Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This implies that the return flow for velocity fluctuations towards or away from the centre of the wake occurs dominantly in the upstream and downstream directions and little in the transverse ( z and -z ) directions . |
| 2 | Fish being the image into focus in a similar way to a camera , by moving the lens towards or away from the retina . |
| 3 | Fish , squid and octopuses accommodate solely by moving the lens towards or away from the retina . |
| 4 | You should try and keep your balance by moving the knees and hips towards or away from the sail , keeping the shoulders still . |
| 5 | They force us to choose between being a part of or apart from the world of our everyday living . |
| 6 | The leaves are turned , alternately , towards and away from the centre of the mosaic , as in the scrolls of mosaics B and C , North Hill . |
| 7 | Another part of Colette 's method of making round , making substantial , is her habit of moving backwards and forwards , towards and away from the object . |
| 8 | Your stance is crucial to how you move into or away from the ball . |
| 9 | Next in the expanding network is Lenin Strasse with assorted communist theoreticians and luminaries awarded a street closer to or further from the centre , depending on how high their star stood at the time . |
| 10 | Stretching up to and away from the patio was a vast lawn , smothered with spring flowers — yellow daffodils and a parade of brilliant hyacinths . |
| 11 | I ran to and fro from the kitchen for some time with saucepans and kettles of boiling water . |
| 12 | They ferried plates to and fro from the kitchen , where Rose and Victorine supervised what was to come next . |
| 13 | No more safe trotting to and fro from the convent . |
| 14 | Strudwick , still desperately trying to put rugby league on the map in the capital , said : ‘ It 's been hectic this week , having to dash to and fro from the training ground to the hospital . |
| 15 | While the bee was back in its hive dancing about the source , von Frisch put out other dishes containing the same scented sugary water nearer to and further from the hive , but all on a line with the original dish . |