Example sentences of "[adj] towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although sections of this lower-middle class were progressively inclined and thus , initially at least , sympathetic towards the Republic , much of it remained highly traditionalist in outlook , devoutly Catholic , exaggeratedly status-conscious towards the working class , and bitterly hostile towards anything which smacked even vaguely of ‘ socialism ’ . |
| 2 | Training from starting points which are different towards an end which is uniform is not a unique aspect of voluntary partnership . |
| 3 | The main plot of the story becomes more interesting towards the end when Carrie realises that her powers are without limit . |
| 4 | If the god was feeling generous towards the victim , he would instead be turned into a fruit bat , to serve Camazotz and his court . |
| 5 | A greater gross national product meant that local authorities could be more generous towards the poor . |
| 6 | If the newcomers have fairly extreme opinions , some towards the Right and some towards the Left , it will be more difficult for the select committee atmosphere to mould them into a team upholding the legislature as opposed to the government of the day . |
| 7 | If the newcomers have fairly extreme opinions , some towards the Right and some towards the Left , it will be more difficult for the select committee atmosphere to mould them into a team upholding the legislature as opposed to the government of the day . |
| 8 | These were a series of ore bodies which occurred in a 5 m thick sandstone unit and became zinc-rich towards the east . |
| 9 | Father Poole sat forward a little on the chair , his hands outstretched towards the fire . |
| 10 | But if I insist on forcing the spontaneous towards an end which I already deem rational , I remain imprisoned within a circle of old concepts , reason goes on doing the same kind of sums , there can be no novelty except the discovery of unnoticed implications of the familiar . |
| 11 | City of London Telecommunications — or COLT — has already started construction of the network , which is expected to go on-line towards the end of the year . |
| 12 | the means , which the defendant uses to inflict loss on the plaintiff , may be unlawful because it involves conduct wrongful towards a third party . |
| 13 | If subjects are given a list of words , words with serial positions early in the list are more likely to be recalled than those further towards the middle of the list . |
| 14 | The Thames Barrier is half a mile further towards the sea . |
| 15 | Was he going to be like this towards every woman his younger brother brought home ? |
| 16 | As the end of the decade approached , natural growth was carrying this towards a round figure of 50 million . |
| 17 | Unfortunately the current climate which seeks to bring ‘ market forces ’ into the state-education arena has shifted debate away from this towards the question of ‘ school management ’ . |
| 18 | i am certainly in favour of questioning , both on my part and that of the patient , but it is better to do this towards the end of the consultation when the regression itself is over . |
| 19 | Not only should the parent feel able to express upset at the child 's behaviour but equally the child needs to be able to do this towards the parent . |
| 20 | Before I left , I expressed the hope that he could pay another visit to Oxford , though this time a purely private one , and I see that I wrote to him repeating this towards the end of term — the final term — because on 17 June he replied to my home address : |
| 21 | We did this towards the end of the holiday . |
| 22 | When the dip of the beds is fairly steep towards the sea , there is a tendency for blocks of rock to break off at the joint planes , usually at right angles to the bedding , so that the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds . |
| 23 | The penalty for not complying with these terms was £5 , of which half towards the relief of the poor of the parish . |
| 24 | Apart from North Sea projects on the drawing board , progress is expected during 1993 towards the development of the huge Mars discovery it shares with Shell in the Gulf of Mexico and the oil reserves it has established by pioneering exploration work in Colombia . |
| 25 | ELECTION fever reaches its climax tomorrow — with the White House candidates hurtling almost neck-and-neck towards the finish . |
| 26 | He gave a sudden shiver and his horse , sensitive to the rider 's mood , stepped crablike towards the paving where a couple of chimney-boys were squatting on a doorstep . |
| 27 | So you would be intestate towards the ten percent . |
| 28 | Magee fired twice at point-blank range into Goodman 's chest and the special staggered towards the centre of the road , dying . ’ |
| 29 | by the uplift of the top surface Carboniferous towards the west , near the Netherland Ridge . |
| 30 | What we did : Fine highlights of Fiery Copper Gold , Cayenne Red and golden Blonde from Wella were woven through Hannah 's hair , getting lighter towards the front hairline to add warmth , richness and shine . |