Example sentences of "[verb] in the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came on , walking in the same direction as Rachaela , the dilute snow sparkling in his hat like sequins . |
| 2 | Instinctively I turned away , and then I realized I was walking in the opposite direction , then running , almost tripping over my own two flat feet . |
| 3 | To find enough opponents of the left who were not too far committed in the other direction proved more difficult than we had imagined . |
| 4 | ‘ The crystals always grow in the same direction and then they are shaped , ’ they say . |
| 5 | It would be decidedly odd if in Britain any small party were to persist in advocating a system practically certain to work in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | However , it is less appreciated that in many cases the causality also appears to work in the opposite direction ; that is , the nature of the British housing system tends to form and perpetuate major demographic differentials in terms of fertility , nuptiality and marital breakdown , and mortality . |
| 7 | She knew from the frequent worried glances the other woman sent in her direction that Candy had seen through the act , but she 'd managed with some effort to avoid her , always finding some pretext to disappear in the opposite direction whenever Candy appeared on the horizon . |
| 8 | In other respects American firms brought American techniques to bear in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | For in one follow-up meeting after another , in Belgrade and Madrid and finally Vienna , the human rights standards laid down at Helsinki were refined and tightened , while Romanian internal policies either stood still or moved in the other direction , that is to say downhill . |
| 10 | In Vl the cells would only respond to the double grating if one of the two moved in the preferred direction of the cell as tested with simple stimuli . |
| 11 | A man moved in front of the silver trucks , moved in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | An electron beam ( together with some negative ions ) is emitted in the opposite direction , attracted towards the collimating anode and passing through its central hole . |
| 13 | Pip 's relationship with Magwitch somewhat develops in the opposite direction . |
| 14 | And then the telephone rang on the little table beside them , and as Miguel rolled away to reach for it Shelley hastily rolled in the opposite direction , and sat on the edge of the bed with her back to him , smoothing back her hair and getting her breath back . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , thanks , ’ Polly said over her shoulder , mentally crossing her fingers as she headed in the opposite direction towards her own cabin in the bow . |
| 16 | She had expected him to lead her around the side of the house towards the gravelled front courtyard ; instead he headed in the opposite direction , down through the wide grass path into the garden itself . |
| 17 | As he turned towards the smokers ' seats , Loretta stopped and headed in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential . |
| 19 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |
| 20 | Instinctively he had turned in the opposite direction from the Eldorado block . |
| 21 | The design depends on the particular stitch on the left or right of the pattern being transferred in the intended direction . |
| 22 | In the first nine regions , including the social variables would have resulted in a change of target allocations which opposed the effect of reducing the weighting of standardised mortality ratio — that is , they act in the same direction as standardised mortality ratio . |
| 23 | She seems to thrive on heretical statements and swimming against the tide : ‘ I look at what the cosmetic trade is doing and walk in the opposite direction , ’ she declares with the kind of outspoken defiance that has made her a retailing legend in the decade it took her to turn The Body Shop into a worldwide phenomenon . |
| 24 | The illuminated sail was reversible , so that it always sailed in the right direction to ensure authenticity . |
| 25 | There was no reason for him to do so because the claims that he wished to make were quite simple ( they did not involve complex interactions of different speaker variables ) , and because in his analysis the same patterns were repeated for every variable studied , tending in the same direction in every case in terms of both class and style ( several classes and several styles ) . |
| 26 | The numerical details of the results may not be generally applicable , since the flow was still developing in the downstream direction at the observing station ( and the Reynolds number may not have been high enough for Ri to be the only parameter ) ; but the results should indicate well the general trends . |
| 27 | You recall that we could not have the needles always selected in the same direction or we would end up with biased fabric ? |
| 28 | If one passes a string round a post and pulls on both ends there will be a force on the post in the direction of the pull which is reacted by the post pushing in the opposite direction . |
| 29 | The OR Staff are quite rightly intent on seeking battle-winning performance ; the scientists and technologists enjoy and rise to the challenge ; and so both the principal groups of participants in equipment development are pushing in the same direction without an effective countervailing force . |
| 30 | Moreover , on some occasions ( and the present scenario could well be one ) the economic and social pressures may be pushing in the same direction as educational forces . |