Example sentences of "directly [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their pin chucks fit directly on to the headstock spindle , bringing the work closer to the bearings so putting less strain on them . |
| 2 | Until the mid-19th century , these huge vaulted spaces ( presently subdivided ) opened directly on to the Thames , giving Somerset House something of the character of a great palazzo along the Grand Canal . |
| 3 | She was intensely house-proud , though her home was mean and small , having a frontage of not more than twelve feet , and opening directly on to the street , with no garden before it . |
| 4 | It has provided a valuable structure for our thinking and discussions , but , because we have had to focus less on teachers and more on pupils , we have not found it appropriate to map programmes of study directly on to the model . |
| 5 | The following night the moon would be full and he planned to take a force of eighteen jeeps directly on to the airfield in two columns and shoot up anything they found . |
| 6 | All Souls was given a new roof oversailing the upper parapets , throwing water directly on to the lower aisle roofs . |
| 7 | This crescent , with the noble Ionic portico of St Mary 's facing directly on to the seafront , is potentially one of the finest architectural set-pieces along the south coast . |
| 8 | Seed , mixed in water with an organic mulch , is sprayed from a slow-moving vehicle directly on to the sand . |
| 9 | And if your eyes followed the river westwards , you could have looked up from the valley directly on to the bald patch that was the cultivated land midway up the forested slope of Jimale . |
| 10 | Concrete for paths can be laid directly on to the hardcore , as some of it will fill the open surface , binding the hardcore together . |
| 11 | If you are going to have a gravel path , you have the choice of either vibrating sand into the hardcore to form a firm surface for the gravel , or of laying the gravel directly on to the hardcore , and letting it fill any spaces it can get into . |
| 12 | The gravel can be laid directly on to the firm ground , but constant walking in wet weather will pound the gravel into the softened earth and you will , after a year or two , have to lay a fresh load to build up the path again . |
| 13 | You an also bed the crazy paving or slabs directly on to the surface of wet concrete , but you will have problems in achieving a completely level finish , because when you tap one piece down level it will force one of the previously laid pieces upward . |
| 14 | The inscription is preceded by a cross alisée patée painted directly on to the lead . |
| 15 | Again you can pick up the stitches and knit them directly on to the edge , or you can knit long strips or tubes and sew them neatly in place . |
| 16 | Several deficiencies , particularly of trace elements , which frequently cause characteristic blemishes and structural damage to leaves and stems , can often be remedied quite quickly by spraying a solution of the appropriate element directly on to the foliage . |
| 17 | Fired up by that ambition he turned the Supper on end , and began to squeeze burnt umber directly on to the canvas , spreading it with a palette knife until the scene beneath was completely obscured . |
| 18 | Here , permission was neither required nor sought , and the position provided a steady stream of trains running in my direction , along Pyrmont Bridge , with the evening sunlight streaming from back left , directly on to the sides of the carriages . |
| 19 | If your microscope is built from a box with a transparent lid , the drop can be put directly on to the lid . |
| 20 | Third , attempts to map the eye movements directly on to the reported dreams ( in terms of direction of gaze , and so on ) have been dogged by the problem of actually measuring the position of the eyes using standard EEC equipment . |
| 21 | The Bugis step their masts directly on to the deck rather than through it on to the hull floor beneath . |
| 22 | Nowhere is this more apparent than where access to farmland is most easily accomplished and is least organized — in those rural areas which abut directly on to the main centres of the population : the so-called ‘ urban fringe ’ . |
| 23 | A window space , devoid of frame , gave directly on to the road . |
| 24 | Here , permission was neither required nor sought , and the position provided a steady stream of trains running in my direction , along Pyrmont Bridge , with the evening sunlight streaming from back left , directly on to the sides of the carriages . |
| 25 | Its specially designed mechanism can be attached either to the back of the bed or directly on to the wall . |
| 26 | In our own case , at Universal Shipyards , for example , we have one of the most unsightly buildings facing directly on to the river . |
| 27 | With this type of wave the swash , or rush of water up the beach from the breaking wave , is weak as the water plunges directly on to the beach . |
| 28 | In the past it has sometimes been difficult to avoid planting directly on to the marginal shelf , especially in pre-formed pools . |
| 29 | During the thirties ( presumably after the end of prohibition ) this was replaced by the can sealed by crimping and with the label printed directly on to the metal ( figure 7.3d ) . |
| 30 | It was handy since it opened directly on to the parking slots for office staff , much prized and intrigued over . |