Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the same direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The crystals always grow in the same direction and then they are shaped , ’ they say . |
| 2 | In the first nine regions , including the social variables would have resulted in a change of target allocations which opposed the effect of reducing the weighting of standardised mortality ratio — that is , they act in the same direction as standardised mortality ratio . |
| 3 | I look in the same direction to account for the charming note ‘ Granovsky has got a bit out of hand ’ . |
| 4 | When a startled horse pricks his ears at the source of his alarm , other horses look in the same direction . |
| 5 | And its aims travel in the same direction , albeit by a slightly different strategic route . |
| 6 | Where there are dramatic differences of incidence for different groups , where the social pattern investigated is simplex ( for example , class difference only ) , and where the differences virtually always tend in the same direction , it is often unnecessary to test for significance , because the patterns revealed are so clear that no one could believe they are the results of pure chance . |
| 7 | Although in some instances the sex/style differences are very slight , they are quite consistent in that they usually tend in the same direction , much as Labov ( 1966 : 7 ) found for social class and style : ‘ Native New Yorkers differ in their usage in terms of absolute values of the variables , but the shifts between contrasting styles follow the same pattern in almost every case . ’ |
| 8 | Because the horizontal and vertical externalities here operate in the same direction , the clear prediction is that , in the absence of any agreements , too little promotional and demonstration activity will take place . |
| 9 | Siple , Brewer and Caccamise ( 1980 ) present results which point in the same direction . |
| 10 | In this chapter I shall argue that the no boundary condition for the universe , together with the weak anthropic principle , can explain why all three arrows point in the same direction — and moreover , why a well-defined arrow of time should exist at all . |
| 11 | I shall argue that the psychological arrow is determined by the thermodynamic arrow , and that these two arrows necessarily always point in the same direction . |
| 12 | To return to the arrow of time , there remains the question : Why do we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows point in the same direction ? |
| 13 | Several signs from differing sources point in the same direction . |
| 14 | The second mode p = 2 corresponds to the movement of the chain ends in opposite directions ; for p = 3 , both chain ends move in the same direction , but the centre moves in the opposite direction . |