Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [adj] angles " in BNC.
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| 1 | Face to face is the most formal , side by side the least formal , seating at right angles is often a suitable compromise . |
| 2 | The lines joining these centres represent the directions of greatest tensile stress in the lava flow as it cools , and the hexagonal joint patterns are generated by cracks forming at right angles to these maximum stress lines . |
| 3 | This abolishes the component of tension acting at right angles to the cut , while the tangential tension remains , suppressing lamellipodia and provoking formation of an actin cable , which in turn presumably reinforces the tangential tension . |
| 4 | At its eastern end two second-century buildings were identified , that to the south ( Building 2a ) lying at right angles to the frontage and apparently comprising a suite of rooms c. 7.5 by 3.5 m ( 24½ by 11½ ft ) , on Hamstone foundations . |
| 5 | Two massive walls were recorded in 1891 lying at right angles to the line of the town wall under the modern street , but no proof of their Roman origin was obtained . |
| 6 | In a design of this kind , where the flowers and leaves are built up in layers , you should try to look at the outline that will be visible ( in this case , the outer leaves ) , and make sure that they are lying at pleasing angles . |
| 7 | Although the gliders were left facing at right angles to the wind and were weighted down with tyres in the approved manner , when the first strong thermal went off nearby the wind would become gusty and change direction completely . |
| 8 | Light is an electromagnetic wave , produced by the interaction of a magnetic and electric field , both oscillating at right angles to one another in the direction of propagation . |
| 9 | If you add a second set of stripes , at right angles to the first but also moving at right angles to their axis , the person will not see two sets of stripes but a set of chevrons moving at 45 degrees to the true directions of movement . |
| 10 | But when being prepared in the laboratory , cavities were found in the bones with tiny corrugated bone formations running at right angles . |
| 11 | As straight tank connector ( d ) , but allows connection to be made with pipe running at right angles . |
| 12 | Of the features between Verdun and the front line , the chief objective designated by the German command was a long , bare barrow running at right angles to the river , and topped with twin hillocks . |
| 13 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 14 | The Convento de San Esteban is a magnificent plateresque sixteenth-century edifice on the Plaza Santo Domingo , approached by a small arched bridge which provides an impressive forefront to that immense carved façade , with the arcaded convent standing at right angles to it on the right . |
| 15 | Falling at certain angles ( when the earth turns |
| 16 | The main beds of the Silver Knitmaster , Brother and Toyota machines are designed to knit with the knitting hanging at right angles to the machine . |
| 17 | Aggersborg , the largest , contained forty-eight houses , arranged in blocks of four grouped in threes in each of the quadrants formed by two internal roads intersecting at right angles . |
| 18 | People came out of the Underground and , leaning at odd angles to meet the wind , hurried home from work by the inner streets . |
| 19 | Always aim to be carving at right angles to the bone , otherwise the sliced meat will be stringy in appearance and texture . |