Example sentences of "[verb] at right angle to the " 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 | This abolishes the component of tension acting at right angles to the cut , while the tangential tension remains , suppressing lamellipodia and provoking formation of an actin cable , which in turn presumably reinforces the tangential tension . |
| 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 | Although the fibrils are arranged radially , the molecular chains lie at right angles to the fibril axis . |
| 5 | At its eastern end two second-century buildings were identified , that to the south ( Building 2a ) lying at right angles to the frontage and apparently comprising a suite of rooms c. 7.5 by 3.5 m ( 24½ by 11½ ft ) , on Hamstone foundations . |
| 6 | Two massive walls were recorded in 1891 lying at right angles to the line of the town wall under the modern street , but no proof of their Roman origin was obtained . |
| 7 | Actually , it is very effective as a screwdriver , as it is used at right angles to the screw , and therefore provided great leverage . |
| 8 | Although the gliders were left facing at right angles to the wind and were weighted down with tyres in the approved manner , when the first strong thermal went off nearby the wind would become gusty and change direction completely . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When a length of wire is suspended in a magnetic field , the wire will move at right angles to the magnetic flux whenever an electric current is passed along it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Of the features between Verdun and the front line , the chief objective designated by the German command was a long , bare barrow running at right angles to the river , and topped with twin hillocks . |
| 14 | The main beds of the Silver Knitmaster , Brother and Toyota machines are designed to knit with the knitting hanging at right angles to the machine . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Pin on the seamline , 1.5cm ( ⅝in ) in from the raw edges , with pins placed at right angles to the seam . |
| 19 | The Queen 's Way , which ran at right angles to the King 's Way , was to have a massive terminal station at its head , dominating Connaught Circus and second in importance only to the Viceroy 's palace on the Raisina Acropolis at the head of King 's Way . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It stood at right angles to the road , and rather nearer it than most of the larger houses which stood back in their well-kept gardens . |
| 22 | Kate was sitting on one of the two deep sofas that stood at right angles to the fireplace . |
| 23 | The main part of the chamber was taken up by a table , long and black and battered , that stood at right angles to the sergeant 's desk and had about half a dozen unpadded chairs around it . |
| 24 | The standard tripod used for haymaking ( as earlier described ) is ideal for this purpose ; the middle leg is dropped into a one-foot-deep hole and the other two spread at right angles to the line of the fence . |
| 25 | Ask the butcher to cut through the chine bone ( which runs at right angles to the ribs along the base ) just above the point where it joins the ribs . |
| 26 | Always aim to be carving at right angles to the bone , otherwise the sliced meat will be stringy in appearance and texture . |
| 27 | Here two plain banded rings have been attached at right angles to the bit of a key . |