Example sentences of "[coord] towards a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a crime of gross indecency with or towards a child under 14 , which may be committed even though there is no indecent assault on the child by the adult — by inviting the child to touch the genitalia of the adult , for example . |
| 2 | A parent or grandparent who has sexual contact with a child or grandchild may well be guilty of one of the offences already considered — rape , if there is sexual intercourse without consent ; indecent assault , if there is sexual contact with a child under 16 ; and even gross indecency with or towards a child , if the child is under 14 . |
| 3 | Any edging of the conflict either towards war between Syria and Israel or towards a peace settlement spelt danger for Jordan . |
| 4 | it is not restricted to conduct causing or intended to cause injury or damage but includes any other violent conduct ( for example , throwing at or towards a person a missile of a kind capable of causing injury which does not hit or falls short ) ( Section 8 ) . |
| 5 | In the main , such studies , especially the traditional stereotype research , are narrowly focused , in that they seek to examine respondents ' views on a narrow topic , or towards a single ‘ stimulus object ’ . |
| 6 | Studies of the Quaternary by physical geographers since the 1950s have led generally in one of two directions : either towards a more process or model-based investigation or towards a greater emphasis upon chronology . |
| 7 | If this is correct , it goes some way towards dealing with cases of ‘ cumulative provocation ’ , and towards a broader defence of emotional pressure . |
| 8 | In some cases there was help towards the cost of educating minister 's children and towards a retirement home . |
| 9 | In 1962 , however , he began to shift his policies away from outright repression and towards a gradual reformism , summed up in the slogan , Those who are not against us are with us . |
| 10 | In light of these findings , we suggest that social work needs to move away from profession-centred approaches to education and practice and towards a reconceptualization of its place in social welfare and social development efforts . |
| 11 | Such an approach would be centred upon the management of and for professionality and it would be based upon a relocation of the whole management process — away from a top-down managerial philosophy and practice , and towards a genuinely collegiate form which would go far beyond the traditional boundaries of delegation . |
| 12 | This can only be done , he suggests , by moving away from hierarchy and towards a position in which everyone is a manager . |
| 13 | Both led away from competition , and towards a kind of co-operative concept of learning . |
| 14 | The child followed Aggie through the middle arch and towards a heavy , paintless oak door , then into a room dimly lit by a window that looked on to the covered way . |
| 15 | The recognition of these strategies , the ones which preserve self-respect by denying opportunity or responsibility , is absolutely vital in the process of moving away from hostility and resignation , and towards a more powerful stance as a teacher . |
| 16 | The Lada pulled away from the parked jet and towards a gate at the side . |
| 17 | Unlike Hobhouse , he had no teleology , but he did have faith in an historical progression towards the universalisation of morals , towards a greater influence upon men of their consciences ( and thus of their own independently critical rationality ) , and towards a clearer distinction between individual and collective responsibilities ( evident in the steady separation of morals , religion and law ) . |
| 18 | This term was coined by Berry ( 1976 ) to denote a turnaround in net migration flows , away from greater concentration of population in a small number of major agglomerations , and towards a revival of population growth in more rural areas and peripheral regions . |
| 19 | Rosalind Yarde describes the new system as ‘ a radical shift away from the traditional method of formula funding and towards a reliance on market forces ’ , but a great deal will depend upon how the system works out in practice . |
| 20 | Urban sociology has tended recently to turn its attention away from the politics of collective consumption and towards a wider debate regarding the changing nature of civil society . |
| 21 | Certain experiences can predispose a child towards feelings of helplessness , towards a propensity to interpret information in a negative way , and towards a continuing perception of irretrievable loss . |
| 22 | It enabled Eliot to look not to the detested Unitarianism of his family , but towards a deeper , wider , yet also more personal ‘ rhythm ’ present , though scarcely recognized at the time . |
| 23 | This implies that much of the geographer 's hydrological endeavour is directed not towards the solution of a specific hydrological problem but towards a more complete understanding of the landscape … |