Example sentences of "[verb] they [prep] the right direction " in BNC.

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1 The letter expressed the CPSU 's ‘ deep anxiety for the fate of socialism in Poland ’ , regretted that the necessary measures had not been taken against domestic anti-Soviet and anti-socialist forces , and called upon the Polish party to ‘ reverse the course of events and channel them in the right direction ’ .
2 Travelling to polling stations is expensive in a country where many people earn only £100 a year , so wealthy well-organised candidates bus voters to the booths and traditionally nudge them in the right direction with sample ballot sheets with the appropriate names ticked .
3 It was difficult to remember the route , but Lowell 's van in the bottom field signposted them in the right direction .
4 Then it was up to us and the dogs to stalk a heed and chase them in the right direction .
5 Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction .
6 ‘ We are trying to educate young people and point them in the right direction and I do n't think we are fulfilling our duty very well when we have a rule like this . ’
7 Now they could do you a boatload right off the shelf , nothing down and nothing to pay if you shoot 'em in the right direction . ’
8 This three-track tape was recorded under the auspices of the GDR Studios in Darlington who seem to have rounded up the Divers and pointed them in the right direction .
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