Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [prep] the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we either are going in the direction this morning , or rather I think you 're being pressed to go in the direction of seeking to identify in due course , what is the preferred general location , and this undoubtedly is something you can hang your hat on . |
| 2 | Cells in Vl , in contrast , always responded according to the direction of movement of the component gratings . |
| 3 | A Mrs Dorothy Shepherd described a middle-aged man in a blue suit who had come running from the direction of Alfred Oliver 's shop . |
| 4 | If the exclusion is for a fixed period which would bring the aggregate exclusion in any term to more than five days or would involve the pupil missing a public examination , the governors or LEA may order the reinstatement of the pupil and the head teacher would be bound to comply with the direction . |
| 5 | In 1987 , employment minister Kenneth Clarke still felt compelled to genuflect in the direction of ‘ our target of full employment ’ . |
| 6 | Outside , a weather vane had been built in the lee of the vicarage next door , hardly an ideal position ; especially , when I discovered that its arrow pointer had been fixed to point in the direction of the ruined castle Blanchefort in the nearby mountains . |