Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those with a knowledge of simple trigonometry will recognise that oscillation in any other direction perpendicular to z , say in the direction x , could be made up from a component proportional to cos u in the direction x and a component proportional to sin u in the direction y . |
| 2 | The irregular appearance of this material does not necessarily mean that it is amorphous , as lattice images depend on the direction of the electron beam . |
| 3 | SYCORAX SITS HUNCHED under the earth , her head fallen sideways , face up , on to her knees which her hands clasp ; her mouth — what is left of her mouth — gapes open in the direction of the ground above . |
| 4 | He could fly around , measuring the pheromonal concentrations , and then orient in the direction where the concentration increased ; or he could simply turn upwind . |
| 5 | You 'll find the little diagram showing you where the pulmonary vein and the pulmonary artery are on page eleven , page eleven if you want to refer to it right , if you want to look at it in a closer detail tonight that 's fine and if you want to see what I 'm saying now in a diagrammatic form look on page thirteen now if you look at that you 'll see some , the blue vein blood vessels it 's coming out of the right hand side of the heart and if you look at the direction of the arrows , okay , they 're going away from the heart , do you agree with me ? |
| 6 | The girls disappear in the direction of the junk modelling box . |
| 7 | Not all their reactions by any means are negative ; you can capitalize ( in your efforts to foster understanding and friendship ) on any steps they make in the direction of greater independence and on any interest ( or overtures of affection ) shown towards the infant sibling . |
| 8 | The ascent is usually started at the farm of Ribigill , south of the village of Tongue , whence shepherds ' tracks continue in the direction of the climb . |
| 9 | ( ‘ If the Subject appears to have been lost by accident continue in the direction the Subject was proceeding . ’ ) |
| 10 | They participate in large numbers in the political arena — they always have — but they do not define their own demands or decide on the direction of movement . |
| 11 | Such units , consisting of a few closely related families , contain between a dozen and sixty individuals who live together and cultivate under the direction of their elder , whose chief responsibility is the allocation and control of arable land . |
| 12 | Two other matters weigh in the direction of a public inquiry . |
| 13 | The second erm is is and perhaps is related in a way er in the air to air weapons where erm in older missiles have had what is known as sort of bore sight capability where they go in the direction of the aircraft . |
| 14 | The overarticulate ‘ Superfetation ’ and the physically direct ‘ hairy bellies ’ both point in the direction of sex . |
| 15 | It is obviously too painful to talk about it — especially when fingers point in the direction of City Hall . |
| 16 | From here onwards , all streams drain in the direction of the marching fee : eastwards to the ultimate destination which induces a feeling of optimism that from now on all will be downhill and easy — sadly , a delusion . |
| 17 | The development of such trading centres is only relevant here in as far as they point to the direction in which economy was evolving in the sixth and seventh centuries . |
| 18 | Second , it demands that we think about the direction of time . |
| 19 | At Woodhole , the Earth 's magnetism pulls downwards and during the bacteria 's short life of an hour or so , they move in the direction of this force . |
| 20 | Over the next few weeks , contenders for the leadership will , no doubt , nod in the direction of ‘ the grassroots ’ . |
| 21 | He 's the only man I 've met who does n't fall obsequiously to his knees and bow in the direction of Maranello when the name of Enzo Ferrari is mentioned . |
| 22 | As a moral imperative , far from being incommensurable with his previous considerations , it merely adds others similar in kind ; he now has to see things from his parents ' viewpoint as well as his own , consider their health and resources , ask himself how much they have done to arouse his gratitude or his rancour , whether his staying would really do them any good , whether he can get on with them without quarrelling , and add all this to the information which he must assimilate before he lets the needle of his internal compass finally settle in the direction of Bali or of home . |
| 23 | Slide in the direction of the kick and you will add body momentum to an already powerful technique . |
| 24 | They all shrink in the direction of the diameter of the circle — the vertical direction if you 're standing on the Earth . |
| 25 | Its administration is carried out by a staff of several hundred who work under the direction of the general council . |
| 26 | At the appropriate times of the year , caged migrant birds regularly hop in the direction relative to the sun in which they would normally migrate . |