Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at [art] distance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily the lad spoke a little English , telling Harry to cycle on and he would overtake for Harry to follow at a distance . |
| 2 | Its influence extends beyond its seeming limits , causing business parks and shopping centres to sprout at a distance — hence the book 's title . |
| 3 | To force together two protons that are initially far apart , for example those in two separate hydrogen atoms , is like trying to encourage the two north poles of a pair of magnets to join at a distance of less than a billionth of a millimetre . |
| 4 | A ‘ birder 's bird ’ , it is one of the most difficult species on the British List to identify at a distance . |
| 5 | It is also made aware , by this ability to feel at a distance , of the movements of other fish swimming alongside it , an important ability for those species that form shoals . |