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

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1 The galley was shaped like a three-sided square , and by parking himself at right angles to the double sink , his back to the companionway ladder , Nathan had her trapped .
2 Nearly half the bottom band drew a parallel line , not a perpendicular one , and as many drew a diagonal line when asked for one at right angles .
3 Well there 's one rectangle and there 's the other one at right angles to this one .
4 The track was like a tin roof , with corrugations running across it at right angles six inches deep .
5 The Icknield Way in Hertfordshire actually consisted of at least half a dozen clearly defined and parallel lanes edged by contemporary fields , with other lanes crossing it at right angles .
6 I ) lay parallel to the earlier military ditches , while the other ( No.2 ) joined it at right angles , suggesting that the military plan influenced the layout .
7 He set aside an area of one hundred and nine acres to the east of the original Saxon village ( called Old Town to this day ) and on it laid out a regular plan of streets — three running parallel with the river and three others crossing them at right angles .
8 The modern way is to have them at right angles . )
9 The slices were perfectly aligned , and then a second layer was placed across them at right angles .
10 Most coastal features attached at both ends to the coast orientate themselves at right angles to the resultant provided that the fetch is approximately the same in all directions .
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