Example sentences of "[adv] at right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process involves no more than threading a strip beneath another one that runs across it more or less at right angles , and keeping on doing so at intervals with dogged persistence , pulling the strip tight after each threading . |
| 2 | He turned randomly at right angles , and set off at a lolloping run . |
| 3 | Another road leads away at right angles to it , in front of the temple gate , and ascends the hillside . |
| 4 | The ends of the rivets were bent over at right angles on the back of the shield making it possible to calculate that the wooden boards of the complete circular shields were 0.5 to 1.5 cm thick . |
| 5 | Fold over at right angles to form a triangle . |
| 6 | The voltmeter should show a maximum ( positive ) , a minimum ( negative ) and two zero crossings approximately at right angles to the maximum and minimum . |
| 7 | The soundboard grain runs at about 40° to the spine , i.e. approximately at right angles to the bridge alignment . |
| 8 | When the patterns of magnetic anomalies across mid-oceanic ridges were mapped out it was noticed that in several cases the parallel bands of similarly magnetized crust were broken by numerous offsets or displacements which seemed to be aligned approximately at right angles to the axis of the ridge . |
| 9 | The other main rift type is to be found orientated approximately at right angles to the strike of intercontinental collision orogens . |
| 10 | To do this , apply some wood glue to the faces to be joined and , using the mitre clamp to hold the two pieces of moulding exactly at right angles , drill guide holes in the corner of the mitre and hammer home some pins to secure the joint while the glue sets . |
| 11 | Graphite conducts electricity in the plane of the layers but not at right angles to them . |
| 12 | When the dip of the beds is fairly steep towards the sea , there is a tendency for blocks of rock to break off at the joint planes , usually at right angles to the bedding , so that the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds . |
| 13 | Mariana hatched the drop to the river to their right and dragged a furrow through it round the side of the meadow and on up the mountain with a branch cutting off at right angles to run along the top of the quarry . |
| 14 | The second guy did n't even hit half that distance and the third took a couple of swings to send his ball skewing off at right angles . |
| 15 | In fields next to a river , the furrows are noticeably at right angles to the stream , although in some other places , where no obvious drainage benefit was gained , ridge and furrow seem to have been simply a by-product of the normal way of ploughing . |
| 16 | Two windsurfers , like rainbow-flashing kingfishers , cut dramatically and dangerously back and forth at right angles to the blind spot of the bow . |
| 17 | It will be short of being directly at right angles to the flyer by up to 30 degrees due to the contribution of gravity working at 90 degrees to the lift force ; but never mind about that , the demonstration illustrates how the flight envelope embraces a wide band of air . |
| 18 | No matter how the path of A wriggles on the plane , this calculation will be applicable provided that : ( a ) The line is always at right angles to the path . |
| 19 | The animal and vegetal poles define the main axis of the embryo and the first two cleavages are parallel to it while the third is always at right angles to it . |
| 20 | They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head . |
| 21 | The boat is rowed slowly round the lough whilst an angler sitting in the stern casts out at right angles . |
| 22 | On our sail he pressure difference causes a driving force which acts roughly at right angles to the sail at its centre of effort . |
| 23 | Consider what happens when a crack approaches an interface of this kind which is roughly at right angles to it . |
| 24 | The prevalent westerly winds on the Norfolk coast are probably of considerable importance in this connection , as once the end of the island starts to recurve , they will tend to build up the laterals roughly at right angles to the main ridge . |
| 25 | One main street , set roughly at right angles , ran north and south from it ; its northern arm , possibly Flavian in date , aimed at the southern end of the modern High Street where the south gate of the fortified centre was probably later established ; a slight shift towards the west in its alignment in the late second century may have coincided with the construction of the first defences . |
| 26 | Short lengths of other internal streets have been identified but it is clear that , even though they intersect most often at right angles , there was no regular gridded system One strange omission is the absence of a street running down the west side of the supposed forum , which would have linked a known street further north with that running between the two military compounds . |
| 27 | I would be happier if they could sign just one more quality defender especially if they could play equally well at right back and center half . |
| 28 | Hopefully by now you should be able to get your legs almost at right angles to your body . |
| 29 | Lewis ( 1931 ) formulated the simple rule that spits orientated themselves perpendicular to the direction of dominant waves ; in practice they are probably never quite at right angles for this orientation would tend to inhibit the longshore drift necessary for their growth . |
| 30 | Extend the top leg forwards at right angles to the body . |