Example sentences of "travel at speed " in BNC.

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1 So fish are aware of the popply , slapping noises that other fish make as they travel at speed through the water , of the clicks made by crustaceans snapping their hard shells and the scrapings made by fish grazing over the coral .
2 When this wall-nosed behemoth travels at speed through Kent , leaves get blown off trees in East Sussex .
3 Sound-proofed and travelling at speed , we can enjoy every moment of it , without risking offence or ridicule .
4 The straps at the back of the board into which you put your feet when travelling at speed in stronger winds .
5 The problem is that unlit wooden sampans or floating logs , which are difficult to see with radar , can suddenly appear in front of a vessel travelling at speed .
6 If the wind blows hard or an insect travelling at speed flies into the web , the bundles of thread in the glue globules unwind so that the filament can extend its length up to four times and still does not break .
7 High , high it went , travelling at speed .
8 The nature of railway transport , with heavy trains travelling at speed along fixed tracks between stations and terminals , dictates within broad limits the organization of railway work and creates requirements for specialized control systems .
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