Example sentences of "meet [prep] the middle " in BNC.
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1 | Often , the best way to prove a mathematical theorem is to start at both ends , and try to meet in the middle . |
2 | Top ( needle ) thread and bottom ( bobbin ) threads have to meet in the middle of the materials being sewn . |
3 | They 're asking too much of one another and just are n't managing to meet in the middle . |
4 | The curtains failed to meet in the middle , revealing a section of the room beyond : a high , narrow bed flanked by a massive wardrobe in dark , stained oak ; a large crucifix with an unusually lifelike Christ hanging on the wall . |
5 | Met in the middle . |
6 | The hay is laid across the poles ( which are supported on the trestles ) and lower wire triangle , leaving a small air space where the hay meets in the middle of the tripod . |
7 | There is , however , a second sense in which the idea of tackling a problem from both ends , and meeting in the middle , is relevant to the brain . |
8 | A ring of blocks lit on the slant would similarly foam upwards and inwards , finally meeting in the middle to complete a rigid conical roof . |
9 | A simple exercise can demonstrate this excess tension in the neck muscles : sit in a chair and place either hand on the back of the neck so that the two middle fingers just meet in the middle of the neck at the base of the skull . |
10 | The catholic meet in the middle of the night I think do n't they . |
11 | Us two we pull in totally different directions but we meet in the middle . |
12 | Us two we pull in totally different directions but we meet in the middle . |
13 | What are they called where they meet in the middle ? |
14 | Everyone laughed , but for the ashen-faced small man in the shadows , in his ragged , striped jersey and his cheap trainers with his mop of black hair and his patchy moustache which would never meet in the middle . |
15 | Taylor announced that he would hold elections for a national assembly on Oct. 10 , after which the assembly would meet in the middle of the month . |