Example sentences of "[adj] way at " in BNC.

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1 He may have cooperated with the Danes in some way at the siege of Canterbury in 1011 , and it was maybe in 1023 that he received the bishopric of Sherborne after the expulsion of Bishop Brihtwine .
2 Though his contact with Mary had been brief , formal and in no public way at all suggestive , disgust at the thought of Miss Skelton and her world suddenly and urgently spilled into his mind and he excused himself rather roughly — so abruptly , in fact , that a careful inquest was held among the company to uncover what possible offence he might have taken .
3 It has been calculated that the 1½-inch quills penetrate tissue in this way at a rate of an inch a day .
4 I was shaking with embarrassment that he could talk to me in this way at all , as if he knew me , as if he had the right to question me .
5 Virtually any dried foods can be prepared in this way at very little cost and this has been found to be more than adequate to get the fry .
6 Making four landings in this way at different points along the shore , Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott discovered a number of things .
7 We do not always realise what is at the root of our original fears , or that we habitually cope with conflict in this way at all .
8 These three questions clearly overlap , but can be treated as conceptually separate , and it is helpful to disentangle them in this way at least initially .
9 For Japan to react in this way at this time was not in itself culpable .
10 ‘ If you 've come all this way at such a time … ’
11 I smile at the watching people and say she is always this way at bedtime .
12 I certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time .
13 Well what do you know what brought her over this way at all ?
14 Put it this way at least my Mum never beat up my Dad .
15 On the other hand , public relations is often looked down on by the media as messengers with stories that hold no interest and which will be presented in the wrong way at the wrong time and in the wrong situation .
16 Besides , I do n't fancy going fifty miles the wrong way at this time of night . ’
17 Gabriel was looking the wrong way at the crucial second .
18 Either traverse right until just right of the arête , then boldly straight up on small holds to an easing in the angle and protection , or take a lower traverse across the wall until it is possible to work back up and leftwards to join the direct way at the protection .
19 The other end of the bridle has to be tied in a similar way at the rear of the spine , but not at the very tip .
20 Nerves excite muscles in a similar way at the neuromuscular junction .
21 Any answer will be given in the appropriate way at the appropriate time .
22 He learned the hard way at Rotherham , Sheffield United , Aberdeen and Reading .
23 Creggan was staring in a hostile way at this invasion of his territory but feeling too lazy to bother much about it when to his astonishment he heard a familiar and unpleasant voice say something unfamiliar and very strange indeed .
24 The running time for a twenty-minute sound tape , for instance , might vary by several seconds either way at each playing depending on the quality of the machine .
25 In the face of this evidence , no conclusion should be drawn either way at present .
26 Mr Edleston said that the products most likely to succeed were those which displayed quality standards , innovation and added value in a unique way at a reasonable price .
27 The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level .
28 The women who were working there looked at me in a kind curious way at first and then took me for granted .
29 The Bill will be a better way at least to convince people that they have an opportunity to influence events than the present private Bill procedure .
30 Taiwan 's Kwang Hua Taipei learn the All Black way at first hand .
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