Example sentences of "is [prep] the opposite " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that our partner is of the opposite sex automatically means we must familiarise ourselves with the general information on the basic differences . |
| 2 | But a bride is of the opposite status . |
| 3 | The second wave occurs at puberty when the young person looks for a sexual partner , and if there has been minimum conflict during the phallic phase this is of the opposite sex . |
| 4 | The castle dominates the city and one of the best views of its imposing mass is from the opposite bank of the River Vltava in the Old Town ( Staré Město ) either by day , or floodlit by night . |
| 5 | ( The bank is in the opposite direction to the newspaper shop . ) |
| 6 | Yet paradoxically , the reaction expected from a reader is in the opposite direction . |
| 7 | Excitation of phase C produces another anticlockwise step , so for continuous anticlockwise rotation the excitation sequence is : A , B , C , A , B , C , A. Similarly clockwise rotation can be produced using the excitation sequence : A , C , B , A , C , B , A. It is interesting to find that , in the motor illustrated , the rotor movement is in the opposite direction to the stepped rotation of the stator magnetic field ! |
| 8 | In Reconstruction , published in 1933 , Harold Macmillan wrote , ' ’ Planning ’ is forced upon us … not for idealistic reasons but because the old mechanism which served us when markets were expanding naturally and spontaneously is no longer adequate when the tendency is in the opposite direction' . |
| 9 | So often the push is in the opposite direction to doing research which does n't involve one in long-term contact with the schools , and this of course is one of the reasons why this type of research is n't so often done , but I hope to do some more work in classrooms , yes . |
| 10 | So often the push is in the opposite direction , to doing research which does n't involve one in long-term contact with the schools and this , of course , is one of the reasons why this type of research is n't so often done , but I hope to do some more work in classrooms , yes . |
| 11 | The honeypot of Inveraray lures the car-based tourist past as the main road is on the opposite side of the canal . |
| 12 | So the rules for moving the point cams are , firstly , only move the point cam when the carriage is on the opposite side and secondly , if you break rule one while the N1 cam is outside the point cams , move one of the point cams so that the N1 cam lies between the point cams and then read the cam positions . |
| 13 | Conversely , if the Part button nearest the knitting is out , or the Empty control is on the opposite side to the knitting , or the side lever nearest the knitting is back , the next row will knit . |
| 14 | A second group is at the opposite extreme of breakage , with no mandibles intact , and this includes the mammalian carnivores , the little owl and most of the diurnal raptors not included in the main analysis ( not included because the damage is so great that hardly any recognizable bone is left in the pellets : see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 15 | Do two passes of the carriage to read the cams and then , when the carriage is at the opposite side to the point cam ( in this case on the right ) , move the left point cam back to its position on the right of the N1 cam . |
| 16 | After that , move the point cam to its correct position when the carriage is at the opposite side to the cam being moved . |
| 17 | This is at the opposite extreme from those occupations that are inherently invidious , those that place the individual directly under the command of another , as in the case of the doorman or the household servant , and those involving a vast range of tasks — street cleaning , garbage collection , janitorial services , elevator operation — that have an obtrusive connotation of social inferiority . |
| 18 | So it is at the opposite end of the scale — with the small sums lent by weekly credit collectors — that the personal interview in the home is the rule . |
| 19 | This kind of discourse is at the opposite pole from storytelling as defined by Benjamin . |
| 20 | As we have noted , this is at the opposite pole from the extreme classical view that wage-earners save little , and that the primary source of accumulation is saving out of profits . |
| 21 | Granting a Sunderland council application for him to be sent to the unit , the magistrates at the Family Court hearing in the city said : ‘ It is unfortunate … the nearest placement is at the opposite end of the country . ’ |
| 22 | Granting a Sunderland council application for him to be sent to the unit , the magistrates at the Family Court hearing in the city said : ‘ It is unfortunate … the nearest placement is at the opposite end of the country . ’ |