Example sentences of "to speed [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Engage neutral and the handbrake at roundabouts ’ : an interesting proposal for a road feature that is designed to speed the flow of traffic by advising road users to ‘ give way ’ rather than ‘ stop ’ . |
| 2 | However , some theories of visual word-recognition propose that there are horizontal excitatory links at the letter detection level , since these could potentially serve to speed the identification of words . |
| 3 | It is claimed to be simple for users and hard for learners , to aid readers and to hinder writers , and to speed the reading of the able while condemning the less able to semi-literacy . |
| 4 | Most recent models of 6mm collet routers now produce around twice the power of this model ; this is not so much to speed the work , but more to improve the quality and variety of profiles made by cutters . |
| 5 | A rag stuffed into the manifold to speed the engine warm-up was blamed . |
| 6 | UNIVERSITIES and biotechnology companies in the US are considering a new plan to speed the transfer to industry of genetic engineering techniques developed in university laboratories . |
| 7 | This argument takes one of two forms depending upon the outlook of its proponent : either it is said that Europe must look to her own defence as a consequence of the American disengagement ; alternatively it is argued that Europe ought in principle to defend herself , so as to speed the departure of the US troops and be free of American ‘ domination ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Used to speed the germination of seeds and potatoes , ’ said the inspector , ‘ and as a cleaning solvent . ’ |
| 9 | Lesser sauces have sugar added to speed the fermentation process , so look for tamari , which is always naturally fermented . |
| 10 | You could also use a filter starter containing a bacteria culture to speed the establishment of a sound colony of bacteria in your chosen filter ( PFK April ) . |
| 11 | Injected , catalysed , with 24-valves apiece and an individual coil on each plug to speed the spark , the 2-litre 150bhp and the 2.5-litre 192bhp engines enhance the company 's reputation for building arguably the smoothest ‘ 6 ’ s in the business . |
| 12 | The MIPS Technologies Inc subsidiary of Silicon Graphics Inc has rallied all its fabrication licensees to help with development of the next generation of its R-series RISC architecture to speed the design process . |
| 13 | The Mips Technologies Inc subsidiary of Silicon Graphics Inc has rallied all its fabrication licensees to help with development of the next generation of its R-series RISC architecture to speed the design process . |
| 14 | Potassium permanganate and sodium hypochlorite being added to anaerobic waste to speed the digestion process . |
| 15 | The bank is to ask its members to consider proposals for extra funds to speed the conversion of the Soviet military machine to civil uses . |
| 16 | And in the morning , when they went outside their hut to speed the traveller on his way , they found that the poor little cabin had turned into a handsome mansion , with everything around it that they could possibly need . |
| 17 | The XPC system used with new Unisys Open 2200 XP enterprise servers is claimed to offer system throughput improvements of up to 30% and to speed the recovery of critical corporate information by 10 times — at significant reductions in overall operating costs . |
| 18 | This might be to speed the job up to earn a larger bonus or to create some leisure time during the working shift , or to slow the job down so that an impression of busy-ness is created and he is not given further work . |
| 19 | On Nov. 14 , the Financial Times reported the passing of a banking act , intended to speed the privatization of Hungary 's banks , describing it as " the most significant reform of the financial sector since … 1987 " . |
| 20 | He cursed himself for his carelessness , and dug his heels back to speed the wear mare . |
| 21 | CDC has already spent a great deal of time and money on an effort to stabilise the product , but faced with pressure from customers trying to use it , is hoping to speed the process up . |
| 22 | It 's now announced new measures to speed the process up . |
| 23 | A friend of both Charles ( later second Earl ) Grey and Henry Brougham [ qq.v. ] , he used his influence in the northern counties to speed the passing of the Reform Bill . |
| 24 | According to Le Monde of Nov. 22 the number of asylum seekers ( who came especially from eastern Europe ) had risen to 1,700 per month , and a new law to speed the processing of asylum applications stipulated that these should be processed within two months , after which an applicant recognized as a refugee could take up provisional residence while waiting for a definitive decision . |
| 25 | After a while Rain stood up and took Berg 's empty cup , a movement calculated to speed the interview to its end . |
| 26 | These berths might also be improved for the build-up phase , by bulldozing earth ramparts to speed the offloading of bulk stores carried by many LSTs . |