Example sentences of "[adv] on [adj] sides " in BNC.
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| 1 | Write legibly on both sides of the paper . |
| 2 | On a clear day there are magnificent views from all along this road as well as from the summit , and you can look down on all sides of the island , even to Porto Santo . |
| 3 | Press the rice into the tin , cover it with foil and press down on all sides until it is compressed . |
| 4 | The whole mountain chain originated from this cleft as lava surged up and spilled down on both sides . |
| 5 | This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder . |
| 6 | And then my father would be standing on on top and throwing one of these er straw ropes up then he 'd let er an er end down on both sides . |
| 7 | The process was marked by negotiation and bargaining and in these circumstances the hierarchical central-local relationship broke down and constraints were imposed mutually on all sides ’ . |
| 8 | Given that two of the major components in the motor of the present technological progress are profit maximisation and the consolidation of power ( based on the notion of an ever-increasing rate of production and consumption ) it is not surprising that the contradictions manifest themselves so obviously on all sides . |
| 9 | When that happened , he could imagine the pines closing in on all sides , sealing the locomotive and the carriages in a green tomb ; invisible even from the air . |
| 10 | Turning on Mungo , Mr Cottle paused to blow his nose , a signal for the trees to edge in on all sides , shutting out the sky . |
| 11 | They were hemmed in on all sides by thick heavy stone , but still the wind managed to snake in through innumerable cracks and crannies . |
| 12 | Then it became darker , the trees denser , thicker , hemming them in on all sides as Thomas guided their horses along some secret path known only to him . |
| 13 | A minute later Sabrina swung the Renault into a narrow alleyway beside the house and emerged into a cobbled courtyard closed in on all sides by faded white walls , the paint peeling off in unsightly flakes to reveal greyish plaster underneath . |
| 14 | But within minutes , confirmation was coming in on all sides : from our headquarters in London , from the teleprinter flashes , from national newspaper reporters stunned like us and now eager to hear what we thought about it . |
| 15 | When , after five or six miles [ 8–10 km ] , his men reached another defile , between Loch Lochy and a steeply sloping mountain to the east , they found the Highlanders had arrived before them , and after a brisk action , in which he eventually found himself hemmed in on three sides , Scott , himself wounded , and with two men dead , accepted terms of surrender . |
| 16 | The main spar booms and other main structural members were sizable pieces of laminated wood , several inches square , and were generally boxed in on three sides by the plywood skin and shear webs . |
| 17 | The old man 's chair was placed in a dormer window that was glassed in on three sides . |
| 18 | Somewhere , affection had crept in on both sides . |
| 19 | Hedges closed in on both sides , brushing the side mirrors and sending up a cloud of small white moths into the bracken scented air . |
| 20 | Apparently you have a pint of bone marrow removed — two doctors working together on opposite sides of the pelvic girdle suck the marrow through thin steel tubes — you do n't feel a thing , it 's all done under general anaesthetic and you wake up in your bed feeling a little bruised . |
| 21 | Although it was dark where I was walking , the blackness stretching away on all sides , it was also , unexpectedly , ringed by lights . |
| 22 | The immediate surroundings are dramatic and spectacular in the extreme , with precipices falling away on all sides : it is exhilarating to be there , exciting , a little frightening yet one is aware of a rare privilege . |
| 23 | And Alex was accepting the hand-clasp — Cameron and Menzies were rising from the bench to shout a warning , a plea — the coach jerked under them , flinging them backwards , their heads banged on the panelling , they were pounding down the hill towards the crowd , Colberg 's voice yelling ‘ At them ! at them ! ’ , people reeling away on both sides , jumping onto the parapet , a woman screaming , a red wound slashed along her brow . |
| 24 | As I turned into the street I felt conspicuous , to say the least , in a red Porsche and wished I was driving a ten-year-old Japanese saloon like most of those rusting away on both sides of the road . |
| 25 | The vines spread away on both sides of her , and she could see people working among them , moving slowly along the ranks of greenery . |
| 26 | The war continued into the autumn but increasingly half-heartedly on both sides . |
| 27 | The nineteenth-century physiologist , physicist and psychologist , von Helmholtz , who contributed substantially to every discipline that he engaged in , described the process thus : It was always necessary , first of all , that I should have turned my problem over on all sides to such an extent that I had all its angles and complexities " in my head " and could run through them freely without writing … |
| 28 | The buildings of the city arced up incredibly steeply on all sides , covering the docks in shadow . |
| 29 | When a standard is double budded , these are usually on opposite sides , one an inch ( 2.5cm ) or so above the other . |
| 30 | If the patient can walk , but your steps have no handrails , you should try to have secure rails fitted , preferably on both sides of the steps . |