Example sentences of "[verb] at a [adj] speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | They need perhaps ten times as much computational power as a 3D system to work at a similar speed . |
| 2 | Ken is rowing at a constant speed , he covers eighteen metres in three seconds . |
| 3 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 4 | The scope of Mareva injunctions has expanded at a remarkable speed , and on many points ( and especially the territorial reach of injunctions ) events have overtaken cases decided only a few years ago . |
| 5 | He took the wheel after that and drove at a furious speed back to San José , where he turned right on to the Pan-Am . |
| 6 | Most gliders are very reluctant to stall in the slip ( try it some time ) , but if the recovery is made at a low speed , or the pilot forgets to ease forwards to prevent the nose rising during the recovery , there is a very real danger of stalling or of flying rather slowly as the glider encounters the wind gradient . |
| 7 | Having released Gary , Nails was swimming at a phenomenal speed after another victim . |
| 8 | It 's going at a steady speed . |
| 9 | So you 're going at a steady speed . |
| 10 | Right , B two if a train is going at a constant speed of ninety miles per hour how far will it go in two hours ? |
| 11 | And if you work on that presumption , and I 'm not suggesting you creep around frightened of your own shadow going at a slow speed , just wor working with deliberation and making sure you move through the situation competently , but do n't take anything for granted . |
| 12 | ( i ) the speeding up of routines which would otherwise be too slow and impractical to be used : this is particularly significant in the area of graphics where large figures can be produced at a good speed and some reasonably large-scale movement becomes possible ( ii ) the addition of extra facilities not generally available in BASIC : for example , different forms of character input instruction , including timing , displaying a pre-stored picture ‘ instantly ’ , and automatic device initialization ( see next section ) . |
| 13 | All the nuclei in the body process at a , or rotate at a particular speed , according to whatever size magnetic field you put them in , and then you apply a radio frequency field to the body at the , at just that frequency , and if you tune things correctly , there is absorption of energy , and you can detect that . |
| 14 | The disc revolves at a constant speed , holds 54,000 frames per side , and offers about thirty minutes of straight playing time on each side . |
| 15 | A young motorist who crashed into another car while reversing at a fast speed escaped a driving ban at Whitby magistrates yesterday . |
| 16 | At first people thought that particles of light traveled infinitely fast , so gravity would not have been able to slow them down , but the discovery by Roemer that light travels at a finite speed meant that gravity might have an important effect . |
| 17 | The plane flying at a constant speed takes five seconds to go one thousand five hundred miles what |
| 18 | If the sound is played at a different speed , only adjustment of the volume control is necessary to make it sound as it did before . |
| 19 | There were more horses coming now , less hurriedly than the advance party , but still approaching at a brisk speed from the Cross . |
| 20 | There are certain characteristics peculiar to the use of machines in language teaching : Listening To develop the ability to understand the language spoken at a normal speed . |
| 21 | It is inevitable that tyres like that will blow out when travelling at a high speed . |
| 22 | It says if it was travelling at a constant speed of fifty miles an hour . |
| 23 | We began to run at a great speed through the trees , and Silver was soon thirty metres behind us . |
| 24 | The class gets used to performing at a particular speed and also the movement becomes greatly disturbed if not at the right tempo . |
| 25 | The damper torque acts as a drag torque on the motor shaft and also accelerates the damper rotor : If tile motor is operating at constant speed the damper rotor must also be running at a constant speed , so from Eqn . |
| 26 | So I feel a terrific relief and release that in the latter part of my business life I 've been really able to make things happen at a considerable speed . |
| 27 | This can be put to good use in soaring conditions as a means of getting into the lift when cruising at a high speed . |
| 28 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 29 | In all cases , the lap is run at a slow speed , 25–30 rpm , as opposed to the greater speeds recommended by the lapping machine manufacturers . |
| 30 | Since the lift generated depends on the ratio of two flow patterns ( created by the cylinder 's rotation and the wind acting on the cylinder ) a sudden increase in wind speed while the rotors turn at a constant speed reduces the lift in proportion . |