Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [adj] angles " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ends of the rivets were bent over at right angles on the back of the shield making it possible to calculate that the wooden boards of the complete circular shields were 0.5 to 1.5 cm thick . |
| 2 | Fold over at right angles to form a triangle . |
| 3 | Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs . |
| 4 | Mariana hatched the drop to the river to their right and dragged a furrow through it round the side of the meadow and on up the mountain with a branch cutting off at right angles to run along the top of the quarry . |
| 5 | The second guy did n't even hit half that distance and the third took a couple of swings to send his ball skewing off at right angles . |
| 6 | But the moment Vincente 's back was turned the ball tended to squirt off at eccentric angles — or , worse , refuse to move at all . |
| 7 | This road forms the focus for an irregular network of side-streets and lanes which lead off at diverse angles and provide access to land and buildings behind the frontages . |
| 8 | He looked wild-eyed , and his hair was sticking up at all angles . |
| 9 | His limbs pulled themselves up at ridiculous angles . |
| 10 | Its legs were splayed out at awkward angles on the rug , and its flanks rose and fell with the deep breaths of sleep . |
| 11 | They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head . |
| 12 | The boat is rowed slowly round the lough whilst an angler sitting in the stern casts out at right angles . |
| 13 | Now three of her fingers were broken and stuck out at strange angles . |
| 14 | Make the other tentacles in the same way , varying the direction of the curve so that when assembled the tentacles branch out at different angles . |