Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] at which the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood , cocking his head to estimate the speed at which the vehicle was approaching . |
| 2 | In order to estimate the rate at which the orbit decays we need to compare this , the rate of energy loss , with the total energy of the binary pair Using the radial equation of motion for either star we obtain whence . |
| 3 | The most important approach , which is reaching its limits , is to increase the rate at which the computer 's components are ‘ clocked ’ , how often they are told to perform simple operations . |
| 4 | I do not think it would be helpful to try to define the point at which the court should be prepared to disregard the 16- or 17-year-old child 's wishes to refuse medical treatment . |
| 5 | It must pay to reach the point at which the marginal benefit to one of you equals the marginal cost to the other . |
| 6 | It only remains for miniaturisation , integration and market demand to reach the point at which the various elements can be drawn together into a single commercially viable device . |
| 7 | At most , the White Paper can be used to identify the mischief at which the legislature was aiming . |
| 8 | Or perhaps the DTI anticipated their wrong-doing and so planted a bug to record the conversation at which the agreement was struck . |
| 9 | For example the gradual deterioration often associated with deafness will make it impossible to determine the point at which the required criterion of deafness was first satisfied . |
| 10 | Before the Suez débâcle in the autumn of 1956 , British governments had felt themselves able to dictate the pace at which the colonial Empire would be transformed into a cohesive Commonwealth of Nations : after Suez the imperial ethos was shattered , and our run down to middle-power status was no longer resisted . |
| 11 | The important point is to learn to recognize the moment at which the whisking process is complete . |
| 12 | It is important for managers to assess the point at which the information system stops and the decision making begins . |
| 13 | But the Indonesian authorities are not only trying to control the rate at which the Timorese breed — they also want to dictate where they live . |
| 14 | Right now so the tap is to control the speed at which the acid goes in and if there is any gas that 's in there it ca n't escape out of that pipe again it 's got to go down the other pipe . |
| 15 | If it is a possible view that section 8 is intended to put a 16- or 17-year-old in exactly the same position as an adult and there is thus some ambiguity , although I do not think that there is , it is a permissible aid to construction to seek to ascertain the mischief at which the section is directed . |
| 16 | However , what the net result of the activity has been is unclear , as DEC says it is now closing down its VLIW-on-Alpha work — having failed to enlighten us as to the reasons why — but , at the instruction level , it is thought that Multiflow 's trace compilers were being pressed into service to boost the speed at which the RISC could execute programmes . |