Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a [adj] [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , we see among contributors and books reviewed a gradual move towards some writers whom Eliot later would explicitly acknowledge as influential in the development of his own social thought — men such as Christopher Dawson and V. A. Demant . |
| 2 | Good selection procedures and thorough briefing sessions go a long way towards making an overseas assignment a success . |
| 3 | The Icelanders have a fine attitude towards their country . |
| 4 | Certainly the judges adopted a paternalistic attitude towards the victim , a 17-year-old girl . |
| 5 | The contradictions between corporate goal-achieving behaviour and each of these environmental uncertainties creates a strong strain towards innovative behaviour which can stretch over the spectrum law abiding — law avoiding — law evading — law breaking . |
| 6 | These religious tensions go a long way towards explaining why the party divide cut so deep into society : political strife during the first age of party did not just affect the political elite at the centre and a minority of the more affluent and better-educated classes in the localities , but all sorts of people , including those of fairly humble backgrounds , women as well as men , were caught up in the party divide . |
| 7 | To it the entrelacements contribute a recognisable attitude towards reality . |
| 8 | Because of their heavy running costs , the big companies have a built-in disposition towards the type of popular music which is capable of the widest-possible appeal . |
| 9 | The membership of such groups showed a marked bias towards individuals of petit bourgeois or middle-class background who had obsessions of varying intensity about the Jews . |
| 10 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
| 11 | Most Christians had a strong reserve towards that polytheism that pervaded society , which is not to say that there were not quiet compromisers , like the Christians of southern Spain early in the fourth century who held official cultic positions in the worship of Jupiter , or the bishop of Troy who could painlessly apostatize under Julian because he had never ceased to pray to the sun-god . |
| 12 | A new survey recently published by the CIOB found that three quarters of the members surveyed believed that the banks have a negative policy towards the construction industry . |
| 13 | These ill judged proposals present a dangerous step towards a politicised national police force . |
| 14 | It seems to me that this difference in the structure of the schedules goes a long way towards explaining in industrial terms the relative stasis of British television subgenres like sitcom , crime series and soap opera , and the drive towards innovation found in the corresponding genres on US television . |
| 15 | Our own surveys confirm a strong switch towards optimism between our Mid-Term Wave in 1986 and our Pre-Campaign Wave in March 1987 , but over the relatively short period from our Pre-Campaign Wave to the end of the campaign overall trends in economic perceptions were small . |
| 16 | ‘ Your own stories go a long way towards doing that . ’ |
| 17 | All these are policed by Gloucestershire 's royal protection squad — and the county 's tax payers contrubute a million pounds towards the bill , which comes out of the police budget . |
| 18 | In conclusion , the segregation of colonised from non-colonised patients generates a fearful attitude towards those already colonised and encourages fear of acquisition in others . |
| 19 | Those local authorities that are investing in the necessary shredders and mechanical mixers are finding that the savings of landfill charges go a long way towards paying for the environmental gain . |
| 20 | Even if these developments start a serious move towards using CD-ROM , it may be several years before multimedia CD-ROM can gain any kind of foothold . |
| 21 | In general Solihull secondary teachers have a neutral attitude towards professional development in connection with SSE . |
| 22 | AMERICANS have a weird attitude towards Ireland , which you see in Hear My Song . |
| 23 | Mud covered players trooped off the field while the spectators made a concerted rush towards kiosks at the back of the ground to secure hot bovril and lukewarm pies . |
| 24 | helps establish a favourable attitude towards the employer |
| 25 | Television , film and video have the capacity to command attention and often pupils have a positive attitude towards television or video . |
| 26 | Yesterday 's results represent a great advance towards physicists ' ultimate goal , a Theory of Everything , or TOE , which would explain the innermost workings of the universe — and put particle physicists out of a job . |
| 27 | Does he agree that not only do those excellent schemes make a positive contribution towards crime prevention , but they build bridges between the police and the community ? |
| 28 | Hence smokers feel a great loyalty towards the practice of smoking and towards each other . |
| 29 | In the case of restrictive practices the new proposals represent a major shift towards a European type approach . |
| 30 | For days after the killing , Cpl Edward 's closest colleagues felt a strong resentment towards the locals as they came to terms with losing a popular member of the platoon . |