Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as distance is concerned , it is much better to use time instead , and you wo n't have to worry about speed . |
| 2 | Yesterday , it was proposed that a committee be formed to look into speed limits . |
| 3 | To sail at speed , enabling the board to rise up and travel across the water surface rather than pushing the water aside and sailing through it . |
| 4 | In 1585 , Lambarde wrote a long letter to Lord Burghley stating reasons for her Majesty to proceed with speed in the defense of the Low Countries . |
| 5 | A word of warning here : although video recorders have tape drives which are speed-controlled to high standards of accuracy , sound recorders tend to drift in speed . |
| 6 | Twice he 'd lost sight of them and been obliged to put on speed or else run the risk of failing to see them as they took some minor road or turn-off . |
| 7 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We had to leave at speed because emotions were running so high . ’ |
| 8 | However more sophisticated systems require the switching angle to vary with speed and methods for obtaining this variation are described in Sections 7.3.3 and 8.3.1 . |
| 9 | He has created a gap downwind into which he can accelerate to start at speed , whilst those around him will still be sheeting in . |
| 10 | Previously , speeding traffic along the main road often used the traffic islands painted on the road for overtaking purposes and was able to turn at speed into Buxtehude at this generously proportioned junction ( Figure 6.8 ) . |
| 11 | The ships then set out to return to base at speed of 10km/h. at 8 p.m. the cutter increased speed to 20 km/h while the launch kept going at 10 km/h . |
| 12 | She suddenly felt the need to ride , to gallop at speed , her face into the wind and her mind filled with nothing but the rhythm of her mount . |
| 13 | After being seen whizzing out of the doors of a rink , he had to skate at speed along a footpath of the common , round a spiral pedestrian walkway , on to a road , grab the back of a passing bus , let go , cut across a main road between cars coming in both directions , go across another road — between the wheels of a moving articulated lorry — and end up in a babywear shop , somersaulting into a cot . |
| 14 | The Second Law of Thermodynamics thus constrains the designer of engines ; he wants high efficiency but he also has to think about speed and price , and a whole range of possible designs might suit a particular case : the law does not require a unique solution . |
| 15 | There is a continual need to appraise existing techniques , to seek refinements and to search out new instrumental methods of examination which have more to offer in speed , accuracy or range of elements found . |
| 16 | Walker and McKinnon also deny stealing the car that night and Walker denies driving it recklessly and causing it to brake at speed . |
| 17 | Hanging back as he strode off to get it , she protested worriedly , ‘ I really think it might be best not to — and I do n't know quite how it is , but although you all seem to move without speed , not to hurry , I feel as though I 'm being rushed along without time to draw breath ! ’ |
| 18 | well — it looks like we have to rely on Speed and Macca for them goals — i guess one of them is our ‘ top-scorer ’ right now ? |
| 19 | Here it was even possible to freewheel at speed without the risk of the front wheel submerging into a pool of smelly black moss . |
| 20 | Other possible approaches that may come to the rescue include interactive video , expert systems ( a form of ‘ machine intelligence ’ ) , and the use by tutors of authoring systems to produce at speed specific , computer-based ‘ lessons ’ made up of text , graphics , and self-assessment questions . |