| The match itself started 10 minutes late because of the terrible fusillade of fireworks and even military smoke shells. |
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| In 1729 he painted scenery for the Versailles fireworks display to celebrate the birth of the dauphin. |
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| Last Fourth of July, each of them got a thin, flexible glow stick at the town fireworks display. |
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| Suppose that a person is deputed to buy a substantial quantity of fireworks for a village fireworks display on Guy Fawkes night. |
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| Flags waved and the rain held as thousands of people enjoyed the concert and fireworks in front of the lake and grandeur of Bowood House. |
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| The pyrotechnics of these offenses would impress even a fireworks factory worker. |
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| An elderly blind woman and her guide dog were targeted by thugs who shot fireworks at them. |
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| Always make sure horses, ponies and donkeys are stabled while fireworks are being let off. |
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| The company names its fireworks after missiles, including the Exocet and Tomahawk. |
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| The ambience at New Year's Eve, complete with singers, exotic dancers, fabulous food and fireworks was one of the best I've experienced. |
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| Wide-eyed youngsters watched as dozens of fireworks exploded in a shower of colour to kick-off the celebrations with a bang. |
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| On Sunday, the flags and fireworks were replaced with eyepatches and parrots, as hundreds of pirates arrived for a picnic. |
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| As night falls and temperatures drop below zero, the Bolivians start to party with fireworks and high jinks into the early hours. |
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| On New Year's, festivities include fireworks and the burning of effigies, made by stuffing old clothes. |
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| When fireworks are lit, the chemical potential energy is converted into light, heat and sound energy. |
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| The incident comes in the wake of widespread calls to restrict the sale of fireworks to members of the public. |
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| More than 100 fireworks a minute were fired off, with bursts more than 1,000 ft above the town. |
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| The event will snake through the city centre culminating with a fireworks display above Leeds Town Hall at midnight. |
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| Guests ate, drank and partied whilst being entertained by an array of fireworks in the skies above. |
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| The fireworks may awaken the increasingly jaded viewer from his slumbers but invariably fail to unpick a single assumption. |
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| The dazzlingly choreographed fireworks performances will be accompanied by a musical programme. |
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| Retailers in Kingston selling fireworks to underage youths in the run up to Guy Fawkes night had better watch out. |
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| Police had to use water cannon and tear gas to break up a crowd of some 200 young people who hurled fireworks and other missiles at them. |
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| We had snails, a massive raclette cheese that was cooked at the table, a hot stone to fry the beef on and table fireworks which were alarming. |
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| Information packs on fireworks laws have been sent to all licensed retailers, and illegal traders have been warned they will be stopped. |
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| Hotels and the more well-to-do families on the hillsides would set off fireworks. |
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| Violent disturbances in 1998 and 1999 saw mobs of Asian youths hurl fireworks at police as they rampaged through the streets. |
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| As the engine revved, the traditional fireworks were unleashed and the skies exploded, kaleidoscopic. |
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| My American traditions include Thanksgiving dinner, white Christmases, fireworks on the fourth of July, and so on. |
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| Thousands of fireworks were let off in the castle grounds at the stroke of midnight to mark to the start of the New Year. |
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| It is a transformation scene without a suggestion of stage carpentry or fireworks and there is something of enchantment about it. |
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| See the fireworks that explode when newsreaders and key grips get together in the same room. |
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| But celebrations were happier in Australia, where Sydney's famous harbour was alight with colourful fireworks. |
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| It is very common for fireworks to contain aluminum, iron, steel, zinc or magnesium dust in order to create bright, shimmering sparks. |
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| The shuttle service will also be available for the return trip after the fireworks. |
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| Will the idiots who let fireworks off all year ever stop to think of the upset they cause? |
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| Thousands of fireworks were let off in the castle grounds at the stroke of midnight to mark the start of the New Year. |
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| Already kids are letting off fireworks and collecting old tyres for their Halloween bonfires. |
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| Some people enjoy fireworks but animals don't and can become terrified when fireworks are let off. |
