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

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1 ‘ Mind you , there is that way of looking at it .
2 Glencoe is that way .
3 Everyone is that way sometimes . ’
4 which I think is that way
5 Nobody knows why it 's er it 's as big as it is , female choice is a possibility , only a possibility , but er it 's hard to know otherwise why , why it is that way .
6 and you 're at A , let's say , let's say , North is that way , okay , and you you set this up and you have a look , you say , where 's that lighthouse , oh it 's on a bearing of forty five degrees , and a lot later when you 've sailed sort of past the lighthouse , or the lighthouse is behind you , you take a bearing , and you still go around clockwise ,
7 Oh for goodness sake , let's keep is that way .
8 Neil 's , tha Neil is that way , I 've only got to know how to work Neil !
9 and , you know , once you start into , into that er scenario yo yo yo you , you , you ca n't very very little erm opportunity for anything because all you can do is , is to say what do we do now , never mind what we could , should or might have done then , what do we do now because the future is that way and the past is
10 Which is that way is n't it ?
11 Or if suddenly you have to halt then the whole lot does n't come forward and squash into the next piece in front into the ne That 's why it 's edge on longways down so that the the wardrobe is that way edgeways on you see so that if you suddenly stop the weight of something there wo n't squash the the wardrobe .
12 What I have always said is that way you set up supervision behind the programme is the most crucial , so therefore if I can sit down and help them to set up the most strenuous type of supervision to go along with the equipment , then they feel safe and the community feel safer that none of them will go out and commit another crime .
13 The activists ' message scrawled on a wall near the ground is some way removed from the burning passions normally aroused by football , while the T-shirts are more machismo than menace , and pop songs peppered with heavy breathing are apparently in vogue if not in keeping with pre-match entertainment .
14 Unless there is some way to block it early on , aluminium has virtually free access into cells — which is where it does most of its damage .
15 Both UK and European pig prices have been falling and recovery is some way off .
16 ‘ The Halcyon still has green straw and has not fully necked over yet , so is some way off .
17 Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’
18 Unless there is some way of converting ADP back to ATP , the cell would soon run out of energy .
19 Although particulate traps can be made to work effectively for short periods under favourable conditions there is some way to go before they are reliable enough for the rough and tumble of ordinary operating conditions .
20 The great donkey leisure jam is some way off yet .
21 However , according to Stefanini , a sale is some way off , Coalite is still preparing a prospectus , which should be available by the end of this month .
22 For Cala Mesquida is some way from lively Cala Ratjada with its discos and bars .
23 But do go back , and amend my description of Boy so that he is , is some way , if you see what I mean , your type .
24 We 've got information coming out of our ears and what we need now is some way to make sense of it .
25 Telnitz is some way ahead of you ; we expect the forces there to take the initial impact of the assault . ’
26 One day he would like to make a name for himself as a public trainer — but that is some way in the future .
27 What is needed as far as language teachers are concerned is some way of making them aware of the problem as it relates to their professional work and of providing the means whereby they might arrive at interpretations appropriate to themselves .
28 There is some way to go : in fact , BIS Strategic Decisions has estimated that $50bn plus will be invested in Eastern European telecommunications over the next decade — and that estimate excludes the former Soviet Union .
29 There has been 12 letters of objection to the final stretch to Ballyduggan Mill lodged and it is expected that a meeting between all the parties involved will take place to see if there is some way of reconciling the objections .
30 But the ‘ Pacific ’ which has led to such thinking is a very different place from that dreamed up by soldiers or geologists , and once again is some way removed from the real , warts-and-all Pacific to which later chapters will be devoted .
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