Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So it pays to arrange the squares at right angles to the leading edges or at right angles to the spine .
2 Asked to draw lines perpendicular to or at right angles to a given line , fewer succeeded than for parallel lines .
3 A high frequency signal is fed into the two layers , the signals are normally either opposite in phase or at right angles to each other .
4 The most interesting aspect of the civil development is the recognition of several elements of a possible internal street grid , apparently laid out in line with or at right angles to the Fosse Way .
5 Reaction times to photographs of faces in a same-different task were reported to be faster for left than for right hemifield presentation by Geffen , Bradshaw and Wallace ( 1971 ) , Rizzolatti , Umilta and Berlucchi ( 1971 ) , Berlucchi , Brizzolara , Marzi , Rizzolatti and Umilta ( 1974 ) and St John ( 1981 ) .
6 There is a measure of agreement from the above studies that in right handers the presence of left handedness in the family is associated with a shift in tachistoscopic asymmetry on verbal tasks away from a strong RVF superiority .
7 For present purposes it is sufficient to note that in right handers ideational apraxia occurs as a result of lesions located posteriorly in the left hemisphere .
8 If speech is indeed represented bilaterally in non-right handers then the frequency of aphasia consequent upon unilateral cerebral lesion should be higher in this group than among right handers .
9 The results of this experiment showed that among right handers , gaze direction was not related to question type when the interviewer faced the subject but was so related when the interviewer sat behind the subject .
10 The small piece of hedge , woven like a basket with the traditional hazel and willow , is now planted facing the harbour side for the benefit of photographers rather than at right angles to the bank .
11 Techniques exist for the ‘ stitching ’ of such fractures and they include a method in which groups of holes spaced at pre-defined centres are drilled across , and at right angles to each crack .
12 A range of stone-built stables , a coach house and tack room , stood a little way from the house , and at right angles to it .
13 This type of structure is a very inefficient way of filling space because it contains a regular network of empty spaces which run both parallel to , and at right angles to , the puckered lattice layers .
14 It is restful to sit at an angle so that the right arm is in a straight line with the needle and at right angles to the machine so that the wrist is also straight .
15 Because the Metropolitan Police were objecting to reversed stairs which obstructed the driver 's vision to the left , 36–45 had Milnes ‘ Exhibition ’ staircases , which took a wide sweep in what is now known as the ‘ Normal ’ direction , i.e. the bottom step just behind the controller and the top step close to and at right angles to the bulkhead .
16 This will only be possible if waste pipes run parallel to the floorboard joists , and at right angles to the floorboards .
17 South of the river , above the flood plain , numerous side-streets and lanes run both obliquely and at right angles to the frontages , serving further densely occupied zones within the defended area which enclosed 18 ha ( 44 acres ) .
18 If you use mirror from floor to ceiling and at right angles to a window or opposite a window it will give you twice the light and twice the view .
19 The two mirrors are close together and at right angles , with a narrow slit-like space in between .
20 Even if it had been otherwise , it still would not have followed that the unions should as of right share in the control of those resources they did not own : land and buildings , plant and equipment , and finance .
21 And the most complete cure , the structural cure , is the adoption in manufacturing and service industry of that form of organisation which extends the application of democratic principle into industry ; which , by offering as of right equality of esteem , reward related to participation and responsibilities which go with ultimate authority , appeals to self-respect and self-discipline : the adoption , in short , of the industrial co-operative form .
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