Example sentences of "[noun sg] at right [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Stress applied to a migrating epidermal cell at right angles to its direction of movement ( tangential to the leading edge of its lamellipodium ) causes the lamellipodium to retract and brings about a reorganization of the cell 's actin into a cable oriented along the major axis of stress . |
2 | The result ( which can be deduced from Fleming 's left-hand rule — the only two-fingered gesture in the school syllabus ) is a force at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field — ie , along the main axis of the boat . |
3 | Some attempt had been made to turn the area immediately in front of the door into a rose-arbour by the erection of a bit of trellis work at right angles to the wall , and he crouched behind the little protection this afforded . |
4 | This line , moving in a dimension at right angles to the first , defines a rectangle . |
5 | The rectangle , moving in a dimension at right angles to the previous two , defines a rectangular prism . |
6 | Philip began the second join , placing another length of wood at right angles . |
7 | Therefore it must be held with elbow at right angles and the mug cuddles in near the navel . |
8 | Another interesting special case is the circle in Figure 5 , which cuts the circle of inversion at right angles . |
9 | The curved lines are not stress trajectories but are contours of stress concentration for stress at right angles and parallel to the plane of the crack . |
10 | Figure 3 shows that the stress at right angles to the surfaces of the crack , that is the force tending to open and extend it , is very severe and is concentrated very close indeed to the crack tip . |
11 | Unlike the stress at right angles to the crack surfaces which is mapped in Figure 3 , this tension starts at zero at the crack tip and increases as we move forward away from it . |
12 | Irrespective of the proportions of the crack or the means by which it is loaded the ratio of the maximum value of this stress parallel to the crack surfaces to the peak opening stress at right angles to the crack is constant and has a value of one to five . |
13 | By incorporating parking at right angles to the kerb in 50m stretches on alternate sides of the road , a series of 45 degree chicanes in a formerly straight street can be created ( Figure 5.9 ) . |
14 | A further trench at right angles to the first ( i.e. , now on a north/south alignment ) appears to indicate sudden changes of level , which were interpreted as wide steps . |
15 | Why are certain English towns , for example , laid out on a gridiron pattern with straight streets crossing each other at right angles , sometimes at fixed distances apart , like a mid-western American city ? |
16 | i ) Laid paper made by hand or on a cylinder-mould is formed on a mesh of wires laid over each other at right angles . |
17 | ‘ All the bastides were built like grids , with the streets crossing each other at right angles . |
18 | A steep slab at right angles to the viewing balcony gives several routes at about VS and is a poseur 's paradise as you have a continuous battery of video cameras pointing at you . |
19 | If the attacker tries to run round your legs , swivel round on your back and buttocks with your arms out on the ground at right angles to your body . |
20 | On this occasion he occupied a chair at right angles to his desk , and he leaned much further back than had been his custom , stretching out his legs ; and , being denied by this posture the opportunity of studying the floor while collecting his thoughts , he addressed the bulk of his remarks first to his feet . |
21 | Under these conditions the ‘ aperture effect ’ operates , which is that no matter what the true direction of movement of the object through the visual field what you see through the aperture is movement at right angles to the orientation of the edge that is passing across the aperture . |
22 | The position of the absorption edge of selenium was determined before each set of three-wavelength data by the measurement of X-ray fluorescence from the crystal at right angles to and in the plane of polarization of the beam . |
23 | Work by Bagnold has shown that the pressures are greatest when the pocket of trapped air is thinnest and that when the dimension of the pocket at right angles to the cliff reaches half that of the depth of the pocket the pressure is negligible . |
24 | Facets tend to be cut by sand abrasion at right angles to the wind , the facets being curved as on this microscale wind abrasion increases upwards . |
25 | It was shaped like a coffee or teapot , with the spout at right handles to the handle . |
26 | Hold the brush at right angles to the surface and use circular motions |
27 | The motorist , however , who has reached Gunten from Heiligenschwendi and Sigriswil will almost certainly be interested to continue along the lakeside to the next village to the east , Merligen , a former fishing village at a sheltered sun-trap situation on the lakeside where the Justis valley meets the lake at right angles . |
28 | It was there that , with a tray of coffee before her , she poured out two cups and handed one to her host , who was seated in an easy-chair at right angles to where she was sitting . |
29 | About 75 acres came from Bolney Estates Limited and about 30 acres from Mr K.K. McKenzie of Gillotts , this latter being all that part of the course west of a straight line drawn from a point close by the public footpath near the 5th green , through the wood and across the 8th , 9th and 10th fairways to the Belle Hatch road at right angles . |
30 | If you drive along the A338 at night and come to the hamlet of Shefford Woodlands , look for a wide track that once was a Roman road , that crosses the main road at right angles , near the picturesquely thatched pub , the Pheasant . |