Example sentences of "of [art] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider , for example , a mechanical clock : its several cogwheels will all turn at different rates and it is almost an arbitrary decision to link some of these to ‘ hands ’ that tell us the passage of the seconds , minutes , hours , or lunar month . |
| 2 | Mind skittering , conscious of the seconds layering thicker on the antique dust of the room , Chesarynth finally settled for a half-smile . |
| 3 | On the ground the feeling only lasts a fraction of a second , but it can be more severe and prolonged during flight . |
| 4 | Since each dot is followed by a spacing period equal to the dot duration , the dot signal length — shortest element in the code — is 1/80th of a second and the telegraphic speed is 80 Baud . |
| 5 | Keeley Durham came closest , just 0.77 of a second behind the winner , to be runner-up on Welham . |
| 6 | John Whitaker came closest to him , just 0.8 of a second behind on Next Milton , with David Broome a whisker behind on Queensway Lannegan . |
| 7 | The definition of a second has since officially been the time it takes a cesium atom to make 9,192,631,770 vibrations . |
| 8 | The blowhole itself is the hinged flap of a watertight valve , and through it the dolphin can empty and refill its lungs in the unbelievably short time of one-fifth of a second . |
| 9 | Well before a billionth of a second had elapsed , when the universe was still only the size of an atom , it started to grow exponentially . |
| 10 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 11 | Ali 's jab ( more like a straight of jolting electricity ) came in triplets , each a thousandth of a second in execution . |
| 12 | But , in the last fraction of a second , it came to her . |
| 13 | For a fraction of a second I felt that life itself was no longer endurable . |
| 14 | Occasionally she was caught for a fraction of a second with images of a pig 's cot wall with a black cat on it or a square stone chapel silhouetted in Sunday dusk , but these were inconsequential visitations , debris from the past uncovered by the rhythms of a particular song or the set and angle of a passing face , a passing mood . |
| 15 | A splatter of sparks fell like miniature stars , the light flickered for a fraction of a second , hissed venomously and then splat again into darkness and silence . |
| 16 | Music is more complicated because electronic sound travels faster than natural sound , so people hear the ‘ real ’ band a fraction of a second after they 've heard its electronic reproduction . |
| 17 | You know , in some countries it is against the law to put into advertisements shots that are shorter than so many parts of a second . |
| 18 | She hesitated for the merest fraction of a second . |
| 19 | Then , for a fraction of a second he let his eyes drop to the level of the hall table . |
| 20 | At Staples Corner , a key road junction on the northern approaches to London and scene of a second IRA bomb attack on Saturday , civil engineers and motoring organisations predicted months of severe disruption . |
| 21 | The thin man 's lids rose for a fraction of a second to show a look of quiet amusement which Trent answered with a slight shrug : ‘ Señor , whether a man is for hire depends on the circumstances . ’ |
| 22 | Then the ledge below , the rock edge ripping his hands , and his shoulders almost jerked out of their sockets as he fought his boots flat for a hundredth of a second against the cliff face . |
| 23 | The time lag in the nocturnal response is quite marked — averages point nine plus of a second greater . |
| 24 | With over eighty pits closed down , a work-force more than halved in only four years from 171,000 to just 80,000 , the emergence of a second , more conciliatory union , and above all , after the defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers in an historically lengthy strike , it just was n't an argument that held water . |
| 25 | He died of a second attack a few months later . |
| 26 | As a rule of thumb , every storey makes a difference of one-tenth of a second to a building 's period . |
| 27 | The brains of active control systems are computers that respond within hundredths of a second to the vibrations of an earthquake . |
| 28 | I mention that this mechanical bird has three blades because we have here something of great importance for a photographer — the three blades are designed to give a far smoother ride than the two-bladed machine , and because of this it is possible to shoot at a speed as low as 125th of a second . |
| 29 | Normally , aerial photography requires a speed of at least 250th of a second to avoid shake , and some specialists , working from faster planes , insist on 500th ! |
| 30 | .. sounds like discharges of artillery at intervals of a second of time , and a crackling noise , probably due to the impact of fragments in the atmosphere . |