Example sentences of "are [verb] [prep] the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | When small samples are used to estimate population standard deviations , the results are biased in the direction of underestimation . |
| 2 | When small samples are used to estimate population standard deviations , the results are biased in the direction of underestimation . |
| 3 | Donor and acceptor compounds are differentiated by the direction of the electron transfer to or from the carbon layers . |
| 4 | Inevitably we are moved in the direction of using proxies which can not properly be validated . |
| 5 | In fact I think the people who are looking in the direction of change in terms of parent governors and P T As etcetera are , I think looking in the wrong direction . |
| 6 | Most organizations , very remarkably , are heading in the direction of a stronger division between the two types : |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Preliminary results have confirmed that plates are moving in the directions , and at the rates , indicated by already acquired geophysical data . |
| 9 | As to ‘ its effect upon national character ’ , Pearson thought that ‘ whether we are changing in the direction of a higher or lower morality is … the point that is most really at issue ’ . |
| 10 | th th the building went ahead and people every year or two sometimes twice in a year get flooded and they get sewages the the sewer with the volume of rain water they ca n't otherwise get away , but it brings to light what happens i i i in the ditches and , and the waterways that are spread across the direction of Airport and then out into the river when the tide is low because the switches close when the tide comes in and basically er and this is up to date information the information that I have is that the channels are the responsibility of the er you know responsibilities are either kept cleared or not clogged up and in connection with the , with the incident I , I did hear it said that in , in a place where once said it usually counts that possibly and more than the that the first flood was due because the drains and the ditches could n't take the volume of water after they were cleared and things have been pretty reasonable erm since that time , so it would seem to confirm what , what I have to say about keeping clear erm but it may be that authorities that were n't responsible had the job of cleaning them , I do n't know . |
| 11 | In her article ‘ Alternatives to Public Examinations ’ , Patricia Broadfoot of Bristol University has drawn an interesting parallel between ‘ profiling ’ and the new French system of ‘ orientation ’ , according to which pupils at school are continuously assessed by teachers and , with parental co-operation and pupil participation , are guided in the direction of suitable curricular goals . |
| 12 | If you are tempted in the direction of a fish you know nothing about , resist the impulse to buy it , until you know something about its requirements . |