Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | The so-called basal cells of the two-celled spore point toward the tiny opening of the perithecium , the ostiole , and newly-formed asci in the lower part of the perithecium push the maturing ascospores towards the ostiole . |
| 2 | In the early stages both Pat Eddery on Dancing Brave and Gary Moore on Bering held up their mounts towards the rear , but had improved to the middle of the pack as the field made the downhill run towards the straight . |
| 3 | Positive education , channelling the sexual instinct towards socially approved goals , needed to counter older , negative moralisms . |
| 4 | Repeat the process on an adjacent area , drawing the full brush towards the previously coated area . |
| 5 | I began to see the subtle pressures towards our Western ideals creeping into Eastern Europe even in music and fashion . |
| 6 | Kinnock has made great changes and one admires the way he has manipulated the Labour Party towards reality . |
| 7 | The former also help to emphasise the main path towards the house and the view from the bay window to the statue at the end of the walk . |
| 8 | Peter needs to understand this and then , if given adequate help and support , will feel that he can make the major contribution towards restoring his own health ( see also Chapter 3 ) . |
| 9 | The third turning starts in the resulting gap in mid-field and turns the whole field towards the centre , and so on . |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics . |
| 11 | We hope it 's for the best , ’ said Mr Gennady Gerasimov , the chief spokesman , in pithy words which encapsulate the bold leap towards the Common European Home that Mr Egon Krenz , with Moscow 's backing , has made . |
| 12 | On other screens , the big Dalek Killer was drawing fire , hurling the damaged hoverspeeder towards the centre of the Landfall complex through a lattice of laser beams , attracting attention away from the Agent from External Operations , who had broken into a shuttle hangar . |
| 13 | Goldberg , pushing aside pad and pen , drew the little typewriter towards him and began to type again . |
| 14 | For Cantal and Powys the data presented in Table 12 , and compiled from UK and French Agriculture Ministry information , closely mirrors the marked trend towards a greater number of larger farms in the UK than in France . |
| 15 | Reducing the level of demand and increasing the elasticity of demand for a bureau 's services will direct the budget-maximizing incentive towards finding the most efficient production process . |
| 16 | She cast a quick look towards the bar ; praying that Rune would soon return and save her from his mischievous lover . |
| 17 | India , Myanma 's other large neighbour , maintained a critical attitude towards the SLORC . |
| 18 | Nevertheless he maintained a friendly attitude towards me and after my initial difficulty made himself available whenever he was needed . |
| 19 | While one school of economists , broadly on the Left , see a way forward toward economic stability and growth in employment through protection against imports , doubts are increasingly raised about how such measures can counter a developing trend towards lower job opportunities . |
| 20 | Rather than adopting a defensive posture towards the supranational integration that he saw gaining ground , he tried to seize the initiative by developing European cooperation in directions acceptable to France and his nationalist views of French interests . |
| 21 | Repealers were particularly intolerant of unreformed and unrepentant women , adopting a punitive attitude towards them and explaining their resistance as a product of the demoralizing effects of forced medical inspection . |
| 22 | By 1833 they had persuaded the government to provide a small grant towards this work . |
| 23 | The success of American Football in Britain illustrates a growing antipathy towards our national games for failing to change with the times . |
| 24 | Beside the ocean , then climbing a narrow road towards woods — the clown and the Man with the Big Bow Tie were out for a drive . |
| 25 | The White Paper , Better Schools ( 1985 ) , indicated that one of the government 's major policy commitments was ‘ to secure greater clarity about the objectives and content of the curriculum ’ , that being considered a necessary step towards the improvement of standards achieved by pupils . |
| 26 | The Greek economy , despite a five-year transition period , could not compete equally with the EC and soon faced a massive trade deficit , and the Socialist government in Athens pursued a negative policy towards the EC for several years . |
| 27 | And the other one , I wonder if the Council would consider , over sixties club , I ought to declare an interest I suppose , erm have two hundred members and they are distributing this Christmas , as they al always do , a three pound voucher to each of those members in office you know and I just wondered whether the Council would consider a small contribution towards that expenditure . |
| 28 | Because the British planning system reinforces a natural tendency towards ‘ lumpy ’ growth , individual places tend to grow rapidly for a relatively short time and then consolidate more gradually , with the result that a place takes on a particular profile which then becomes relatively ‘ fossilized ’ . |
| 29 | He has no financial obligation towards you , unless you go to a lot of trouble to prove otherwise , and that could take years . |
| 30 | Like Tanya , he has no bad feelings towards his employers and says his redundancy was handled well . |