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| An explosion of colour and light dazzled the crowd during the traditional fireworks display at the family concert. |
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| Stores given permission to sell fireworks all year will need a licence which local authorities will be able to refuse and revoke if necessary. |
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| No one is urged to dwell on the fact that the day's fireworks displays are symbolic of an armed revolution against tyranny and colonialism. |
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| Unlicensed fireworks displays, even on private property, are illegal and may render the participants liable to prosecution. |
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| There would be rhubarb pie and buttermilk, flags flying and youngsters scampering, a parade, a pageant, and fireworks to light up the night sky. |
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| Church bells, laser lights, fireworks and a town crier announced the beginning of the festive season in Leigh. |
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| The band treated the crowd to some of their greatest hits and was made even more special when a fireworks display lit up the sky behind them. |
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| Gradually, the figurines were no longer the appendants of fireworks, but developed into a kind of independent handicraft. |
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| At a call in Wilton Grove, stones, missiles, and fireworks were fired, damaging the windscreen of the appliance. |
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| She was shocked when she saw that two fireworks, possibly Roman candles, had been thrown inside. |
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| The Danson Park fireworks, which will be the Welling Round Table's 31st display for the community, will take place on Saturday. |
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| They were entertained through the long dark hours by live music and a fireworks display. |
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| The proposals are the latest in a number of regulations involving the rules governing the supply and use of fireworks. |
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| His stunts include jumping off a building on to an open-top bus, while a lorry-load of fireworks explodes nearby. |
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| As a result, molded cable assemblies are photographed as a lunar probe vehicle, as fireworks, and as plants growing beside a stream. |
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| Theatre doesn't get more atmospheric than this show, which uses shadows, strobes and fireworks to terrific effect. |
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| Rogue traders who are selling fireworks to kids are likely to find themselves in hot water. |
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| Donaldson is accused of luring his wife into the disused house on the caravan site at Crianlarich, where he had stored a box of large fireworks. |
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| Then there is New Year, which is mayhem and madness of fireworks, and is not even Thai New Year! |
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| With colourful bursts of fireworks stimulating the eyes and unrestrained music exciting the ears, how could you resist tangoing along too? |
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| She said he then leaned over her with a taper which he lit and then used to light the massive fireworks. |
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| Light fireworks at arms length using a specially-made safety lighter or a taper. |
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| Dad used to make a big deal about getting the fireworks, while Chris and I made a bonfire. |
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| The newspaper series is backing a campaign to ban the sale of monster fireworks to the public. |
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| Thousands of Malaysians were expected at the New Year party where concerts and fireworks were scheduled. |
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| It was not immediately known what effect, if any, the fireworks show had on the Breeders' Cup runners stabled on the nearby backstretch. |
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| While fireworks can cause injury to animals, the noise they make can also terrify household pets. |
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| The device that caused the scare was later said to have been a ballcock from a bathroom cistern, packed with fireworks. |
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| There were no bells sounding, no fireworks screaming through the sky, and no audience to clap and cheer us on. |
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| Even with the windows closed, you could still hear the screech, whiz and boom of the fireworks. |
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| All pet owners should be extremely cautious this weekend as children play with fireworks and bangers, he said. |
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| And take care with sparklers, fireworks, bangers and bonfires and try not to frighten the vulnerable. |
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| These fireworks are no longer bangers but more like explosives, which, only recently, have been used to blow telephone boxes to pieces. |
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| Gardai in stations in Carlow, and around the country, have been inundated with complaints relating to fireworks and bangers. |
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| Superintendent Noel McCarthy has now appealed to parents not to purchase fireworks or bangers for their children. |
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| Intimidation of elderly citizens with bangers, fireworks or throwing flour or eggs at houses and passing cars are activities we totally condemn. |
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| Seamus Ryan says he feels there needs to be greater controls on the sale and use of fireworks and bangers. |
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| The Society warned that animals can be frightened by fireworks and bangers. |
