Example sentences of "directly [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here spirits are credited with acting like pathogenic microbes which directly assail the human body and threaten its health by sapping its vitality and energy . |
| 2 | The industrialist MP Samuel Morley and others persuaded him to stand down on the grounds that ministers should not directly enter the political arena and Morley paid all his expenses when he gave up the contest . |
| 3 | Pecuniary externalities arise when the actions of some firm i directly affect the competitive position or profits of one of its rivals , j . |
| 4 | Rather they represent the rational choices of high-ranking employees , acting in the corporation 's interests , to intend directly to violate the criminal law or governmental regulations , or to be indifferent to the outcome of their action or inaction , even though it might result in human lives obliterated , bodies mangled , or life-savings lost . |
| 5 | If it requires public money to sustain it , it then directly becomes a public project because the private sector have failed to achieve it . ’ |
| 6 | Baxter 's work and his royal connections made him famous during the years directly following the Great Exhibition and he gained public recognition for his achievements : he was awarded the great gold medal of Austria ( 1852 ) , and medals for his exhibits at the Great Exhibitions in New York ( 1853 ) and Paris ( 1855 ) , was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts ( 1855 ) , and received the grand gold medal of Sweden ( 1857 ) . |