Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However a rough estimate of optimum switching angle can be obtained if the three torque/speed characteristics are approximated by constant torques , effective up to the maximum speed for each angle : The time taken and number of steps executed during acceleration to the maximum speed may be calculated , since for a constant torque , For constant accelerating torque the instantaneous velocity is proportional to time and therefore the distance travelled during acceleration is simply : so for each switching angle the acceleration time and distance can be found : The time taken to travel a total distance of 60 steps can be calculated for each switching angle , e.g. if the switching angle is 6 degrees the system executes the first 25 steps in 94.3 ms and the remaining steps at a constant speed of 540 steps per second : The time taken to decelerate has been neglected in this calculation because the retarding torque ( motor braking torque + load torque ) is , in all three cases , much larger than the accelerating torque ( motor accelerating torque - load torque ) . |
| 2 | And during that miserable week the wind soughing in the trees and flinging rain against the cottage windows had added to the conspiracy of misery . |
| 3 | For another widespread disease the biochemical approach , and particularly the idea of competitive antagonism , proved to be more rewarding . |
| 4 | Where a user makes a specific request to exercise their statutory right for an eyesight examination by an ophthalmic optician , either as an alternative to or in addition to the voluntary screening programme , then the request should be accommodated and during this interim period the user permitted to use an ophthalmic optician of their choice . |
| 5 | During this critical time the ill feeling between Raine and the children boiled over into a series of vicious exchanges . |
| 6 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 7 | Having already been through some significant change the company is therefore well placed to face the likely ‘ upheaval ’ of the following year or so . |
| 8 | Such anthropological theories are linked to the catharsis theory , whereby it is held that through some dramatic experience the individual ( or group ) sheds itself of pent-up , potentially destructive , emotions to emerge cleansed and ready to deal with daily life in a harmonious manner . |
| 9 | For some young hopefuls the promise of stardom and success outweighs the fear of failure . |
| 10 | For some strange reason the image of the corpse of Nicola Sharpe floated up in his mind , and it brought with it a breath of foreboding , a sense that he was in the presence of evil . |
| 11 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 12 | For some considerable time the stone provided a ceremonial seat for the inauguration of High Kings of Ireland until one of them , Fergus MacErc , became ruler of the new kingdom of Dalriada in Argyll , and took the stone with him to the fortress of Dunadd . |
| 13 | For some lone mothers the level of maintenance received might actually fall ( Bingley et al. , 1991 ) . |
| 14 | ( For some peculiar reason the Boeing company speak of the ‘ chord ’ when referring to what is known in Britain as a ‘ spar boom ’ and for which the standard American expression is ‘ spar cap . ’ |
| 15 | It could well be that for some musical purposes the above result may contain too great an element of consonance in the form of triads . |
| 16 | For some undisclosed reason the Massachusetts owner had decided to dismantle his richly ornamented acres and sell the lot for the best price he could obtain . |
| 17 | For some unaccountable reason the horses drawing the cart stopped just inches short of crushing him to death . |
| 18 | For some unfathomable reason the Haute Police had been displeased , pointing out that his orders had simply been to keep the men under observation and report on their activities . |
| 19 | The big news of the day , he said , though for some inexplicable reason the Guardian ignored it , concerned the lovers who had bonked in a British Rail platform photo booth . |
| 20 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 21 | It was saddled and bridled which meant , so Allen reasoned , that either its rider had been thrown in the darkness of the Waste and the horse had bolted , or that for some unknown reason the verderers had been content to abandon the harness with the horse . |
| 22 | For this promethean task the workers were each paid with a handsome bound volume of Gaelic poetry . |
| 23 | For those who qualify for this extra help the reduction will be equal to the community charge minus £52 . |
| 24 | The net is then overlaid with another whose diagonal lines are at 450 , For this complex procedure the use of set squares and calipers is envisaged ( loc. cit. , 23 ) . |
| 25 | In view of the rather disappointing number of entries for this substantial prize the committee is reconsidering whether to run the competition in the same format again this year . |
| 26 | For this Scottish cruise the Board stayed with us as far as Tobermory on the Isle of Mull . |
| 27 | For this particular model the reservation wage ζ , is implicitly given by , where is the total expected discounted return from search as viewed from the start of the period , given that the individual optimises in current and future periods . |
| 28 | In exchange for this public commitment the profession receives special treatment from the state , the community and the client . |
| 29 | He gives as his reason for this sudden discouragement the feeling that his strength was failing him . |
| 30 | Through this lucrative arrangement the club will receive £500 over the next ten years and the donation of a new team strip , on show for the first time today . |