Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , as she was heading towards the gate ( thus walking in the direction opposite to that which Agnes was to take somewhat later , followed by the gaze of her unfortunate schoolfriend ) , the secretary turned , smiled and lifted her arm out in the air in an unexpected gesture , easy and flowing . |
| 2 | Incidentally , Dubhe and Alkaid are moving across the sky in a direction opposite to that of the remaining five stars , so that over a sufficiently long period the Plough will lose its familiar shape . |
| 3 | However , tachistoscopic half-field studies with normal subjects suggest that for sinistrals the presence of familial left handedness reduces perceptual asymmetry for non-verbal as for verbal tasks ( Gilbert , 1977 ; Albert and Obler , 1978 ) or shifts the asymmetry in the direction opposite to that for dextrals ( Schmuller and Goodman , 1980 ) . |
| 4 | Within each handedness group the difference between female inverters and non-inverters was in the direction opposite to that predicted by Levy and Reid but , for males , the difference was in the predicted direction . |
| 5 | As usual , I felt that , on taking leave , I ought to proceed in a direction opposite to that which he was taking , because there was a mystery as to where Eliot lived , and I did not want to appear inquisitive . |
| 6 | As he will be aware , for the most part attacks have been going in the direction opposite to that to which he drew attention . |
| 7 | Visibility Especially to those bosses with more power . |
| 8 | In enacting a liberal abortion law Maryland pursued an course opposite to that being followed in much of the rest of the country . |
| 9 | Some went further and stated that the press must be free to say whatever needed saying ; not surprisingly , opponents of this school of thought pointed out that this gave freedom only to those who had a newspaper at their disposal . |
| 10 | Thus political leaders of lesser developed countries found themselves part of a government that had officially accepted a family planning programme or soil conservation programme ( or both ) , but were aware that there was widespread opposition locally to both . |
| 11 | I also want to express my deep appreciation especially to those who took the time to pray for me . |
| 12 | Earlier we talked about antimatter — particles which have all their physical characteristics opposite to those displayed by particles of matter . |
| 13 | I was ruled out of order , I erm I there were point out then that twenty five new councillors and I understand it was n't legitimate if I wanted to restrict the vote only to those twenty five so that the rest of you would actually realise that this has gone on far too long , I only put that as a I think it is very , very important erm that we break new ground . |
| 14 | Thomas son of Adam , who had held the manor of Hutton-in-the-Forest by the serjeanty of keeping the king 's hay of Plumpton in Inglewood Forest , had by 1244 alienated the manor entirely to several tenants . |
| 15 | 10 Send pictures only to those editors who you are sure will want to print them . |
| 16 | After a frightful red-headed youth with a beard had taken Hyacinth away to some dance , the party had broken up , though not before Grunte , who was tight , had made a speech about ‘ many years of close friendship … a happy ship … a united party ’ and much more of the same . |
| 17 | I know Mother traded with him from time to time , and once sent a quantity of wool away to another mill and had some back as grey blankets . |
| 18 | Section 244(1) ( a ) of the Canadian Criminal Code provides : ‘ A person commits an assault when , without the consent of another person , he applies force intentionally to that other person . ’ |
| 19 | Thanks largely to some generous donations from absent well-wishers , we also made more money than last year . |
| 20 | It was well known how these sinister plasteel cadavers could house Stealer broods , adrift for centuries or millennia till a fluke of the warp vomited the derelict into truespace close to some vulnerable world . |
| 21 | I 'm a great believer in it , I , I park my car close to that and find it a most convenient way of travelling around . |
| 22 | An inexpressible lethargy , born of shock and mingled desire , made her want to lean her head forward against him , to have her face and mouth close to that part of him which , earlier , had taken her into such a seventh heaven of ecstasy . |
| 23 | He got Svidrigailov 's nightmare past the censor , and there is a good deal more to that horror than I have quoted ; and ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ could have been got past him too . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's obviously a great deal more to this than meets the eye . |
| 25 | One Home has had great success with an art therapist who came over to take classes , combining residents from a number of Homes close to each other . |
| 26 | Thanks also to all the other organizations that helped , the Vale of White Horse District Council who allowed us to use their land , the National Rivers Authority for the use of the river , Thames Water for the use of their island and for generous sponsorship , an extra special thanks to Roger Steer , the lock keeper , for much help , kindness and understanding and to his wife for providing a seemingly endless supply of ice-cream , to Jim Croft of Slalom Sports for unfailing help and loan of computer hardware and to our local Scouts for looking after the campsite and for organizing effective first-aid cover . |
| 27 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 28 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 29 | Many thanks to Pamela Vandyke Price for giving us such a memorable glimpse into the highly specialised world of the wine trade — and thanks also to those husbands and sons who allowed themselves to be pressganged into the responsible task of pouring the samples ! |
| 30 | , head of gene sequencing at the institute , said that the latest estimate compared with a three-to five-year estimate when work started last summer , thanks partly to more resources being devoted to the project and partly to better methods for finding new genes quickly and without redundant effort . |