Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | In peacetime the town must have been a sleepy and slow-moving place , but at the start of 1945 it fairly hummed with activity , being surrounded in all directions by RAF and American Air Force stations . |
| 2 | You know that 's all right he may , might , alright there may of been a soldier there , but they 've just come from that direction |
| 3 | It is satisfying when a Minister is attacked from opposite directions — by both one 's own right hon. and hon. Friends and Opposition Members . |
| 4 | The result is that older people can be attacked from either direction regardless of what they decide to do . |
| 5 | We have , we are also paying for the very very high price for that er and so it at where we look at , the money we are proposing to spend er in the future that we are grouped in that direction and that 's the , that 's the er budget today . |
| 6 | Easton also produce ECS tube , an all-carbon shaft with the fibres spirally wound in opposite directions . |
| 7 | Like many others I have protested in all directions against water-privatization . |
| 8 | Ovulation is interrupted when weight loss or gain is exaggerated in either direction , and dietary advice is rarely the answer for long-term eating disorders . |
| 9 | Both churches were built in the early twelfth century and can be approached from two directions . |
| 10 | From most points of the compass Pike o'Blisco has a fine pyramidal shape and can be approached from various directions , the easiest of which is from the Three Shire Stone on Wrynose Pass . |
| 11 | On the outbreak of war the original components of the Peace Alliance and the Unity Campaign scattered in different directions . |
| 12 | In his book On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton of 1846 Owen postulated a basic vertebrate pattern or archetype that the Creator had modified in different directions to create the various species . |
| 13 | The topography and drainage patterns suggest certain routes by which invaders have penetrated from all directions into the Balkan heartland . |
| 14 | Neither moneychangers , nor bystanders , nor Jesus 's own followers are likely to have stood idle , or engaged in theological debate , while loose coins rolled in all directions . |
| 15 | Thus little transformation is to be expected from that direction . |
| 16 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 17 | Conservative governments were predisposed in that direction . |
| 18 | Behind the indecision lay a youth torn in one direction by the family business , not least perhaps his father 's shadow hanging over him ; and the preferences of his mind and ever prolific imagination in the other . |
| 19 | The initial research is pursued in two directions . |
| 20 | They could be clarified by statutory directions as to how assessments are to take place on discharge from hospital and the SSD 's obligations in relation to section 47 of the NHS and Community Care Act . |
| 21 | Fear , worry , anxiety and stressful tension absorb precious energy which would be more usefully channelled into constructive directions . |
| 22 | The left shoulder is a little forward , and the long , narrow strip of hair down the back , the helmet-crest following it , shows that the head was slightly turned in that direction . |
| 23 | He stands with his weight on the right foot , his face lightly turned in that direction . |
| 24 | All heads turned in one direction , peering upwards to find its source . |
| 25 | His appetite for all the other necessities of life had increased and she suspected his carnal instincts were merely turned in another direction . |
| 26 | It was a relief to have those dark eyes turned in another direction . |
| 27 | As the analyst is gathering these entities , the relationships between the entities can also be determined and named — sometimes they will be named in both directions . |
| 28 | As to the poetry , sir , I do not think there is much done in that direction though paper aplenty is screwed up and thrown on the floor . |
| 29 | The arrival of Liza and then Celia had not helped , but it was clearly time something was done in that direction . |
| 30 | we want it done in both directions , there 's no way you can do it on the main line |