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| He also pointed out that there is a specific offence under the law for throwing any ignited fireworks or bangers in public places. |
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| The bombardment by bangers, crackers and fireworks was such that there was hardly a silent minute in any town, of any size, in County Mayo. |
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| I watched from the rooftop as the the aircraft banked and swooped and burst into bright flames which showered to the ground like fireworks. |
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| The culminating night of the season will also feature a fireworks spectacular. |
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| Strenuous fireworks, hoarse violin figures and a quietly threnodic contemplation are all there. |
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| And in some cases it's setting off more fireworks than a Bastille Day celebration. |
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| I roused myself for the fireworks, but soon I was collapsing with tiredness again. |
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| November 5 is fast approaching and it is time to order your fireworks, build up the bonfire and chew on a toffee apple. |
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| Pubs in York are to be blitzed with beer mats and posters warning about the dangers of messing around with fireworks. |
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| Pyrotechnicians started putting metal chlorides in the fireworks to produce a dazzling array of color. |
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| It was a rare thirty-year occurrence, a large meteor shower as bright and wonderful as any fireworks display. |
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| And with a soprano taking the role, rather than a mezzo-soprano, for once the two divas were equals in their fireworks. |
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| We were stuck in the middle of a large crowd and could not move to a better position to see the fireworks, even if there had been time to do so. |
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| He may not be around to light the blue touchpaper at future internationals, but fireworks lie ahead. |
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| Castles, chateaux and ruins shine in the Bengal lights and the evening fireworks. |
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| All around us, Berliners were lighting off fireworks, firecrackers, noisemakers and rockets, and none too cautiously. |
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| The Hollywood sign was bathed in red white and blue at midnight as fireworks lit the cold but clear night sky. |
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| At midnight there were fireworks and champagne and mulled wine on the beach. |
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| Anyone lighting fireworks in a public place faces arrest and prosecution, so let's look forward to a few shamefaced souls in court. |
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| Expect fireworks in what should be mild weather at game time in Kansas City. |
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| This will be cabled through this to a network system of modules that are then wired into the fireworks shells. |
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| During the summer of 1976, cascading fireworks and majestic tall ships ushered in this nation's Fourth of July bicentennial. |
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| A full programme of heavy athletics and shinty is on offer too, with a fireworks display providing a spectacular climax. |
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| If you want fireworks for the tricentenary, by all means that can be arranged. |
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| The problems with people misusing fireworks are hitting the local headlines on an almost daily basis. |
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| The new laws, detailed below, mean police have new powers to get tough on people misusing fireworks at Bonfire Night celebrations this weekend. |
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| His are not the Vegas-style mega-illusions involving disappearing tigers, dry ice, fireworks and showgirls. |
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| Set upright and lined with fireworks, it bursts into brilliant flame against the night sky and slowly dies away to blackness. |
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| I've just got over Bonfire Night, just got over all the fireworks, the bangs and the smells, and then this happens. |
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| The town has had major problems in recent years with youths using fireworks to blow up cars and phone boxes. |
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| Villagers now have to mount guard on their homes and crops at night making loud noises and letting off fireworks to scare off marauding boars. |
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| A famous scene between them intercuts their developing romance with fireworks and is pure sizzle. |
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| In the new post-Anderton age, the fireworks were quite puny and the brave pipers on the roof had their skirls lost in the wind. |
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| The crowd at St Heliers Bay was a rowdy bunch that year, with music, alcohol, fireworks, skyrockets and copious amounts of police. |
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| And, the fireworks display that lit up the Falaknuma skyscape left all spellbound. |
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| Experts say Deep Impact's cosmic fireworks might be visible from Earth to backyard skywatchers. |
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| Late Sunday and early Monday, skywatchers might be treated to celestial fireworks unlike anything witnessed before. |
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| The event is a spectacular combination of fireworks exploding in harmony with a musical accompaniment. |
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| The pair had been setting off fireworks, lighting fires and throwing aerosol cans onto a bonfire. |
