Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] at the [adj] speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that a 40 ton lorry travelling at 70 miles an hour has 53 times the destruction power and maiming power that is possessed by a 0.75 ton sports car travelling at the same speed . |
| 2 | They 're useful in surgery to keep blood flowing at the right speed and sucking old blood from re-attached parts so new blood flows in quickly . |
| 3 | He suggests that the term ‘ porpoising ’ should be used to describe any aquatic animal that leaps out of the water and uses less energy than it would if it were surface swimming at the same speed . |
| 4 | The system also manages to incorporate a handrail running at the same speed as the walkway — an advance compared with most single speed systems . |
| 5 | 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 . |