Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one bad moment , when he met a car going in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | a method of folding in which each fold opens in the opposite direction to its neighbour , giving a concertina or pleated effect . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One answer sometimes given is that they are not , because a driver who overtakes on a bend , knowingly taking the risk that there is a car travelling in the opposite direction , should not be labelled a murderer if a collision and death happen to ensue . |
| 5 | John Wilkinson , a passenger in a car travelling in the opposite direction , said he saw Mr Still lose control of the vehicle and swerve before mounting the verge and hitting the tree . |
| 6 | The woman who died was driving this pick-up truck when it hit an ambulance travelling in the opposite direction along the A417 , half a mile out of Cirencester . |
| 7 | A strong wind blowing in the right direction can put a metre on a high tide in exceptional circumstances , and the wind can also prevent the tide from receding as much as it should . |
| 8 | For no apparent reason he had collided with a car coming in the opposite direction , killing the other driver instantly . |
| 9 | Andy overtook a container lorry , the kind of thing that should never have been on that road , and hit a Volvo estate car coming in the opposite direction . |
| 10 | Her glance skittered in the opposite direction towards the exit . |
| 11 | This paper is a deliberate attempt to move in the opposite direction — to explore the ability of subjects to tackle rather complex decision-problems . |
| 12 | In mammals the blood flows in the opposite direction to the Now of air . |
| 13 | Confusion reigns for the future direction of the industry in the absence of clear guidelines and leadership . |
| 14 | On the beach a speck moved in the same direction as they did . |
| 15 | However , in this case , it would not be necessary to determine that all the quanta came from the same direction : it would be enough to observe that they all arrived within a very short time interval to be reasonably confident that they were coming from the same burst . |
| 16 | Immediately after take-off we passed San Sebastián on the north side of the coastline , making sure that another G-registered aeroplane heading in the opposite direction was south of it before being handed on to Bilbao . |
| 17 | to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area , or |
| 18 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area ’ This phrase means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass ahead of a slower moving motor vehicle travelling in the same direction . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Just at the point where we were walking , the car suddenly mounted the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction . |
| 21 | A police officer who was at the scene of the crash said , ‘ Mrs Gallagher was travelling on her own side when struck by a vehicle coming from the opposite direction on her side of the road . ’ |
| 22 | In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time , such as a week . |
| 23 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area ’ This phrase means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass ahead of a slower moving motor vehicle travelling in the same direction . |
| 24 | The village lay in the opposite direction . |
| 25 | Five years under Deng Xiaoping appears to have started the mighty machine rolling in the right direction again but , in energy terms there are a number of problems to be overcome which are mainly to do with lack of adequate capital investment and resources management . |
| 26 | Under LFM key areas of decision-making remained under the ultimate direction of the LEA not least the curriculum , staffing establishments and conditions of service and pay discretions . |
| 27 | Moreover , about eight per cent of those who changed their minds with additional disclosure changed in the Wrong' direction : they made a blind or confused choice rather than a rational decision . |
| 28 | The arrow pointed in the right direction , but ten feet past it , without the compass , which way was north ? |
| 29 | Millet nodded towards the general direction of the garden . |
| 30 | Maybe we 'll come across a friendly native with a forked stick going in the right direction and I 'll give him the big-screen smile and hand it over . |