Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [adj] direction [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | They run in the opposite direction to the positive reactions , although there is a sense in which they too are fixations to the original trauma . |
| 3 | The antiprotons travel in the opposite direction to protons around the ring of magnetics that steer the particles on a circular path , so they pass many times through accelerating electric fields . |
| 4 | This may also , it is held , operate in the other direction between girl , father and mother . |
| 5 | Then turn to the opposite direction by stepping with the left foot about a shoulder 's width to the left , thus ending up in a left forward stance in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | Disquiet at the new direction of religious affairs soon surfaced in parliament , and over the next few years a growing number of MPs began to speak out against the Arminian threat . |
| 7 | The constellation has a distinctive shape , and there are lines of stars extending from Castor and Pollux in the general direction of Betelgeux . |