Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [det] direction " in BNC.

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1 You must row in the same direction .
2 The prevalent and dominant winds may blow from the same direction or they may blow from almost opposite directions .
3 As we have seen , NAB itself may well move in the latter direction , and possibly the former also .
4 The same ideas apply in digraphs , except that all the edges must point in the same direction .
5 If one assumes the no boundary condition for the universe , we shall see that there must be well-defined thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time , but they will not point in the same direction for the whole history of the universe .
6 However , I shall argue that it is only when they do point in the same direction that conditions are suitable for the development of intelligent beings who can ask the question : why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands ?
7 I have shown that the psychological arrow is essentially the same as the thermodynamic arrow , so that the two would always point in the same direction .
8 Their efforts must all pull in the same direction , without friction , without unnecessary duplication of effort ’ .
9 Bats do not fly in the same direction for long .
10 Are there other pushing agencies available , and if so will they push in the same direction ?
11 Or the weave may lie in the same direction , but each row has ‘ slipped ’ half a row to one side .
12 The two objectives do not necessarily lie in the same direction .
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