Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at a angle " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sensor consists of an ordinary mercury tilt switch mounted at an angle so that the small mercury bead encapsulated in the switch easily rolls on and off the contacts as the switch encounters movement . |
| 2 | In the illustration a man sat by a fireplace , reading a newspaper , his face obscured , the scene reflected at an angle in the mirror over the mantelpiece . |
| 3 | Those grown as cordons are trained on a single stem tied to wires attached at an angle . |
| 4 | Next cut the tips of the l.e.d. leads at an angle using side cutters so that each lead ends in a sharp point . |
| 5 | This could result in the blind and pleats falling at an angle to the window . |
| 6 | She eased her chair back but made no move to stand up , filling the silence with small talk as he crouched down , his head twisted at an angle to peer underneath her desk . |
| 7 | Whitlock looked at his wife sitting at an angle to the doorway , her face in profile . |
| 8 | She spoke in Spanish , her head held at an angle of listening , and Maggie shot a quick look at their host . |
| 9 | Ruth went first with Adam , manhandling him in ; the roof was a cracked slab wedged at an angle , and there was only room to stand . |
| 10 | It is a small dive on the corner of Deptford High Street and Finch Street — the quiet part by the station , near where the railway bridge cuts at an angle across the street . |
| 11 | The light travels down an open tube until it hits a curved mirror at the bottom ; the rays are then sent back up the tube on to a smaller , flat mirror placed at an angle of 45 degrees , so that the rays are directed into the side of the tube , where an image is formed and magnified by an eyepiece . |
| 12 | These may be made from fencing stakes driven at an angle , the top of the first being windlassed back to the bottom of the second , and so on . |
| 13 | I used to find my bed set at an angle from the wall , and though I straightened it , always it was moved back into this odd position . |
| 14 | The doors and opening casements are removed , then the jambs cut at an angle and levered out . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ Its nose hit the third floor of the block with its wings tilted at an angle . |
| 16 | A black bar runs , unbroken , from the operculum to the caudal fin with black bars running at an angle from this , giving the impression of a chevron pointing towards the head . |
| 17 | The way that a scene is lit is important : in general , the best lighting for outdoor video is slightly hazy sunshine coming at an angle from behind the camera . |
| 18 | Jane was nearly knocked over by his aftershave , then noted all the details she would have expected : his exactly filled expensive/cheapo suit , his red tie and pocket handkerchief , his shiny shoes , the leather folded at an angle to form a point , the artificial orchids on his desk , and she remembered the untidy Bin and faded jeans with nostalgia . |
| 19 | as if he had X-ray eyes he could visualise the metal cylinder concealed within the bag , the pointed bomb with its tail fins reclining at an angle of forty-five degrees . |
| 20 | For the criticality to occur at an angle of incidence less than 90° , the shear velocity in the solid must be greater than the dilatational velocity in the coupling liquid . |
| 21 | The first pitch begins at an angle of around 80 degrees , slowly steepening to the vertical . |
| 22 | After incubation for 5 minutes at room temperature to allow trypsin inactivation , the gall bladder epithelial cells were detached by gently scrapping the mucosa with the end of a glass microscope slide held at an angle of 45° . |