Example sentences of "point in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover the provisions of section 2(1) ( a ) also seem to point in the same direction . |
| 2 | Outside , a weather vane had been built in the lee of the vicarage next door , hardly an ideal position ; especially , when I discovered that its arrow pointer had been fixed to point in the direction of the ruined castle Blanchefort in the nearby mountains . |
| 3 | If you are going somewhere then you have to know where you are going in order to point in the right direction . |
| 4 | Whatever the newsheet was telling them they all seemed excited about it ; there was waving of arms and pointing in the direction of Caen . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Creeds are only notices pointing in the direction in which deep down feelings and beliefs are taking us . |
| 7 | Ensure that you have a secure base by standing with your feet comfortably apart and with your ‘ leading foot ’ pointing in the direction of the movement you need to make . |
| 8 | Each layer or sheet , of which there may be 50 or 100 altogether , contains fibres of the protein collagen all pointing in the same direction within the plane of the layer , so that each sheet has a readily ( if you have an electron microscope ) discernible direction or polarity associated with it . |
| 9 | Apparently , one out of every 16 signposts at crossroads in the region are pointing in the wrong direction . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Now remember that a helicopter , unlike a conventional aircraft , does not necessarily have to be pointing in the direction that it is moving and that the pilot must tell the tail where to go at all times . |
| 13 | This effect is best corrected by observing the exhaust smoke and trimming the model so that the tail boom is pointing in the same direction that the smoke is being blown . |
| 14 | What will be necessary , however , is to use the tail rotor in the direction of the turn to keep the fuselage pointing in the direction of travel . |
| 15 | The tail will ‘ weathercock ’ and keep the nose pointing in the direction that the model is travelling . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Firstly pivot the catapult on the spot so that it is pointing in the direction you wish to shoot . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | First pivot the mortar so that it is pointing in the direction you wish to fire . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The error response in the Gloucester-Holyhead question is of interest because it is the top band pupils who are most likely to treat the obliquely placed town names as arrows pointing in the directions of the required figures . |
| 22 | He wants everyone pointing in the same direction , and that means a common culture and a common status . |
| 23 | Let us first take a static one-dimensional magnetic vector field pointing in the z direction and varying sinusoidally in the y direction as |
| 24 | The car 's pointing in the right direction . ’ |
| 25 | She was on tiptoe , pointing in the direction of the coast . |
| 26 | We have , then , student wittingness and intellectual maturity both pointing in the same direction . |
| 27 | Keep your right elbow pointing in the direction of your right hip as shown . |
| 28 | ‘ You do know , of course , that you 're pointing in the wrong direction , ’ Gabriel stated . |
| 29 | ‘ So many separate bits of evidence all pointing in the same direction . |
| 30 | With the Sim-Fix it is unnecessary to punch extra fixing points in the slate and the strap is quickly and easily nailed to the batten with three optional fixing points , making it possible to use it with any size of slate . |