Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 31 | The important rise in some countries in the proportion of families with two adults working acted in the same direction . |
| 32 | The spins of the two protons are measured along axes which for each proton on each occasion are selected at random from the possible choices unc Sometimes both protons have their spins measured in the same directions ( both o , say ) , sometimes they are in different directions ( one A one y , say ) . |
| 33 | Oh , right , erm , I think Shropshire 's well placed for this sort of work , I remember when Shrewsbury was , was chosen for Christmas Carol , I mean not Stratford , not Chester , not the obvious places that spring to mind , but somewhere different , and I , I think Shropshire may be full of places which are not the obvious place , but which film companies may be able to find if they 're shown in the right direction , so I would certainly propose that we , you know , follow this line . |
| 34 | This could , however , suggest too late a date for the work at Trier ( for it is very unlikely to have been after 325 ) , indeed , Parlasca ( 1975 , 77 ) thinks the mosaicist could have travelled in the opposite direction . |
| 35 | Unidirectional microphones have a pick-up pattern which is biased in the forward direction , a characteristic which is sometimes referred to as cardioid because of the heart-shape of the pattern . |
| 36 | The question remains as to whether British policy-makers can fairly argue that by fighting ‘ from within ’ , although they may not have entirely succeeded in limiting the battleground to issues of trade and markets , they have nevertheless ensured that the economic policy itself has pointed in the right direction . |
| 37 | After asking for help from passers-by , they were eventually pointed in the right direction . |
| 38 | The many Victorian great houses had developed in the contrary direction , separating themselves progressively from the ‘ other nation ’ on whose labours they depended . |
| 39 | The quality broadsheets were heavily skewed towards the wealthier social classes with more formal education , and the tabloids were skewed in the other direction . |
| 40 | The bar chart below shows the figures for unidirectional composites , in which the fibres are all aligned in the same direction . |
| 41 | In Britain , Owen and Mivart argued that many cases of evolution consisted of parallel lines of development within the same group , all driven in the same direction as though by an internally programmed force . |
| 42 | If this time period is greater than the input pulse width , the motor is driven in one direction whilst if it is less than the input pulse width , the motor is driven in the opposite direction . |
| 43 | Having seen Mr Jeffreys and diagnosed an acute and fairly painful dose of tonsillitis , she had intended going straight back to her cabin , instead of which , without even being aware of it , she had walked in the opposite direction . |
| 44 | A sense of perspective can also be undermined in the other direction — is not pride in performance sometimes dangerously close to obsession ? |
| 45 | After all , in Paris and Rome , Copenhagen and Amsterdam , I had frequently made a complete mess of whole sentences , much less place names , and had generally been set in the right direction , after a little bit of repetition and a lot of hand waving . |
| 46 | With our feet firmly on the ground and our sights set in the right direction . |
| 47 | As the Zechstein progressed , the thickest part of each successive lens developed further into the basin and the facies belts were displaced in the same direction ( Figs. 3 and 4 ) . |
| 48 | It will be remembered that his other , earlier , intuitions about heterarchy pulled in the opposite direction , towards a monadology of separate partial sub-consciousnesses . |
| 49 | Her head was being pulled in the opposite direction . |
| 50 | Sometimes the chain has to be followed in the opposite direction . |
| 51 | Eventually Bligh had to turn round and run in the other direction , right round the earth , into the Pacific . |
| 52 | If a car does approach you and you are threatened — scream as loud as you can and run in the opposite direction . |
| 53 | If the proportions were run in the opposite direction , the value of d would change ; exercise 8.2 asks you to confirm this . |
| 54 | Her body spun in the opposite direction to her gun as she fired , conserving angular momentum and throwing her aim completely off . |
| 55 | He grabbed her arm as she tried to run past him , but she shook it off and spun in the opposite direction . |
| 56 | But this year organisers have gone in the other direction , increasing the number of participants from 20 to 32 while shortening the length of the competition . |
| 57 | The Kinnock conversion has gone in the opposite direction : away from ideology , towards ‘ realism ’ . |
| 58 | This country has so far gone in the opposite direction . |
| 59 | With some plain fabrics , all drops will need to be cut in the same direction in order to match a pronounced woven design , or to ensure that fabrics with a high sheen catch the light evenly . |
| 60 | This back swathe is then cut in the opposite direction . |