Example sentences of "moving [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Joseph and his mother stayed together , moving eventually to a larger flat . |
| 2 | The cloud was thick and low and moving slowly on a damp , chilling wind , a lidding expanse hiding the sky and the snow on the distant hills . |
| 3 | The company is moving literally to a single-code structure for iAPX-86 , Alpha and R-series , and licensees are restricted from changing the code . |
| 4 | The company is moving literally to a single-code structure for Intel , Alpha and Mips and licensees are restricted from changing the code . |
| 5 | As nearly all the children had freckles , I felt as if I were seeing spots before my eyes , and drew Mickey Mice in a trance , my hand and pen moving mechanically through a misty ocean of freckles , wave upon wave , every freckle asking for Mickey Mouse . |
| 6 | However , the Home is moving soon to a purpose-built house which will provide single rooms and better facilities . |
| 7 | Moving progressively towards a thick mashed potato consistency is well on the way to a normal diet . |
| 8 | You can find me through the Friends , ’ and he pressed his horse 's flanks , moving away at a steady pace . |
| 9 | The grain of truth in the myth of the British administrator dispensing justice impervious to the affection of the natives is to be found in this period of the history of British India , of which James Fitzjames Stephen is perhaps the representative figure , when a maturing bureaucracy was moving away from a personal to an institutional sense of fairness . |
| 10 | At a time when many socialists were moving away from a naive faith in the prospects for revolutionary change and towards uneasy respect for democracy , Labour in office was doing little to justify belief in the viability of their vision of the road to socialism . |
| 11 | I would have liked to see a slightly higher register developed , moving more towards a normative academic usage and away from the predominantly plain-language lexis which characterises the work . |
| 12 | The policy they have prepared is said to involve liberalising prices , freeing trade , selling state companies , smashing monopolies and moving rapidly towards a convertible rouble . |
| 13 | If you are moving permanently into a residential or nursing home the sale proceeds or market value of any property you own will be included in the calculation of the amount you need to pay . |
| 14 | At 14 , John left school and began work as a clerk in Greenock Customs House , moving later to a similar position with a business firm . |
| 15 | They may not feel easy at moving fast on a polished floor . |
| 16 | Some who went to the surgery thought that Daisy looked like an animal herself , moving sometimes like a slow marmalade cat , other times like a bustling sheep dog-for she was a woman of moods — and seeming to combine the best and worst qualities of each . |
| 17 | On the other hand , they do favour a horizontal row of dots moving horizontally over a vertical row of dots moving vertically . |
| 18 | These guidelines , based on my 20 years of running experience and coaching athletes , such as Kim Jones , will keep you moving forward on a steady progression towards your ultimate running goals . |
| 19 | One , the director of education has now got , and his staff , have now got to accept that they are no barriers to prevent moving forward on a linked , a form of linked centres . |
| 20 | To justify this and Stalin presents it as a revolutionary me measure , as a shift to the left , as the creation of socialism , to justify it er Stalin presents the argument that the whole world is moving forward to a new stage on the road to socialism , it 's all a lot of nonsense but the ideological needs of the regime in Russia are determining the advice which is being given to er various communist parties . |
| 21 | Haverford , moving forward in a conspiratorial manner , almost had to stand on tip-toes to reach the ear of the pale Scot . |
| 22 | His ambition was to ‘ continue moving forward in a positive way ’ and he ‘ hoped that THE FACE would ask him in ten years ’ time what he was doing ’ |
| 23 | It starts at zero and eventually the galaxies are moving apart at a steady speed . |
| 24 | Temples are revered in this way and it is not uncommon to observe a priest in prayer moving clockwise around a sacred enclosure , or a Stupa . |