Example sentences of "were [verb] in the opposite [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in one strip the picture of the sun shining came first ( i.e. , on the left ) , and the picture of the snowman melting came second , whereas in the other strip the pictures were arranged in the opposite order . |
| 2 | The room was largely uninhabited : a group of women in jeans were laughing in the opposite corner , and two girls were in earnest conversation by the window , pink spiky heads leaning together . |
| 3 | Perhaps you were travelling in the opposite direction ? ’ |
| 4 | Measurements of remanent magnetism in a variety of volcanic rocks found on the continents had shown that some were magnetized in the opposite direction to the Earth 's present magnetic field . |
| 5 | If the proportions were run in the opposite direction , the value of d would change ; exercise 8.2 asks you to confirm this . |