Example sentences of "directly [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new Constitution was approved by referendum in December 1979 , providing for an executive president elected by universal adult suffrage for a seven-year term , and a National Assembly , which in practice has limited powers , elected directly for a five-year term . |
| 2 | An executive President would be head of state ; holders of this office would in future be elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 3 | The head of state is the executive President , elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 4 | Providing that the interview is well structured , it should not be too difficult to produce a proof of evidence that can be used directly as a formal witness statement for exchange . |
| 5 | But until last Saturday night I had never seen how a major accident ward looked directly after a major accident . |
| 6 | In each test , one of them would don a mask painted with either normal-sized eyes or extra-large ones , and then walk directly towards a basking iguana . |
| 7 | The pod appeared to be descending directly towards a winding ribbon of water . |
| 8 | Indeed , there was a period about three years ago when it looked as though even 35mm slides might have found a match with the introduction of devices like the VideoShow system which project the image on the computer 's screen directly onto a conventional viewing screen . |
| 9 | Water pumped out of building excavations or road works , for example , may be permitted to flow directly into a neighbouring watercourse without a requirement that any solids settle out in the lagoons which are the typical method of purifying similar discharges more permanent in character . |
| 10 | Vertical Technologies Inc released Scan-One , a device driver that decodes bar-code types and plugs directly into a serial port for SCO Unix . |
| 11 | For example , in a narrow town or terrace house where the front door opens directly into a corridor-like space , you could either take the wall down altogether , or make an arch going into the living room , or take the wall down to seating level , literally making a seating ledge . |
| 12 | The technology of virtual reality uses a computer to map a user 's body and senses directly into a digital world . |
| 13 | With these , a tube is usually inserted into the opening of the bladder so that urine drains directly into a small bag or container . |
| 14 | To display CD-I , the player plugs directly into a domestic television . |
| 15 | To this juncture , we have discussed the aggregation of individual preferences directly into a public decision . |
| 16 | His prescriptions for a ‘ dignified and durable tourism ’ were : first , to limit the number of visitors and levy a $150–200 fee that would go directly into a conservation fund ; second , include conservation awareness as part of the visit ; third , improve the existing facilities rather than build new ; and fourth , work to improve the standard of living in the adjacent city of Siem Reap . |
| 17 | Move directly into a high roundhouse kick and stop-punch it |
| 18 | Bib taps ( often used for garden taps ) screw directly into a special fitting , such as a wallplate elbow . |
| 19 | Even in these recession-ridden times , it is true that in most households , expenditure on the needs of children is protected to a greater degree than those of adults , and , in most cases , right across the social spectrum , books command a positive attitude from parents , where they ; are seen as linking directly with a future passport for career success . |
| 20 | Doors leading directly from a lean-to garage to the house must meet the Building Regulations requirements concerning fire spread : if you plan such an installation , notify your supplier and confirm with the Building Inspector that the provisions made are satisfactory . |
| 21 | I 'd now like you to hear directly from a young person for whom access to one of our projects in the United Kingdom has made major changes in her life . |
| 22 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |
| 23 | Both grain size and sorting can not , therefore , be measured directly from a thin section and can only be estimated . |
| 24 | We thus use the term binary for computers which manipulate numeric values expressed directly in a binary format , and decimal for those where binary patterns are interpreted as decimal digits . |
| 25 | They say that God intervenes directly in a supernatural sense in what goes on in the world . |
| 26 | It 's acceptable to lay the parquet directly on a suspended timber floor fitted with ordinary floorboards , so long as the boards are firmly fixed and not warped . |
| 27 | A The use of sand directly over a sub gravel filter is not recommended . |
| 28 | You would be directly over a sub gravel filter is not recommended . |
| 29 | He wrote recently in the GEC Journal of Science and Technology : ‘ It can be demonstrated that it is significantly cheaper to store fuel for medium to long periods and then to commit it directly to a geological repository , rather than to commit fuel to the reprocessing cycle . ’ |
| 30 | If a player collects 400 cards they can proceed ( on their next turn ) directly to a black square to try for Number 10 . |