Example sentences of "towards another " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proceed half right across fourth field towards another barn to reach minor road . |
| 2 | I always thought that my Taurean nature — though on the cusp with Aries , looking forward towards another double-image sign , Gemini , which made for imbalance — was far from typical ; but certainly the bull was well and truly there in my strong sexuality . |
| 3 | Beneath violent disorder comes the crime of affray ( section 3 ) , now defined in terms of threatening or using unlawful violence towards another , and carrying a maximum of three years ' imprisonment . |
| 4 | The response was to start an unbeaten run of 19 games which has swept Wigan to the verge of a third consecutive double or , as John Monie , their coach , put it , ‘ halfway towards another successful season ’ . |
| 5 | Europe was drifting towards another war . |
| 6 | I could not understand how anyone could act as this man did towards another human being suffering as I then was . |
| 7 | A person who is aware of the results of his ( or her ) actions towards another individual will not deliberately inflict pain . |
| 8 | The negative attitudes of one deprived group towards another yet more deprived group is demonstrated by the lack of attention that many disability organisations pay towards older people with disabilities , in spite of the fact that 70 per cent of disabled people are over retirement age . |
| 9 | Feelings of anger and bitterness towards another person , as well as guilt , which have been pushed down and never dealt with , may also cause depression . |
| 10 | Thus , in a family situation , for example , if one member entertains negative and unfriendly attitudes towards another , then whenever they meet there is likely to be trouble . |
| 11 | In that case , allow yourself to let go of that particular desire , and work towards another Dream . |
| 12 | use towards another person |
| 13 | ‘ use towards another person ’ This phrase means that the threats etc. must be towards another person . |
| 14 | ‘ use towards another person ’ This phrase means that the threats etc. must be towards another person . |
| 15 | ‘ use towards another person ’ This can be proved by a civilian witness or a police officer witnessing the incident and describing in his evidence that the threats etc. were towards the other person . |
| 16 | Making overtures towards another who mirrored our own disquieting and long-buried Chinese identity was both a fearful and exciting prospect , and neither of us quite got up the nerve to take the initiative . |
| 17 | This foundation of commitment means a decision to behave according to certain standards of conduct towards another person . |
| 18 | Favouritism may develop towards another child in the family and the child with the eating difficulties may be progressively left out . |
| 19 | In particular we shall show that there is good reason to distinguish ritual aggressive action , made up of elements of symbolic or metonymic violence , from physical violence directed in an aggressive way towards another human being . |
| 20 | This is intended to penalise fighting in that " a person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . " |
| 21 | " A person is guilty of an offence it he ( a ) uses towards another person , threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign … which is threatening , abusive or insulting … with intent to cause another to believe that immediate violence will be used … or to provoke ( such ) violence . |
| 22 | Be that as it may , the general style of thinking about evolution has been applied to the study of animal communication in ways that suggest that all activities directed by one individual towards another are manipulative . |
| 23 | She chewed , oh , so delicately and reached towards another dish . |
| 24 | He motioned her towards another man , made the briefest of introductions and set them off . |
| 25 | But forgive me , Lord , if I say that I have no inclination towards another marriage . ’ |
| 26 | Thus we might look around and point to something red and say " This is coloured red " ; and then , perhaps , in order to forestall any tendency to mistake the word for the name of a particular shade of red , gesture towards another thing of a similar but not quite the same hue , and add " And that is red too " . |
| 27 | But then as the car sped out of the rubber groves and down a steep hill towards another village Joseph stiffened in his seat again . |
| 28 | ‘ Over here , ’ Hamish said , plodding towards another table , ‘ we have what are called the passivation glasses , related to the Borate glasses but made from zinc-silicoborate … ’ |
| 29 | Langton realized her impatience and ushered them out of the office towards another door , which he opened with a heavy key he took from his pocket . |
| 30 | Although my major concern has been to rehabilitate the idea of students ' academic freedom , I have also said sufficient to show that academic freedom can not just be granted by one group or agency towards another . |