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| Each year, the period surrounding Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night sees an upsurge in the nuisance use of fireworks. |
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| With Bonfire Night and Hallowe'en less than a month away, police are saying incidents of fireworks being let off are already on the rise. |
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| His warning comes on the day police are launching a crackdown on the sale of fireworks to youngsters in the run-up to Bonfire Night. |
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| Police have announced a crackdown on yobs who set off fireworks before Bonfire Night. |
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| With Bonfire Night just around the corner there will be plenty of fireworks in the shops, which is a cause for concern to the fire brigade. |
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| Laws to control the sale of fireworks are being flouted in the run up to Bonfire Night, a Manchester Evening News investigation has revealed. |
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| Older people are terrified by fireworks exploding in the small hours of the morning. |
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| I could hear fireworks, and smell the smoke from bonfires, and I fell asleep. |
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| The Greek Easter is the biggest national holiday and explodes with fireworks and feasting. |
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| Last year hundreds of birds died of fright due to fireworks being set off near the Hutchinson Road sanctuary. |
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| It starts out with a bang, but after the initial fireworks, it can't seem to raise its level above a snivel. |
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| I thought Halloween was over but boys will be boys and he was gathering fireworks up. |
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| Organ music at the Mass set a solemn tone, but the day's ceremonies ended on a festive note, with fireworks and a ball under the stars. |
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| He snapped the cylinder into his curved brick of a weapon, stepped back and let the fireworks chatter. |
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| The white blooms of tall ornamental tobacco brighten the back of the border like fireworks in the evening sky. |
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| It was a week after the New Year's celebration, when you feel so fed up with fireworks. |
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| On the night of the 2000 New Year's Eve he invited children with cancer to his house to watch the fireworks. |
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| I live in East Oakland and my next-door neighbor had a lot of fireworks so he joined us too. |
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| Not only that, it began in a pea-souper of a fog, caused by the smoke from the pre-match fireworks. |
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| The fireworks looked excellent from our vantage point in the Castle Terrace car park. |
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| As the fireworks exploded in the night sky, people looked on in sheer wonderment. |
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| It was a great party, the champagne flowed, the souvlakis sizzled and the fireworks display was, well, spectacular to say the least. |
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| He told me about how he used to come here every year with his dad to watch fireworks and to light sparklers. |
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| All around us, Berliners were letting off fireworks, firecrackers, noisemakers and rockets, and none too cautiously. |
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| The demand for bigger and better fireworks along with louder and more spectacular ones has changed things dramatically. |
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| She chooses a digital visualisation of a black rainbow made from daylight fireworks by a Chinese artist. |
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| Spark must have left her fireworks out in the rain before setting off this box of squibs. |
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| When she did the right side there was a cacophony of cracks that sounded like fireworks going off. |
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| An article in another paper wrote about the sale of fireworks from a stall in a flea market in Port of Spain. |
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| Outside, the numpties are letting off fireworks with seven weeks to go before Bonfire Night. |
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| After Hallowe'en, staff discovered a large quantity of fireworks during inspections of lockers. |
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| When the smoke cleared, Queen Rizor and Queen La Faye stood, tall, elegant, statuesque, where the fireworks had been. |
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| Light the bonfire after the firework display so there is no risk of sparks or heat setting fireworks off. |
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| Southend stores and off-licences are freely selling alcohol, tobacco and fireworks to underage youngsters, an investigation has revealed. |
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| And, yes, there were tragic accidents to mar it, resulting from careless handling of the fireworks. |
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| Trading Standards officers and police will run sting operations to trap traders selling powerful, illegal fireworks or selling to children. |
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| If people must have fireworks then they should only be for properly organised displays. |
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| Cars were set alight, buses were stoned and fireworks and bottles thrown at cars. |
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| This mini-fest of ancient music features a free open-air concert and fireworks display. |
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| The police stormed a storehouse located in Pudong and found 994 pieces of fireworks the size of small TV sets. |
