Example sentences of "at a speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the 50Hz or 60Hz frequencies , relating to the two-pole magnetising rotor fields on synchronous alternators ( running at a speed of 3,000 or 3,600 rpm ) , happen to be close to the frequency at which ions in bodies respond to , while in 50µT of the geomagnetic field . |
| 2 | The first Atlantic cable operated at a speed of around 3 words/min , equating to a bandwidth of about 1.5Hz/s . |
| 3 | The pull was made on to a slightly uphill gradient and into the wind , in spite of this a record breaking 100 metres was reached in 40.8 seconds at a speed of 4.5 mph . |
| 4 | The chute is a perfect dish hovering a metre or so above the snow and hauling me downwind at a speed that would be unthinkable on Nordic skis . |
| 5 | We are flying at a height of 11,000 metres and at a speed of just under 750kph . |
| 6 | She caught the reins or bridle in her hands , and there hung suspended for a second as Anmer rushed on at a speed of over thirty miles an hour . |
| 7 | At a speed of fifty yards in fifteen minutes it would take me another eight hours to reach the road . |
| 8 | ‘ If any competitor goes around the course at a speed that is likely to give a faster than 1hr 50min finish time there will be real problems and it is likely that wheelchairs will be excluded from future London marathons . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Phases A ( which must be shorter ) and C are the ‘ roads and tracks ’ , a fairly long distance to be ridden at a speed of 220 metres per minute , ( a good trot , on average ) . |
| 11 | The mass of new , hot rock forcing its way up through the crater floor had both helped to displace the water from the crater , and heated it up to nearly boiling point , so it was a scalding torrent that flashed down the valley , travelling at a speed of something like ninety kilometres an hour . |
| 12 | On 30 March , however , an exceptionally violent explosion occurred , blowing off the top 200 metres of the volcano , and propagating a dense eruption cloud which expanded upwards at a speed estimated to be something like 500 metres per second , finally reaching a height of thirty-eight kilometres . |
| 13 | They were carried along on their gently-moving conveyor belt at a speed of about one and a half kilometres an hour , while they made determinations of the viscosity of the lava beneath the rubbly crust , and eventually hopped off again , none the worse for wear . |
| 14 | A diamond , mounted on a spinning saw-blade , slams into the workpiece at a speed comparable with the cruising speed of a car . |
| 15 | An Olympic walker uses more energy than a jogger moving at the same speed , because he is walking at a speed where his muscles would use less energy if they were operating a spring than if moving a pendulum . |
| 16 | Competing vehicles have to cover a ten-mile course carrying a driver at a speed of at least 15 miles per hour . |
| 17 | This comes from training which is done at a speed close to , and occasionally above , your aerobic threshold — which is approximately the pace of your best 10 miles . |
| 18 | The Maggot whooped , dragged the stick back and our earthwards wing lifted and suddenly we were screaming just above the palm trees , close to the tiled roofs and at a speed that seemed to be doubled because of our proximity to the ground . |
| 19 | Where a driver says ‘ I was blinded by the sun ’ or ‘ There was a patch of fog ’ or ‘ The road was covered with black ice ’ , he should have stopped , reduced his speed or driven at a speed which was safe . |
| 20 | With peeled veneer , a round log is heated in a steam pit for about twenty-four hours and then set up and rotated in a lathe in which a long knife peels the veneer circumferentially at a speed which is wonderful to watch . |
| 21 | Three time Gold Race winner John Sharp added a fourth win when he brought the DR90 No 3 , Nemesis , home to a Gold race finish at a speed of 238.175 . |
| 22 | As peregrines have been known to dive at a speed of 180 miles an hour , they hit their prey with such force that they often break its neck , and sometimes even break the head clean off . |
| 23 | with unusual curtness and drove off at a speed which suggested that Darren was about to enjoy a gratifyingly exciting ride . |
| 24 | Listening : a text is dictated at a speed which allows only key words to be noted . |
| 25 | Riding on the back of a tempestuous wind , this journey became an epic of its time , being accomplished at a speed which remained unequalled until surpassed by an aeroplane more than a century later . |
| 26 | The foil was wound on a supply spool from which it was fed over a flat surface on to a take-up spool at a speed proportional to time . |
| 27 | The new ‘ Teletel Vitesse Rapide ’ will operate at a speed of 9,600bps , double the present rate . |
| 28 | The electrical activity propagates beyond the cotyledon and through the plant at a speed of between 1 and 4mms -1 . |
| 29 | There is evidence in wheat leaves for a hydraulic signal that propagates at a speed of at least 100mms -1 from the site of wounding and is associated with electrical events recorded at the plant surface . |
| 30 | The company is banking on communications technology arriving in time so that the dispersed machines can be linked together at a speed of at least 100 Mbytes per second — FDDI runs at 100 M-bits per second , and the company is looking at Asynchronous Transfer Mode , the emerging broadband fixed-cell packet system for the links . |