Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ball travels the total distance towards the target , and will land short , pass straight over , or hit depending on how accurately you have guessed the range and what effect the dice has . |
| 2 | The painstaking steps towards releasing a captive barn owl into the wild involve taking the chick from the parent at the age of four to five weeks . |
| 3 | In the early stages both Pat Eddery on Dancing Brave and Gary Moore on Bering held up their mounts towards the rear , but had improved to the middle of the pack as the field made the downhill run towards the straight . |
| 4 | They drove cautiously , navigating from Mossop 's memory , down the narrow lanes towards the Beaulieu estuary , past fringes of forest , paddocks , pasture and mellow creamy-red cottages . |
| 5 | The narrow road towards Thorgill ducked and dived under the lip of Thorgill Crag , with a splendid view of the old Rosedale Railway — a 19th century standard gauge railway built to transport the valley 's mineral wealth over the moors to Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | He rode along the narrow road towards Emminster and his parents ' house . |
| 7 | When they reached the log they stopped side by side and looked across the narrow water towards him . |
| 8 | Far below was the cobbled courtyard , the ancient walls of the castle , the drawbridge and the winding road leading back down the narrow valley towards civilisation , but she was trapped in this gaunt grey fortress with this brooding stranger , and she longed only for escape . |
| 9 | As she entered the wood , following the narrow track towards the water , she glanced back . |
| 10 | The next moment he was inside and she was closing the door behind him , then leading him along the narrow hallway towards the living-room . |
| 11 | He brushed down his hair and straightened his clothing and made his way down the narrow stairs towards the street . |
| 12 | In particular , while the broad move towards smaller , more powerful pocket-sized computing has continued , there has been a major new entrant into the field of handheld information devices . |
| 13 | He took her arm , guiding her across the broad landing towards another door . |
| 14 | Perhaps the prevailing attitude towards adolescents was most plainly and simply described by the objectives of the Birmingham CCC : ‘ To bridge the gulf between the disciplined life of the school and the comparative freedom of the industrial world ; to ensure that care of the young shall not cease with the end of school life ; and to provide the means for the guidance of young persons through the difficulties and perils of adolescence . ’ |
| 15 | A long and carefully detailed letter of complaint was received by the committee early in 1939 , and it is quoted at length here for its revelation of some of the prevailing attitudes towards the Public Assistance Institution ( of which St. Peter 's Hospital was now an integral part ) . |
| 16 | The answers reflect the prevailing attitudes towards hearing oral reading as a means of practising the skill of reading in an asymmetrical relationship , with little cognisance of the possibility of sharing the activity collaboratively . |
| 17 | These were the prevailing attitudes towards teaching Art in colleges and most schools at the time Basil , and later Rosemary Rocke , commenced their advisory work in the West Riding of Yorkshire . |
| 18 | With my friend Ann , I go for walks across the hilly fields towards Viewpark or go playing on the coal byngs , and we make up stories , often vengeful episodes in which punishments are meted out to our enemies . |
| 19 | The experiences of the First World War , often registered in a feeling of horrific waste , also left a deep impression on the mental landscape of the interwar years and helped to form the low-key response towards crime and hooliganism . |
| 20 | She pulled the half-empty cup towards her , and after quickly filling another she passed it to him , smiling at him , saying again , ‘ Sorry . ’ |
| 21 | During his time as Colonial Secretary he had established the measured steps towards independence for all Britain 's dependent peoples , the speed of which depended on the current state of development in each territory . |
| 22 | The European moves towards 1992 have had similar consequences on a regional scale in those sectors , like defence , pharmaceuticals and informatics , where the barriers of regulation and restrictive public purchasing has been greatest . |
| 23 | With the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989/90 , and the evolution of the European Community towards economic integration and the prospect of eventual political union , this situation has changed in some respects . |
| 24 | She highlights the importance of a research-based , problem-solving approach , a holistic assessment and the need for change in the nurse-patient relationship towards a greater participation and equality . |
| 25 | I began to see the subtle pressures towards our Western ideals creeping into Eastern Europe even in music and fashion . |
| 26 | One was the strong temptation towards explicitness and over-clarity . |
| 27 | Does he think that he is doing a good job in alerting the country to the rapid rate of convergence at which he is aiming in the exchange rate mechanism and the possible move towards European monetary union ? |
| 28 | It is still true that the political drive towards the National Curriculum is towards uniformity , so that the consumer — still seen as the parent , . |
| 29 | This , together with easy access to credit after deregulation and the political drive towards owner-occupation under the Conservative government , has contributed to a house price boom . |
| 30 | A quotation ( provided by Randall Baker , private communication ) from a recent Australian funded cattle ranching scheme in Fiji illustrates both the unquestioned assumption that development must imply modern commercial development and the disparaging attitude towards existing social and economic organisation : |