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| We are all heartily sick of the noise and disruption these fireworks cause. |
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| A Catalan parade will kick off an exuberant evening of Catalonian dance, music and fireworks. |
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| The boys went off to play catch with a football as we set up lunch and then waited for the fireworks to arrive. |
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| At night, locals and visitors enjoy fireworks and a street party on the river banks. |
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| Thousands greeted Jenny Lind's arrival in New York Harbour but they expected to hear coloratura fireworks, not art songs of Mendelssohn. |
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| Police however keep hinting that the fireworks could be cancelled if they don't get more resources to keep people in line. |
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| Mark Grahame hits the nail on the head with his comments about the new breed of ultra-loud fireworks. |
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| Therefore it would be illegal to sell fireworks to anyone other than the organisers of an official event. |
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| We gave them sheets explaining why we want fireworks to be sold only to organisers of licensed events. |
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| Wait until the line tightens before striking, again be ready for fireworks if the fish is a carp. |
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| Namibian strongman Andre du Preez will perform his feats of physical strength for one and half hours before the start of the fireworks. |
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| Following many recent comments in the Press about fireworks, here is what happened to my daughter. |
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| As the last of the fireworks fizzled out she felt her chance slipping away. |
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| We were out in the garden at midnight sipping champagne and watching the fireworks! |
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| Working people should not allow themselves to be deceived by the high-flown speeches, glossy brochures and fireworks displays. |
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| You can easily overexpose your film by including too many bursts on one frame, as the fireworks overlap one another. |
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| The whole city would be lit by firelight and fireworks instead of moonlight. |
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| The air is filled with sulphurous gas, the streets are covered with debris from fireworks and rivers are defiled by chemicals. |
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| The first Hogmanay after her recovery, Robin proposed to her in the Balmoral hotel, Edinburgh, against a background of fireworks. |
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| The government is to get tough on hooligans who cause mayhem with fireworks. |
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| Conversation in the Strand was impossible owing to the din of cheers, whistles, hooters and fireworks. |
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| Panamanians will celebrate their canal's anniversary with an evening of fireworks and a free concert. |
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| It would amaze me if anyone can come up with a sensible or sustainable argument in favour of loud fireworks. |
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| The Skyshow is basically a lot of fireworks with people sitting around in a park on blankets with chips and churros. |
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| Let's hope that Bradford MP Gerry Sutcliffe, whose ministerial responsibilities now include fireworks, is sympathetic to that view. |
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| When police arrived at the house, they were attacked by a mob hurling stones, bricks and fireworks. |
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| I saw only one plastic party popper stranded on the sand after last night, but then, most of the fireworks were in people's backyards. |
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| Police patrolled the streets and arrested about 10 vendors who were selling fireworks. |
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| During one production, his montage-style assault upon the audience's senses climaxed with fireworks planted under their chairs exploding. |
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| We did so, and moved towards the nearest exit that would still allow us a close-up view of the fireworks. |
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| In some cities firemen have been pelted with rocks and even attacked with fireworks. |
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| At the seaside, the coastguard reported a number of false alarms when ships mistook fireworks for distress flares. |
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| Today, it is celebrated with street fairs, parties, picnics, and fireworks. |
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| Overall then, there's no sign the payout is in danger, nor any sign of imminent share price fireworks. |
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| The next negative aspect is the noise and other pollution caused by fireworks, especially the petards that get more powerful year by year. |
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| Now he is petrified of fireworks and the noise they make and was prompted to write to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph about his fears. |
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| Now my daughter is absolutely petrified of fireworks and of the noises they make. |
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| This weekend is Independence Day and for most of us reading this blog, it means a cookout, fireworks and maybe a parade. |
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| With its attendant parade and fireworks displays, Derby Week in Louisville promotes festive community spirit around this mid-sized River City. |
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| The fireworks safety articles have been plentiful, informative and encouraging. |
