Example sentences of "speed [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SPEEDING driver Shaun Largue almost killed himself in a head-on collision , a court heard . |
| 2 | Segmentation was inhibited at points which were definitely not segmentation points , with the aim of avoiding segmentation errors and speeding computation since this limits the possibilities . |
| 3 | Throughout our child 's infancy , we shadow-box with a whole tribe of bogeymen — speeding drivers , viruses and teddy manufacturers who do n't fix the eyes in properly . |
| 4 | One of the region 's police forces has become the first in the country to use mobile cameras in an effort to trap speeding drivers . |
| 5 | After an early morning visit yesterday to Wilton Village following complaints of speeding drivers , Langbaurgh councillors recommended another ‘ slow ’ sign and repainting of other warning signs . |
| 6 | Burbling innocuously around the moorings , buoys , isolated pilings and crazily speeding windsurfers with the occasional whiff of avgas mixed with salt spray and hot oil , we towered over all the other waterway users — except the super-tankers bound for foul Fawley . |
| 7 | The chief inspector had seen businessmen before , stopped for drunken driving or speeding offences , who adopted the same tactic . |
| 8 | And no genuine police officers will demand cash on the spot for speeding offences . |
| 9 | By 5pm , the bridal pair were speeding south to the Princess 's Gatcombe Park estate in the Cotswolds . |
| 10 | The Dodge 's superficial abilities simply crumble as speeds rise and road conditions become more challenging . |
| 11 | With increasing oceanicity , precipitation increases and is more uniformly distributed over the year , the number of ‘ wet ’ days increases , and humidity and wind speeds rise , while annual temperature range decreases ( Poore & McVean 1957 , McVean & Ratcliffe 1962 ) . |
| 12 | In some cases these Rios 2 chips will overlap the PowerPC in performance while others should outperform it 50% to 100% at the same clock speeds thanks to superscalar technology . |
| 13 | The resulting rise in the water table brings salt to the surface , forming a crust which kills vegetation and speeds desertification , creating the most serious environmental threat Australia has faced . |
| 14 | Better yet , it also includes a VxD ( virtual device driver ) for use with Windows in Enhanced ( 386 ) mode , which actually speeds transfers up — which is not what you would expect , really . |
| 15 | Using a bar code reader and a suitable computer system greatly speeds things up of course , and the books of codes are presumably only needed for reference and checking purposes . |
| 16 | You do not need to be a dressmaker to use the cut and sew method , although using sewing machine speeds things up . |
| 17 | The EtherEXpress card seems to run pretty well , it 's slightly faster that the trusty old 3Com EtherLink II boards we 've been using — but then Intel gives you a 32Kb internal buffer which speeds things up . |
| 18 | This reduces the amount of memory your file needs , speeds things up and gives a much better result at the end of the day than you could ever hope to achieve with a scanner . |
| 19 | For myself , I 've grown very used to having it around , and miss it when I use anyone else 's machine — it certainly speeds things up . |
| 20 | This speeds request handling but greatly increases the work area size needed , particularly if a very widely used descriptor is the first to be cited in the retrieval request . |
| 21 | Sailing : Pressure on as speeds drop . |
| 22 | The program can be operated , in the main , with a mouse which speeds movement around the screen . |
| 23 | Flap and gear cause minimal trim changes , but with the limits so close to the target speeds accuracy is needed — although the Fouga turned out to be quite speed-stable , making this less difficult than expected . |
| 24 | Stay calm and keep the child calm : panic speeds poison absorption . |
| 25 | As for the matter that she raises , I welcome the fact that GP fund holders , and all GPs , are doing more in their own surgeries , which cuts waiting lists and speeds patient care . |
| 26 | The XJ speeds north over the road-bridge , no lights or siren on but we clip along and it 's the smoothest fucking motorway journey I 've ever had ; just a total hassle-free zone creaming along around the ton with no worries about unmarked police cars and hoo-wee the traffic in front of us just fucking evaporates ; man , just brakes ( and wobbles sometimes as the guy probably gets the cold sweats and the wo-where'd-my-stomach-go ? feeling ) , swings meekly left and brakes again ; you 've never seen a beefy BMW 5-series duck in so fast in your life ; might as well all be driving 2CVs . |
| 27 | Two of these are astrocytes , which are supporting cells occupying the spaces around the nerve cells ; the third kind are oligodendrocytes which wrap closely around the nerve , providing an insulating layer which speeds conduction of the nerve impulse . |
| 28 | ‘ It 'll just mean speeding things up a little . ’ |
| 29 | Bo Let Ya became his Deputy , responsible for Defence , Kyaw Nyein became Home Minister and Tin Tut took on Finance ; this appointment , Rance commented , ‘ is certainly speeding things up ’ . |
| 30 | This means that the heads stay in more or less the right position when switching between applications , thus speeding things up a little . |