Example sentences of "[verb] at [adj] [noun sg] interval " in BNC.

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1 Each internal street has been repaved , with speed bumps installed at 40 metre intervals or paviours arranged to look like bumps even though there is actually no bump at all ( Figure 4.16 ) .
2 Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals .
3 Hep3B total cell lysates were prepared at various time intervals after IL-6 stimulation .
4 Intensity of symptoms was scored from mild=1 to severe=3 throughout the study ; the duration of symptoms was evaluated at one minute intervals .
5 Inert electrodes are immersed in the solution under test and the change in electrical conductivity is measured at suitable time intervals .
6 ATP was used to start the reactions and the amount of linear DNA produced at various time intervals detected by separation of the products on agarose gels ( Figures 3 & 4 ) .
7 The timebase was set to record at 15 second intervals .
8 Observations were noted at ten second intervals for a number of old people in four different settings , day centres , day hospitals , geriatric hospital wards and local authority residential homes .
9 Bracing himself , he began to walk up the wall , his hands using the knots which were tied at two foot intervals to aid his grip .
10 In practice the particle sizes in the sediment are computed from the weights settled at specific time intervals .
11 At the same time , the independent influence of maternal age on still birth ratios can also be observed at each birth interval , at least in so far as the random fluctuations caused by the small number of cases permit observation .
12 You will need to spray at three day intervals at least three or four times , but preferably over a period of several weeks to control any new pests as soon as they hatch , before they can reproduce .
13 In every case , their work is illustrated by important historical material among which is Bruce Nauman 's ‘ Neon templates of the left half of my body taken at ten inch intervals ’ , a large felt work by Robert Morris , the Fibonacci igloo of Mario Merz and major works by Joseph Beuys , Marcel Broodthaers , Luciano Fabro , Eva Hesse and Robert Smithson .
14 For plant subjects the only evidence is ( a ) the above comparison with the true leaf area , obtained from the leaf area machine and ( b ) the consistency of consecutive readings taken at short time intervals ( one to five minutes ) .
15 Aliquots of the cultures were withdrawn at different time intervals in order to determine the cell counts .
16 Thus a stream of pulses lasting 1 second each and given at 10 second intervals could be the ‘ background ’ ( they could be sound pulses or pulses on a screen , for example ) ; the ‘ signal ’ being sought could be the absence of a pulse , one that was shorter or longer than the standard value or one that appeared too soon or too late .
17 A minimum of 10 , 5 ml boluses of water were given at 30 second intervals .
18 Clios which are fitted with diesel engines require their first service at 5,000 miles and minor services then follow at 5,000 mile intervals .
19 After the addition of agonist , 30 s segments of data were recorded at 1 minute intervals for 10- 15 minutes .
20 The pH was recorded at 15 second intervals by a solid state ambulatory recorder ( Novo Memolog , Vertec Scientific , Reading ) .
21 If deposits are renewed at shorter time intervals than the loan roll-over dates ( mostly six months ) , a bank might increase its profits , as seven day deposit funds are usually cheaper than six month funds .
22 Each subject area is tested at 4–5 year intervals , rather than annually .
23 If , therefore , the normal population in this age group was screened at five year intervals , and assuming that the polyp/carcinoma sequence takes longer than five years , 190 cases of cancer or premalignant polyp would be found per 50000 examinations — that is , 1 in 263 : a higher detection rate in the normal population than that achieved by annual colonoscopic surveillance of extensive longstanding ulcerative ulcerative colitis .
24 Remotely-sensed data are acquired at regular time intervals , and thematic information such as land use can be obtained from such data using the techniques of classification described in Section 5.6.4 .
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