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| The day's activities will culminate as usual with a fireworks finale at dusk. |
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| The fireworks will be accompanied by music performances and laser light displays. |
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| A few weeks ago in Newry someone was irresponsible with fireworks and it resulted in an oil tank at the back of a property going on fire. |
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| I used to buy seven sacks of dates and numerous boxes of firecrackers and fireworks. |
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| Dennis also bought thirty to forty dollars' worth of fireworks, everything from firecrackers to some really serious-looking rockets. |
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| Among the dead were seven people trapped in houses set alight when a firecracker ignited a stack of fireworks. |
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| To well-off businessmen, the lighting of firecrackers and fireworks, to this day, symbolizes their expectation of wealth for the coming year. |
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| In recent years, the Chinese government has clamped down on firecrackers and fireworks in the cities because of fire hazards. |
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| A proposed law that would tighten the rules on using and selling fireworks is set for final approval on Friday. |
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| Shopkeepers will also agree not to sell illegal fireworks which have been voluntarily banned by the industry. |
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| Never take your dog to a firework display or exercise it whilst fireworks are being discharged. |
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| Last year also saw a 60 per cent increase in people being injured by fireworks in the street. |
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| Vandals pushed lit fireworks through the letterbox of a veterinary practice near Eastleigh. |
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| There are sure to be fireworks on and off the pitch as these two bitter rivals reacquaint themselves. |
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| We can also expect fireworks from such a temperamental lot, most notably the manager. |
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| Edwina, who lives with her husband and kids in Toronto, says there are always fireworks when show business and family life collide. |
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| But it is getting harder for many grown-ups to stage a fireworks display on fireworks night, too. |
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| That way you should be able to enjoy fireworks night without ending up rushing your child to hospital. |
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| It's that time of year again when parents are advised to keep a watch on their children to make sure they do not play around with fireworks. |
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| Although I would dispute the underlying assumption, I say that the promised fireworks were a fizzer. |
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| Every Fourth of July, after our holiday cookout, we'd gather as a mass in the yard with lawn chairs and blankets to watch the fireworks. |
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| The SPCA has been calling for the complete ban of fireworks and crackers for some time now. |
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| Boisterous crowds dispelled the darkness of night with fireworks as crackers shattered the stillness of the night. |
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| Champagne corks were popping in unison with the fireworks as people celebrated. |
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| Concerns about the nuisance and danger posed by fireworks could lead to new laws laying down major restrictions on their sale and use. |
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| The focal length of the lens that you use, depends on where you are in relation to the fireworks and the composition you're looking for. |
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| Its quartet of characters couple up on the Fourth of July, hoping for fireworks. |
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| Her consuming passion is a hoard of fireworks she amasses in eager anticipation of the annual cracker night ritual. |
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| It's as inevitable as fireworks on the Fourth of July or loud music at a rock concert. |
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| On the Fourth of July, Kris, Johnny, and I went to the Johnsons' house to set off fireworks. |
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| The last time was the night after the firework and I was too fragile to stand in that pub with fireworks going off all over London. |
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| Many customers eagerly signed up because their pets had been made frantic with fear by the noise of fireworks. |
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| Unfortunately, said dog was so frightened of the fireworks last night she refused to go to bed. |
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| And make propellant for fireworks, and make fuses to ignite the propellant to effectively disperse the oxides for very pretty fireworks! |
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| But the highlight of the event for the lucky youngsters allowed to stay up will be the fireworks display in the town park at 11 pm on Friday night. |
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| So, musicians make a better living, while balletomanes enjoy the status and the possibilities for collaborative fireworks that come only with live accompaniment. |
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| The fireworks display is staged by Cambridgeshire-based Kimbolton. |
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| It is not always easy to identify or apprehend abusers of fireworks. |
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| And they can be sentenced for up to six months for throwing fireworks, selling them to minors or in public, causing damage to a road, or injuring someone on a road. |
