Example sentences of "moving [prep] the [det] direction [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was still possible that this was thermonuclear fusion taking place in a mass of gas moving in the same direction as the current , but other measurements made this seem very unlikely . |
| 2 | Surely someone moving toward the light ought to measure it traveling at a higher speed than someone moving in the same direction as the light ; yet the experiment showed that both observers would measure exactly the same speed . |
| 3 | Heads of different divisions may informally set their own plan which is not moving in the same direction as the handed down plan to which they pay lip service . |
| 4 | Authors are worried that Britain is moving in the same direction as America , where a wide range of groups have mounted campaigns to ban books from schools and libraries because they do n't conform to their particular view of society . |
| 5 | Perhaps the SNP is moving in the same direction as its Welsh colleagues and is preparing to become a ‘ post nationalist party ’ that fully embraces the concept of Europe of the regions . |
| 6 | Other international companies are moving in the same direction and many , like ICI and BP , are firmly committed in principle to community regeneration . |
| 7 | The genesis of political consciousness towards conservation programmes arose in very different circumstances , but its development has been moving in the same directions as family planning programmes . |