Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | After asking for help from passers-by , they were eventually pointed in the right direction . |
| 2 | Pip 's relationship with Magwitch somewhat develops in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | I am referring , of course , to the fact that birds ' knees apparently bend in the opposite direction to ours — they appear to lift their legs backwards in contrast to our forward movement ( Figure 5 ) . |
| 4 | The ruler does n't only work in the horizontal direction . |
| 5 | You can only go in the future direction in time , but you can go at a bit of an angle to it . |
| 6 | It was at this moment , as Franca recalled it afterwards , that the balance suddenly tilted in the other direction , and what had seemed sensible and inevitable suddenly began to seem trivial and irrelevant , and what had seemed impossible became not only possible but essential . |
| 7 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 8 | Their development as a popular force largely depends on the musical direction they follow . |
| 9 | The world , however , was not moving in the desired direction and the Left often annoyed Labour leaders by pointing this out in public . |
| 10 | At any moment she will turn round and check that her friend is not coming from the opposite direction . |
| 11 | Today 's newcomers are as likely as not to arrive from the opposite direction : businessmen seeking to escape the pollution , water shortages , high taxes and labour costs of southern California . |
| 12 | Hermione Lee pinpoints what I feel about this novel — that although its subject is depression and waiting for death , it does not feel gloomy because of its own formal delight , its interest in language , including the contrasted languages of the sophisticated ‘ writer ’ , the Professor , a historian of the European exploration of America , and Tom Outland , the indigenous traveller , discovering the primeval inhabitants , but teaching himself to read Virgil , and thus exploring in the other direction . |
| 13 | Is this not working in the opposite direction to treatment by similars and driving the imbalances , the illnesses , deeper into the system ? |
| 14 | The illuminated sail was reversible , so that it always sailed in the right direction to ensure authenticity . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from industrialists urging the Government directly to intervene in the strategic direction and management of companies . |
| 17 | There will be no point in the proceedings at which the gifts which have moved in one direction are directly returned in the reverse direction . |
| 18 | To find enough opponents of the left who were not too far committed in the other direction proved more difficult than we had imagined . |
| 19 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |
| 20 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 21 | The very fact that we are considering aspects of animal welfare suggests that we are now heading in the right direction . |
| 22 | If the pilot then rolls out of the turn to fly straight and level he may feel that he is now turning in the opposite direction , and compensatory eye movements which involuntarily accompany such a feeling may blur vision and make attitude checking difficult , with possible disorientation and loss of aircraft control . |
| 23 | This country has so far gone in the opposite direction . |
| 24 | The CAP , the largest component of the EC 's budget , by providing assistance on the basis of output and type of product , was not regionally directed and often worked in the opposite direction to regional policy . |
| 25 | As with Man City though , Deane 's flick-on 's often went in the wrong direction but he had the beating of Potts nearly all the time . |
| 26 | For the mass of the population , indeed , the shift of interest arguably went in the other direction . |
| 27 | I was learning very fast to walk in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | Water well , then carefully remove the container and gently tease out the outer roots , so they do n't develop in the wrong direction . |
| 29 | Seven months on , how I wish I could say that the Escort/Orion range is at least going in the right direction . |
| 30 | While these figures are still terrible , they are at least heading in the right direction . |