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| There are fireworks, of course, and wee boys have a licence to roam the streets letting off bangers up closes, down dunnies and underneath unsuspecting old-age pensioners. |
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| We sat on the grass, in the hot twilight, watching the fireworks burst in patriotic showers of light over Independence. |
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| The song was an anticlimactic ending to a shareholder meeting that had initially promised fireworks. |
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| Elsewhere, other fireworks lit the night sky, as the St Magnus Cathedral bells chimed over Broad Street revellers and Stromness echoed to the sound of ships' horns. |
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| It is worth remembering that the Boston Marathon bombers armed their pressure cooker bombs with the insides of fireworks. |
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| The events include the opening of the world's only Museum of Masks, a parade of thousands of masks, an internationally flavoured masked ball and a fireworks extravaganza. |
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| The stars had come out and the fireworks that announced the Festival were flying up in the sky and littering the big black nothing with flambeau and coruscation. |
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| Selling fireworks should be prohibited other than for the few days immediately before November 5, unless the authorities give special dispensation for other events. |
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| Lighting effects have been put up in trees and rafts lie alongside the banks of the lake suggesting that fireworks could be launched from the water's surface. |
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| There were 95 incidents of fireworks being used as a weapon and the victims included three cats and six dogs, including a guide dog, two horses and a lamb. |
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| A young city woman who became blind four years ago is calling on those with fireworks, rockets and bangers to think of people in her situation this Hallowe'en. |
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| Two weeks ahead of Hallowe'en, several complaints have already been made to Ballybricken Garda Station about fireworks, bangers and general anti-social behaviour. |
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| A Garda spokesman said fireworks, bangers and sparklers were all explosives and were potentially very dangerous if not used under very stringent conditions. |
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| A report was been submitted to the procurator fiscal after a third person in two days has been charged with letting off fireworks in a public place. |
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| Parents are also asked to ensure the safety of their children and others by taking care that fireworks and bangers are kept out of children's reach. |
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| Organisers of York's November 5 fireworks spectacular were slammed as the aerial display proved a damp squib, with thousands of people unable to see the show. |
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| Police were inundated with calls throughout Sunday evening as pranksters gathered in large numbers, let off fireworks and attacked dozens of homes with eggs. |
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| A belated thank you for paying for this year's school fireworks display. |
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| The famed Brooklyn amusement park is a recurring motif in these paintings that feature carousel horses, Ferris wheels, fireworks, rockets and extravagant fantasy architecture. |
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| He also confirmed that the warehouse was licensed for fireworks storage, but could not explain why it was situated dangerously close to a residential area. |
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| The fireworks party was organised by all of Ben and Sarah's neighbours in a small communal garden at the back of the crescent of houses where they live. |
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| Over the next few nights, when you're watching the fireworks shower sparks across the sky, spare a moment to remember, remember the fifth of November. |
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| We hope our work will stop some fireworks falling into the wrong hands. |
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| The Harrogate resident began a campaign to restrict the use of fireworks and became part of a national lobby group that petitioned MPs for change. |
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| The explosion was triggered in a classroom where students, aged 9-11, were inserting fuses into fireworks that had been filled with gunpowder by older students. |
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| If you find yourself at an event that ends off with an unexpected fireworks display, forget about hand-holding, bracing the camera against something solid or using a monopod. |
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| In other words, make fireworks less available for home misuse and develop an ever tougher crackdown on drunk drivers. |
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| Having studied and lived overseas for 15 years, Cai regards this fireworks show as a good chance for him to gain contact with the country's mainstream culture. |
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| The committee formalised an agreement to grant the caterer after-hours access to the formal gardens, albeit with conditions attached and a fireworks ban. |
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| The more unusual ways of scattering ashes include packing them into fireworks which are then fired into the sky and putting ashes in shotgun cartridges to be blasted away. |
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| Thousands of illegal fireworks have been seized in a blitz on shops. |
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| You would think that watching fireworks while tripping would make for some pretty excellent visions, no? |
