Example sentences of "a [adj] distance " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does seem eager , up behind some , long as you get a right distance , too far and you get oh , they 're fighting it again , whereas you can get right up . |
| 2 | Such a separation is called space-like , and in this case it is always possible to find an inertial frame such that t 1 = t 2 with the separation being a spatial distance . |
| 3 | On the 15th he hit his drive such a prodigious distance that the one wag among the gallery suggested that drugs testing should be introduced at subsequent Matches . |
| 4 | In the case of ordering YAC probes , a modified distance measure was used in which the influence of each cosmid clone c was weighted in proportion to 1/n c , where n c is the number of YAC probes positive for that cosmid clone . |
| 5 | Last year , at the age of 54 , the great fell-runner Joss Naylor ran from Pooley Bridge to Wasdale , only setting foot on tarmac as he crossed Kirkstone Pass and Dunmail Raise — a total distance of 47 miles with 16,200ft of ascent . |
| 6 | To cover the 395 miles between Boston and Buffalo ( for Niagara Falls ) , I was obliged to fly via Atlanta : a total distance of nearly 1,700 miles . |
| 7 | Thus was opened the Grand Union , aptly named , for it forged the last link of the ambitious grand design to connect the East Midlands coalfields to London , a total distance of 168 miles . |
| 8 | From here we return to Funchal , a total distance of 63km having been covered . |
| 9 | However a rough estimate of optimum switching angle can be obtained if the three torque/speed characteristics are approximated by constant torques , effective up to the maximum speed for each angle : The time taken and number of steps executed during acceleration to the maximum speed may be calculated , since for a constant torque , For constant accelerating torque the instantaneous velocity is proportional to time and therefore the distance travelled during acceleration is simply : so for each switching angle the acceleration time and distance can be found : The time taken to travel a total distance of 60 steps can be calculated for each switching angle , e.g. if the switching angle is 6 degrees the system executes the first 25 steps in 94.3 ms and the remaining steps at a constant speed of 540 steps per second : The time taken to decelerate has been neglected in this calculation because the retarding torque ( motor braking torque + load torque ) is , in all three cases , much larger than the accelerating torque ( motor accelerating torque - load torque ) . |
| 10 | Some parts of the towpath are already in a cyclable condition ; we shall be working on the parts which are not — a total distance of about one mile , so we need plenty of volunteers ! |
| 11 | It 's a total distance of three hundred kilometres and will take around four hours . |
| 12 | They probably reached George Burnett later that day at Huntspill , where his father 's Georgian house stood at a respectable distance from the busy turnpike , with a large sundial presiding over the front door . |
| 13 | The showdown will be hosted at a respectable distance by TV weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson and soccer ace John Fashanu . |
| 14 | Not so much because I do n't understand the subject ( that is no real obstacle to a lecturer ) , but more because of the time we are likely to consume , even if we keep a respectable distance from quantum mechanics and concentrate solely on phenomenological theories . |
| 15 | Even the duly authorised activities of the Simonova were going to be undertaken at a respectable distance . |
| 16 | One officer came up to inquire of our purpose , while the other kept at a respectable distance hand on his holstered gun ! |
| 17 | Indeed that is something that bears closer examination because there are many people who believe that the relationship between a client and an auditor can be too close and that there ought to be a respectable distance between them . |
| 18 | Each represents a calculated angle which can be discriminated by a subject with normal vision at a specific distance ( 60 , 36 , 24,12 , 9 , or 6 metres from the chart ) . |
| 19 | The prescription of glasses is an exact science , and they are made to fit correctly at a specific distance from the eyeball . |
| 20 | On let-down patterns a specific distance is flow outbound and the time adjusted for this distance according to groundspeed . |
| 21 | The time specified on a let-down chart such as 1 , 2 or 3 minutes , etc , is in fact quite meaningless and dangerous unless associated with a specific distance and speed . |
| 22 | You will then realise why you must plan for a specific distance . |
| 23 | When the chart specifies a time outbound such as the 3 minutes on the adjoining pattern , such time is meaningless unless allied with a specific speed to produce a specific distance . |
| 24 | Gaily followed them at a discreet distance and watched as they lowered Miss Faith Lavender into her last resting place . |
| 25 | Blackbirds , sparrows , robins , and other birds whose names Vic does n't know , skip and hop about at a discreet distance from the magpies . |
| 26 | At the Yair ford , in mass , they turned to cross , the English guards there prudently withdrawing to a discreet distance , while trumpets sounded in all the enemy encampments . |
| 27 | Bodie stopped the car at a discreet distance from Latowa 's blue van , and watched as Latowa got out of the cab and walked into one of the shops in the small row . |
| 28 | Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance . |
| 29 | Bunny followed at a discreet distance . |
| 30 | As they walked he offered her his arm , unlike most punters , who followed her at a discreet distance . |