Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a quite [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have gained the groove line the climb unfolds in a quite compelling way : superb bridging , solid locking finger jams and perfect protection lead up the plum vertical line . |
| 2 | Classes , on the other hand , are related in a quite different way , since they are engaged in struggle at the economic , political and ideological levels . |
| 3 | It was him above all she would be trying to impress by her break with convention — impress in a quite futile way , because it was obvious that he and Clare were permanently attached . |
| 4 | The term ‘ differencing ’ is also used in a quite distinct way from that of acknowledging feudal proximity , and that is to display family connections and descent . |
| 5 | They were treated in a quite different way and in separate wards the forerunner to the modern pay-beds . |
| 6 | Fowler had similar basic data but presented in a quite different way . |
| 7 | This they did in a quite literal way : Otto the Great , at the moment of his accession in 936 , went to Aachen to be ‘ elected ’ king of the Franks in Charlemagne 's own city ; he donned Frankish costume for the ceremony of investiture , was anointed and crowned in Charlemagne 's basilica . |
| 8 | This possibility of resumption , of the fulfilment of the promise of endless flow temporarily threatened by interruption , seems to me to operate in a quite different way than the cinematic cut , occupying a different structure of time , a different relation to fantasy , and motivated less by desire , loss and lack . |