Example sentences of "[vb pp] in the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | To find enough opponents of the left who were not too far committed in the other direction proved more difficult than we had imagined . |
| 2 | An electron beam ( together with some negative ions ) is emitted in the opposite direction , attracted towards the collimating anode and passing through its central hole . |
| 3 | And then the telephone rang on the little table beside them , and as Miguel rolled away to reach for it Shelley hastily rolled in the opposite direction , and sat on the edge of the bed with her back to him , smoothing back her hair and getting her breath back . |
| 4 | Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential . |
| 5 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |
| 6 | Instinctively he had turned in the opposite direction from the Eldorado block . |
| 7 | The design depends on the particular stitch on the left or right of the pattern being transferred in the intended direction . |
| 8 | You recall that we could not have the needles always selected in the same direction or we would end up with biased fabric ? |
| 9 | So while Philip made tentative approaches to Elizabeth , families like the Raleighs , Grenvilles and Drakes put their shoulders to the door and pushed in the opposite direction . |
| 10 | When fired you got pushed in the opposite direction to that in which the jet was squirting out . |
| 11 | This obviously must be channelled in the right direction ! |
| 12 | At its best the combination is uniquely potent — a controlled conflagration which almost scorches the ear , a sense of communicative intensity not as an optional extra , or even as something to be striven for , but as a constant presence , only waiting to be channelled in the right direction . |
| 13 | He was one of the people who actually made the series , but I have to say that I never thought his career was channelled in the right direction . |
| 14 | The descent into Dentdale from Newby Head is even more stimulating than the outward journey , new aspects of the valley being revealed when seen in the reverse direction , with wider and more distant landscapes coming into view . |
| 15 | Quite apart from these omissions , the balance sheet appraisal ignores the economic impact of war on attitudes , expectations and the behaviour of institutions , which might well have operated in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | The near and next near contracts were generally mispriced in the same direction , and by a roughly similar amount . |
| 17 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 18 | Letts , of course , has moved in the other direction , into book publishing ( Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop has seen a 500% increase in turnover of sales of their books this year , John Harvey-Jones please note ) , but it is well worth stocking Letts ' unbeatable range of the more traditional diaries for which it is so rightly famous . |
| 19 | The cells did not respond if one of the gratings moved in the preferred direction . |
| 20 | On the beach a speck moved in the same direction as they did . |
| 21 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 22 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 23 | Then , as with fuller information he feels himself being moved in the opposite direction , he can say to himself ‘ Ah , now I see why I ought not to go ’ . |
| 24 | Above are Steve Restarick ( left ) and Wayne Hannigan , both ex-Wivenhoe who should be in action for Chelmsford while Christian McClean ( below , left ) has moved in the opposite direction . |
| 25 | Describing the treaty as " an event of global significance " , Gorbachev said that it would be " absurd " for the USA and the Soviet Union to reduce their nuclear arsenals to zero while nuclear-armed " renegades " moved in the opposite direction . |
| 26 | ‘ It is apparent that a step has been made in the right direction … the property will soon be entirely under comparatively well-to-do tenants . |
| 27 | A true feeding roll is always performed in the same direction by each rolling bream . |
| 28 | If circumambulation is performed in the opposite direction it is called ‘ Apradakshina ’ and has a malign influence resulting in misfortune or death . |
| 29 | The important rise in some countries in the proportion of families with two adults working acted in the same direction . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |