Example sentences of "lie [prep] the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where they do not coincide the coastal orientation usually lies between the two directions , being nearer to the one which is dominant . |
| 2 | It 's lying in the same direction as it was flying when it came down — north-east to south-west . |
| 3 | The village lay in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | Although the author pays lip-service to the idea of climbing as a form of meditation and the reward lying in the process rather than the achievement , the main thrust seems to lie in the opposite direction , in the acquisition of things . |
| 5 | Or the weave may lie in the same direction , but each row has ‘ slipped ’ half a row to one side . |
| 6 | The two objectives do not necessarily lie in the same direction . |