Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] directly [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of key portfolios were placed directly under the President 's supervision in the form of Ministries-delegate . |
| 2 | Other fruits and leaves were painted directly onto the glass . |
| 3 | Being anchor man , the one at the back of the rope , and because we were walking directly into the sun , I delighted in the shadows of those in front . |
| 4 | It seems that the slimes and waste gravel from the mill were discharged directly into the beck which obligingly carried the man made detritus downstream and depositing them in the less boisterous places causing silting and then , during heavy rain , flooding . |
| 5 | Extracts of 500 mg/ml of the flours of maize , rice , millet , and sorghum were applied directly to the nitrocellulose sheets irrespective of prolamin content . |
| 6 | But whether they were related directly to the main body of the puzzle was not yet clear . |
| 7 | Downstairs WCs were connected directly to the drains . |
| 8 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 9 | When the forest was cleared , mostly from the twelfth century onwards , the small fields were enclosed directly from the wild state . |
| 10 | The national press and media were travelling on the plane with Mrs Thatcher , but the local photographers and journalists were going directly to the airport ahead of time . |
| 11 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |
| 12 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |
| 13 | However , the Doctor was happy as they were brought directly to the industrial centre of the world . |
| 14 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 15 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 16 | The fact that the men on the Area Boards were appointed directly by the Minister ( and not by the Central Authority — though the Organising Committee and later the Central Authority were consulted ) meant that the Boards were something rather more than subsidiaries of the larger entity . |
| 17 | From April 1 , some 255 scientists and support staff were put directly under the control of Courtaulds operating businesses . |
| 18 | Just after releasing the torpedo five searchlights , two from the breakwaters and three from the Harbour were switched directly onto the aircraft . |
| 19 | When local government reorganization in 1974 led to Sheffield being ordered by the national Labour Party to disband these structures , the city 's labour movement set up other channels of influence , and the trade union delegates were elected directly to the new District Labour Party , which in turn monitored the activities of the new District Council . |
| 20 | Population figures were obtained directly from the practices ' computer systems . |
| 21 | The organ , powered by foot-pedals , was placed directly below the pulpit . |
| 22 | Their management was placed directly in the hands of USSR ministries . |
| 23 | By choosing to go northwards , she was walking directly into the driving wind but she pressed on , bent low over the walking stick to try to protect her face . |
| 24 | The only let-downs are cabin styling which looks as if it was lifted directly from the Corolla and an overall lack of identity . |
| 25 | The proposal by the then second lieutenant was addressed directly to the Commander-in-Chief Middle East , as Stirling knew full well that ‘ going through channels ’ would be a total waste of time . |
| 26 | The place he was making for was at the end of the spit of land and he was driving directly into the sun . |
| 27 | I ‘ m particularly concerned that the money was debited directly from the account with no authorisation from the council . |
| 28 | Young provided Whitbread with detailed clinical notes on the progress of his patients , their symptoms , the exact appearance of their various growths and the methods of treatment — the oil was applied directly to the tumour . |
| 29 | It should be emphasised that when acid was applied directly to the duodenal mucosa without prior irritation , there was no difference in mucosal resistance in the three dietary groups tested in our study . |
| 30 | The resultant economics was to lead directly to the Renaissance , and thence to the Industrial Revolution . |