Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at right [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Although the fibrils are arranged radially , the molecular chains lie at right angles to the fibril axis .
2 The lines joining these centres represent the directions of greatest tensile stress in the lava flow as it cools , and the hexagonal joint patterns are generated by cracks forming at right angles to these maximum stress lines .
3 A conventional joystick uses a pair of potentiometers mounted at right angles to each other , the spindles being mechanically linked to a central knob .
4 Pin on the seamline , 1.5cm ( ⅝in ) in from the raw edges , with pins placed at right angles to the seam .
5 The front door is often covered with a massive porch , sheltering a pair of much-used benches built at right angles to the house .
6 It is a wheel of vanes set at right angles to the sails , so that if the wind is not striking the sails , it must strike the fantail and turn the sails into the wind again .
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