Example sentences of "at [adv] 100 [n mass] " in BNC.
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1 | We owe it to the people of my own borough of Hillingdon , where only a week or so ago a teenager who had just stolen a car killed himself when he drove it into a tree at nearly 100 mph . |
2 | The car is travelling at about 100 mph on the straights and braking hard before corners ; but it is stable enough for me to make notes and so quiet in the leather and teak-lined cabin that we can easily hear each other through out helmets . |
3 | An expert 's clubhead strikes the ball at around 100 mph , which , when using a driver , is a force equalling one ton . |
4 | What is needed is at least 100 MPs present to support the Bill . |
5 | Chemical and isotope studies of the magmas erupted along island arcs that occur above subduction zones subsequently established that sediment can be subducted to depths of at least 100 km . |
6 | On the other hand , the apparent upper limit of TL dating of sediment seems to depend on the methodology used , and there is currently no consensus on the matter other than that this limit is at least 100 ka : many dates are being produced well in excess of this value , but there are rarely independent and reliable age estimates against which to compare them . |
7 | In the early nineteenth century , the area — whose most celebrated son was the Rev Sabine Baring-Gould , composer of the hymn ‘ Onward Christian Soldiers ’ — supported at least 100 people . |
8 | And since there were nine provinces , each political secretary had at least 100 people reporting directly to him , many times what the doctrine of the span of control would allow . |
9 | By the end of the week at least 100 people had died and 1,000 had been injured ; Izvestiya reported that some of the bodies that had been found were so thoroughly mutilated it was impossible to tell if they were men or women . |
10 | Hospital and mortuary records indicated that at least 100 people , troops and civilians , had died in the fighting and a further 200 were injured . |
11 | The worst of the unrest occurred in Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , West Bengal and Punjab where at least 100 people died in election-related violence . |
12 | Village residents stated that at least 100 people had been murdered and buried in mass graves in the area . |
13 | At least 100 people were reported killed and 300 wounded on Aug. 19 after three days of intensive aerial bombing by government forces against the city of Taloqan located in the northern guerrilla stronghold controlled by Ahmad Shah Massud , the " Lion of Panjsher " [ see p. 37775 ] . |
14 | According to the Agence France-Presse news agency , at least 100 people were killed , most of them Moslems . |
15 | Local media sources reported on March 10 that at least 100 people had been killed in Taraba state in recent clashes between the Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups over farming rights . |
16 | Hekmatyar 's forces had threatened to destroy the capital , Kabul , and had been involved in intensified fighting immediately prior to Fareed 's arrival from Peshawar ; at least 100 people were killed and 300 wounded in the worst bombardment of Kabul , the capital , for two -months . |
17 | Comments : Fairly large hall with seating for at least 100 people . |
18 | Staff hope that at least 100 people will turn up between 9am and 5pm.The project is laying particular emphasis on improving the wheelchair access and availability of hearing aid clinics . |
19 | High amplitude propagated contractions ( HAPCs ) were defined as contractions with amplitude of at least 100 mm Hg in at least two recording sites , propagating for at least 30 cm ( over three or more recording sites ) . |
20 | With the standard deviations being relatively high ( in the order of 8.0 to 12.0 ) , clearly a much larger data sample is needed ( to provide at least 100 data points , i.e. 25-30 sentences ) . |
21 | At times the police car had had to go at over 100 mph . |
22 | The first EISA-based Alpha AXP personal computers , which include a minitower and a desktop , are expected to offer better price/performance than systems based on Intel 's Pentium processor — the superscalar Alpha executes 300 MIPS at 150MHz where Pentium is rated at over 100 MIPS . |
23 | If SCO lets its MIPS development ride , one reason is certainly Intel 's efforts to pump up the performance — now reported at over 100 MIPS — and accelerate delivery schedules for the P5 . |
24 | Intel has been quietly improving the performance of its next-generation iAPX-86 variant — which now , said by the company to be at over 100 MIPS , is more than equivalent to MIPS ' R4000 RISC — and has brought forward its delivery dates . |