Example sentences of "point in the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are going somewhere then you have to know where you are going in order to point in the right direction . |
| 2 | Keep the rig as upright as possible An upright rig presents more sail area to the wind and keeps the driving force pointing in the right direction — horizontally forwards . |
| 3 | Generally , then , the basic objective is to build up a strong framework or system of main stems , and to develop lateral side shoots which are pruned back each spring to 3 or 4 inches ( 7.5 or 10cm ) , with a terminal bud pointing in the right direction to fill spaces and gaps . |
| 4 | The car 's pointing in the right direction . ’ |
| 5 | Twenty five signs inscribed ‘ To the Trams ’ and bearing an arrow pointing in the appropriate direction , were fixed to lamp standards in streets adjoining those served by the trams . |
| 6 | This was a book of fables , most of them pointing in the inevitable direction ; the title story told , with some charm , of a little boy who saw from a hillside while out walking a house whose windows were all of gold . |
| 7 | When the front wheels were no longer capable of pointing in the desired direction of travel , it would launch into a gentle semi-spin if you did not act to salvage the situation . |
| 8 | Apparently , one out of every 16 signposts at crossroads in the region are pointing in the wrong direction . |
| 9 | Apart from uncovering hundreds of signs pointing in the wrong direction , the survey of eight counties in South West England also discovered that , to bring about consistency , an average of seven changes to place names were needed on every road intersection That is roughly equivalent to two changes on every standard rural signpost , such as the one shown in the photo graph ( left ) . |
| 10 | ‘ You do know , of course , that you 're pointing in the wrong direction , ’ Gabriel stated . |
| 11 | Obviously many things might muddy the correlation between social structure and prohibited partners , but one piece of existing evidence points in the right direction . |
| 12 | The introduction of a local income tax therefore requires a major reform to income tax and one that points in the opposite direction to the recent individualisation of tax — with separate assessment for husbands and wives . |
| 13 | The question remains as to whether British policy-makers can fairly argue that by fighting ‘ from within ’ , although they may not have entirely succeeded in limiting the battleground to issues of trade and markets , they have nevertheless ensured that the economic policy itself has pointed in the right direction . |
| 14 | After asking for help from passers-by , they were eventually pointed in the right direction . |
| 15 | It may carry fittings for stand-offs , in which case the cross-spar must be rotated so that the fittings point In the correct direction , then the spar can be inserted into the vinyls . |
| 16 | The facts point in the other direction . |
| 17 | It would either stay constant , in which case there would be no well-defined thermodynamic arrow of time , or it would decrease , in which case the thermodynamic arrow of time would point in the opposite direction to the cosmological arrow . |
| 18 | If there was six foot four of muscle , tensed and angry in the last minutes of its life , and your only protection was some lunatic hoodlum standing to one side with a loaded pistol pointed in the general direction of the fray , would you leap in there ? |
| 19 | The arrow pointed in the right direction , but ten feet past it , without the compass , which way was north ? |
| 20 | Tip is a firm believer in fate , and in 1961 the finger pointed in the right direction for him . |
| 21 | She rubbed her eyes with one hand and pointed in the vague direction of the bathroom with the other . |
| 22 | The taller of the two took his weight off his rake and pointed in the other direction . |
| 23 | Most of our problems were due to weather and poorly functioning equipment : an extended-range Loran that never worked , an ADF that pointed in the wrong direction and a kaput old-fashioned venturi altitude indicator . |