Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [adj] intervals " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chain was faulty , and came off at regular intervals . |
| 2 | How come the V&A 's lift signs are still made of black chipboard with white plastic letters that drop off at regular intervals ? |
| 3 | He could hear vehicles moving along the road , dropping storm-troopers off at regular intervals as they started to search the forest . |
| 4 | Barratt soon made tubbing a semi-mechanical process though the dross still had to be scraped off at regular intervals ( perhaps for further jigging ) , and also the copper ore for further concentration . |
| 5 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 6 | One of the greatest of all sports car road races ever run , the Mille Miglia was first held in 1927 and , by tradition , cars set off at one-minute intervals from the centre of Brescia , raced down to Rome and returned . |
| 7 | She set her alarm clock to go off at hourly intervals throughout the night , but even before its first summons she was disturbed . |
| 8 | In ‘ random mode ’ , the time controller will switch an appliance on and off at random intervals during the four ON periods already set for the programme mode . |
| 9 | Even when the weather is too bad for astronomical observing , Alcock still wakes up at two-hourly intervals during the night to make meteorological observations . |
| 10 | My goggles ice up at regular intervals and I wipe them with my glove , afraid that I will miss the trail a groundless fear as the dogs follow the pack scent . |
| 11 | Unfortunately many clinicians use this approach in an incorrect manner and do not follow up at regular intervals . |
| 12 | The job of inspecting foster homes , which was supposed to be carried out at frequent intervals , was shared between the national office , regional committees and the provincial committees . |
| 13 | , Renewal lung function tests are to be carried out at regular intervals . |
| 14 | The account was then allowed to lie dormant while Yousefi collected the cheque books sent out at regular intervals . |
| 15 | Throughout the east Midlands ash trees were planted along the hedges , less often the elm , usually spaced out at wide intervals . |
| 16 | Eight companies consisting of twelve acts were sent out at ten-week intervals , and the actual length of engagement was twelve weeks . |
| 17 | Updating will be carried out at monthly intervals , usually between the 5th and 10th of the following month . |
| 18 | Each session is spaced out at monthly intervals . |
| 19 | Then they marked half the webs with artificial stabilimenta and came back at two-hourly intervals to check on the longevity of the webs . |
| 20 | Looking back at regular intervals to see if the stranger was following , eventually they reached the access to the street but the guide was astonished to find the man had vanished into thin air . |
| 21 | Okay , and , and we will be asking you back at regular intervals . |
| 22 | Children who have been integrated into mainstream schools can return at any time for help and are called back at six-monthly intervals for checks . |
| 23 | ‘ County ’ men were transferred around at short intervals , while we were static in the city , never moving more than a mile or so between the three divisions to undertake real ‘ city work ’ . |
| 24 | In fact , it is n't in a theatre at all — it 's put on at irregular intervals by a group of lawyers in the sedate and sheltered surroundings of the Temple , and it 's called Seminars for the Expert Witness . |
| 25 | A study of rock samples from the right and left of the chasm , has shown that its magnetisation switches round at regular intervals . |