the dying strides over Indian Pipe Dream.
Despite the recession's impact on most mass market weeklies, Entertainment Weekly made strong ad page strides last year.
When they looked round, he was making up to them with choleric strides.
Looking back, I saw the other Martians advancing with gigantic strides down the riverbank from the direction of Chertsey.
Jurgis, without a word, lifts Ona in his arms, and strides out with her, and she sinks her head upon his shoulder with a moan.
Some are such little creatures, that the stairs are of Lilliputian measurement, fitted to their tiny strides.
Behind, their tongues already lolling out, ran the Wolf-women in great leaping strides.
Wingrave climbed with long, rapid strides to the summit of the headland, and stood there with his face turned seawards.
The Dorchester, opened in 1931, is but a few strides away but offers a very different style of luxury.
We have made enormous strides in science and industry and agriculture.
He made three strides across the devastated area, captured the kitten neatly, and went his way towards the shed, with her purring loudly on his shoulder.
Next came the great alliance of Eastern Asia, a close-knit coalescence of China and Japan, advancing with rapid strides year by year to predominance in the world's affairs.
Shotgun Paddy and Derek O'Connor looked very dangerous after the last but Midnight Prayer held on dourly in the dying strides to prevail by a rapidly diminishing neck.
When I looked back at Joe in the long passage, he was still weighing his hat with the greatest care, and was coming after us in long strides on the tips of his toes.
He took a couple of strides and halted behind the unsuspecting joker.
Adam hastened with long strides, Gyp close to his heels, out of the workyard, and along the highroad leading away from the village and down to the valley.
Two tries from Harry Hill, converted by Matthew Dight, gave Bees a 14-8 victory over Mose, a piece of silverware which confirms the strides made by the club.
And with Hello Guv'nor and Hello Sunshine also making considerable strides, the future looks bright for a rider who has spent all of 2014 at the world rankings summit.

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