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| Through fiestas each locale celebrates its patron saint's day, with lively bands, dancing, drinking, fireworks and, often, a carnival-like atmosphere. |
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| The volcano is active and tourists flock to see the nightly fireworks display of showers of burning ash and flaming boulders and to hear the mountain rumble and roar. |
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| Potassium perchlorate is the oxidizing agent used to set off fireworks. |
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| Dad would trudge on to the lawn with a tin of fireworks, dashing back to safety after lighting each one as if a Pompeii-scale eruption were imminent. |
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| More clumsily, fireworks stand in for the Big Bang and a potato and peas are invoked to explain relativity. |
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| If you want autumnal fireworks, a Virginia creeper will provide them. |
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| We're warned that there will be fireworks if the couple meet each other. |
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| The good old-fashioned knees-up included tables and chairs set out along Barlby Crescent, a barbecue, music, a live singer, dancing and fireworks. |
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| I remember my father leaving our July 4th fireworks party to go to Rome where my grandfather died. |
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| He is also said to claim he is afraid of fireworks, no longer enjoys ju-jitsu and kick-boxing and is depressed about television shows containing gunfire, said the paper. |
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| Security shuts the palace down and our producer is tearing his hair out, desperate to test the rocket the Queen is to launch at the start of the fireworks display. |
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| Drones have been used to photograph everything from football games to fireworks displays. |
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| By the time I heaved myself into action, lifting Harry carefully and putting him down on my nicely warmed chair the fireworks had finished and the night was quiet once more. |
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| People are dancing to live music in Rabin Square and spraying one another with foam while fireworks light up the sky. |
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| On Christmas Eve, Christmas night and, to some extent, on the nights preceding these, several areas were plagued by the noise of firecrackers and occasional larger fireworks. |
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| A fireworks explosion set off a huge blaze in central Lima late on Saturday, killing at least 240 people and turning a busy shopping street into a hellish scene. |
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| During the festive season, injuries result from improper use of fireworks. |
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| I knew where his hands were on my back, I could feel the patterns he was tracing with his fingers, where my hands were behind his neck, the fireworks exploding in my head. |
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| Having a neat hole in your front door isn't entirely wise in the days of wandering street urchins with fireworks in their pockets just ripe for destructive mischief. |
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| But they made it a night to remember, with fireworks, a sound system belting out Auld Lang Syne, and revellers linking arms with police and dancing in the street. |
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| He said the bill would introduce controls on the manufacture, use, noise and sale of fireworks, as well as introduce penalties for breaking the rules if it became law. |
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| A countdown led by the Wales Tourist Board chairman, a coastguard maroon and one of the loudest fireworks that the fireworks company could muster, sent the swim on its way. |
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| The foreman was a fireworks expert and is one of three who have since passed away, taking precious information with him. |
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| The Chinese discovered it before 1000 A.D. during the Sung Dynasty, using a compound of charcoal, potassium nitrate, and sulfur to produce powerful rockets and fireworks. |
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| York Trading Standards urges everyone to remember, when storing or letting off fireworks, that safety has to be the number-one priority, especially child safety. |
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| An urgent warning was issued today after a haul of display fireworks, which are powerful enough to kill, was stolen in a Bonfire Night raid on a firm near York. |
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| Safety regulations have taken the sparkle out of fireworks night. |
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| Apparently there has been an increase in the use of fireworks this year with bangers and so called rockets going off on a nightly basis over the past few weeks. |
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| Organisers of a popular fireworks display which clashes with England's crucial football game in Turkey this Saturday are hoping the big match action does not deter the crowds. |
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| Indus will target children employed in stone quarries, the handloom sector and in making bidis, brassware, leather, glass bangles, locks, fireworks, matches and bricks. |
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| I've heard stories flying around about paint cans, defective sprinkler systems, and a stash of fireworks in the back room of the comic-book store. |
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| Seven boxes across the city exploded after hooligans, believed to be teenagers, threw fireworks into them in the run-up to Bonfire Night last year. |
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| This week, all the coupons will be sent to the government, and the council will also be sending its detailed response to Westminster's consultation document on fireworks. |
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