Example sentences of "[vb pp] at right [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front door is often covered with a massive porch , sheltering a pair of much-used benches built at right angles to the house . |
| 2 | A high frequency signal is fed into the two layers , the signals are normally either opposite in phase or connected at right angles to each other . |
| 3 | It has two vertical rows of three teeth and these are positioned at right angles to the shank , to give maximum leverage in use . |
| 4 | Actually , it is very effective as a screwdriver , as it is used at right angles to the screw , and therefore provided great leverage . |
| 5 | During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair . |
| 6 | A conventional joystick uses a pair of potentiometers mounted at right angles to each other , the spindles being mechanically linked to a central knob . |
| 7 | It is a wheel of vanes set at right angles to the sails , so that if the wind is not striking the sails , it must strike the fantail and turn the sails into the wind again . |
| 8 | A wall of storage units will make provision for most of the paraphernalia you own and might either incorporate a bar and a desk flap to let down , or a permanent table set at right angles to shelves and cupboards for work , games , sewing and hobbies . |
| 9 | This supports two distinct modes of light propagation polarised at right angles to each other . |
| 10 | The tendency for spits to be orientated at right angles to the dominant waves is well illustrated by Hurst Castle Spit which is particularly instructive in this respect for the spit does not continue the direction of the coast west of Milford , which is west-north-west to east-south-east , but orientates itself north-west to south-east , thus demonstrating the connection with wave direction . |
| 11 | If he is moving to a wheelchair with a removable arm , it is placed at right angles to the bed , and his feet remain level with each other . |
| 12 | The points must be placed at right angles to the ice for maximum support and the feet kept about hip width apart for stability , and to spread the load . |
| 13 | By zig-zagging up the slope the strain can be lessened , but the foot that is front pointing must still be placed at right angles to the slope ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 14 | Pin on the seamline , 1.5cm ( ⅝in ) in from the raw edges , with pins placed at right angles to the seam . |
| 15 | Elongated single-aspect plans with hall-corridors on the entrance front were introduced to ensure even greater privacy from callers and servants , private wings were stepped back to create private sheltered garden areas , and the kitchen and staple offices were skilfully deployed at right angles to the main block to create sheltered L-plan forecourts . |
| 16 | Here two plain banded rings have been attached at right angles to the bit of a key . |