Example sentences of "[v-ing] at exactly the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others see it occurring at exactly the same time each day , but with no obvious connection with any other activity . |
| 2 | Two people looking at exactly the same thing may have quite different perceptions depending on experience , background and interest . |
| 3 | These were radical claims to make , not least because there was developing at exactly the same time a theory of absolute , unlimited sovereignty which became the intellectual basis for the absolutism which was the dominant pattern of rule in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , and in some countries , such as Russia and Austria , even lasted into the twentieth century . |
| 4 | The universe would then go on to expand and cool just like the hot big bang model , but there would now be an explanation of why the universe was expanding at exactly the critical rate and why different regions had the same temperature . |
| 5 | And if we look at the planets of our solar system , lo and behold , every single one of them is travelling at exactly the right velocity to keep it in its stable orbit around the Sun . |
| 6 | Obviously all the planets that we see orbiting the sun must be travelling at exactly the right speed to keep them in their orbits , or we would n't see them there because they would n't be there ! |
| 7 | The similarity of subject-matter between Picasso 's Horta landscapes and those which Braque was executing at exactly the same time at La Roche Guyon ( that is to say in mid 1909 ) enables one to appreciate with clarity the fact that , although they were reaching much the same conclusions , it was for different reasons . |
| 8 | The pitch of each blade should be adjusted until both tips are running at exactly the same height , or tracking in exactly the same path . |
| 9 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |