Example sentences of "[to-vb] speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Blair welcomed the investigation and claimed action to curb speed was essential . |
| 2 | They had only about one hundred and fifty yards to gather speed and could not achieve a full gallop in the time . |
| 3 | It can be easily executed from either the leading foot or the back foot , but a roundhouse kick delivered from the rear leg is the more powerful , it has more time to gather speed . |
| 4 | Then again I think to enable Speed and Macca to get forward we need a holding midfield player . |
| 5 | But I used to enjoy speed quite a lot , y'know , but never , I never used it intravenously . |
| 6 | In my gybe , it seemed that by pulling up on the boom I was committing a lot of weight to the back which , although turning the board initially , caused it to lose speed through the turn . |
| 7 | While a good proportion of the West Coast route could be raised from 100 to l25mph at reasonable cost , there are many locations where it is necessary to impose speed restrictions because of curvature and track geometry . |
| 8 | So the stick may have been used both audibly to establish speed , and visibly during the course of a piece . |
| 9 | In past chapters exercises have been suggested to encourage speed of response when the subject and situation are known . |
| 10 | The automatic transmission for bicycles ( Technology , 6 January , p 23 ) unfortunately fails in the common occurrence of a person , cruising quickly on a level road , and then wishing to increase speed . |
| 11 | These factors tend to increase speed of weekly weight loss on a diet |
| 12 | Even though it must have been obvious that he would not hold to it at the last , the threat was enough to make Stormy Petrel veer again to her original course , and though she was trying to increase speed , and was perhaps a little more powerful than Sea Otter , we , on our straight line , could hold her comfortably . |
| 13 | Following a fatal accident in Easson Road , Darlington , councillors asked Durham County Council 's highways department to install speed monitoring equipment . |
| 14 | With a modern car it is very easy to exceed speed limits and once you 're in the vehicle you become totally oblivious to the speed . |
| 15 | Even though the nose has been lowered well below the horizon , a glider takes time to regain speed , and any attempt to turn off immediately results in a potential stall and spin accident . |
| 16 | The yacht will hold its speed well , but as it slows you will have to head higher to regain speed . |
| 17 | Therefore use minimal strength to enhance speed and mobility . |
| 18 | We had made good time and had to ease speed to avoid closing the island in darkness . |
| 19 | They would n't need to use speed control for long because most phrases and names are frequently repeated . |
| 20 | Now in the lock museum I 've taken some locks th that I collected and took them over there they used to do speed locks butted locks sidecar locks er then , as the motor trade changed from all wood frames to metal frames , other types of locks , I took there but this is what is amazing me , they , at the lock museum they highlight all the Willinghall locks which are the padlocks , which are locks er wardrobe locks , cabinet locks and all the smaller type of locks but there was the biggest industry , I mean Walsall locks are still in existence now , they made er er locks for , for , for cars , the Bloxwich lock , that was their biggest trade was er , was er the bigger locks . |
| 21 | Roy LoPresti , noted for his aerodynamic clean-up work on the Mooney series and , more recently , on the Globe Swift/SwiftFury , has set up a new company to market speed modifications for Piper Comanches and Twin Comanches . |
| 22 | Trent wiped the rain from his eyes as he tried to calculate speed and distance against the drift of the Zodiac . |
| 23 | THE Government has pledged to keep tabs on radar detectors after The Northern Echo revealed how unscrupulous motorists used them to dodge speed traps . |
| 24 | Voltage and current signals can be used to pre-set speed or to call up the actual values for speed and torque , and the start/stop functions can be activated using the same method . |
| 25 | Remember to reduce speed on downhill stretches and to watch in the mirror for traffic which may be about to overtake , and which could therefore set up a swing . |
| 26 | He would have liked to reduce speed but he was worried about what might be coming up behind him . |
| 27 | Yanto had hardly bothered to reduce speed as he had turned sharp left by Stone school into the narrow lane which would take them back to Berkeley . |
| 28 | After being given clearance to land , Miranda , following her instructor 's directions , started her approach ; she throttled back to reduce speed and control her descent as she flew towards the threshold — the point just before she intended to touch down . |
| 29 | Automobile Association spokesman Terry McAllister warned motorists to reduce speed in the wet and windy weather . |
| 30 | Tactics play a secondary role to board speed ; many a race is won by the sailor who is fast off the line and avoids dirty wind enough to use his speed advantage . |