Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adv] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probably best regarded as a typically British way of enabling two parties , representing different , occasionally even conflicting , interests to rub along together without too much friction . |
| 2 | In some cases , especially among people of higher status , the letter is regarded as a more polite way of asking for the interview and it helps differentiate the interviewer , when he or she calls , from marauding salesmen . |
| 3 | This is surely a general result , that if the management left to itself would act in a socially optimal way along the lines represented in ( 4.1 ) , it is fatuous , indeed counterproductive , to constrain it . |
| 4 | To the conventions of the romantic historical novel , then , Anthony Hope added the colour of society in his day and the pattern of love and courtship which appear , in a far less interesting way , in his novels of his own London society , and he drew in a more general way from the Victorian version of medieval chivalry , with its idealisation of woman and its desire for service to an ideal . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A second cat , present at the same time , responded in a totally different way . |
| 7 | A. Walton Litz , for example , relates the term postmodernism to the semanteme it contains in a particularly pessimistic way , suggesting that ‘ like post-mortem or post-coital ’ , it implies that ‘ the fun is over ’ ( Walton Litz 1986 : 1142 ) . |
| 8 | In this , Morgan foreshadows in a most amazing way the understanding of what have since been called ‘ acephalus lineage systems ’ . |
| 9 | Simon behaved in a rather superior way and did not offer Jesus the usual courtesies given to a guest . |
| 10 | Annie paints a picture of a man who rejoiced in the power of being called ‘ My Lord ’ , who swept through his diocese in a fast car , who behaved in a more cavalier way than any English feudal landlord . |
| 11 | ‘ Men 's and women 's experiences are obviously related , ’ stated Toni , ‘ but I believe they 're transposed in a very different way . |
| 12 | ‘ And we both know that can make people behave in a very strange way , ’ he said drily . |
| 13 | I think this illustrates in a very nice way what has recently been described as a new erm family circle . |
| 14 | It seems from this evidence that living with relatives when a marriage ends is considered in a rather similar way to living with relatives in other circumstances . |
| 15 | Hiding from self and hiding from others interact in a particularly unfortunate way . |
| 16 | ‘ I expect you just happen to like living in a very simple way , ’ Matilda said , probing a little further . |
| 17 | If you live in New York in 1990 you absolutely have to think about the world you 're living in a very clear way because otherwise it 's an impossible situation . |
| 18 | The effect of the second condition was to require the laws of individual states to define specifically the kinds of sexual conduct which would be subject to regulation if presented in a patently offensive way . |
| 19 | The second exhibition gives carte blanche to the film director Peter Greenaway who has chosen a series of works on the theme of flight , presented in a highly spectacular way . |
| 20 | For example , the formula for children aged 5–17 is based on elaborate regression equations , which are presented in a fairly obscure way and involve 12 indicators and 25 regression coefficients , including an interaction term . |
| 21 | But if the objective of the advertising for such a brand is , in fact , to talk to newcomers to the market ( and there are always newcomers to any market ) , or to the unconverted , or to disloyal users of other brands , there is , obviously , a very clear , specific case for ads which carry quite a lot of information , presented in a suitably attractive way . |
| 22 | To summarize , the message from document preparation systems is that , although logical objects are desirable , they must be presented in a very simple way if users are really going to use them . |
| 23 | However , for the attitudinist , they function in a perfectly intelligible way in a discourse which explores relations of consistency and inconsistency between various possible and actual attitudes . |
| 24 | Your father ? ’ 'He never speaks of Uncle Adam either , but he does n't speak in a very different way , if you follow me . |
| 25 | The main benefit from the customer 's point of view is that he is likely to have his needs met in a more appropriate way than if the market is not segmented ie where the same product range and price are offered regardless of geographical , demographic and buyer-behaviour considerations . |
| 26 | They can , however , still be distinguished from organized political formations such as parties which are directly engaged in the struggle for power in the sense of seeking to retain or capture the government of some political unit , by the fact that social movements act in a more diffuse way and if they are successful establish only the preconditions for changes of policy or regime by bringing into question the legitimacy of the existing political system ( in part or in whole ) , creating a different climate of opinion , and proposing alternatives . |
| 27 | Then , as we saw recently , various MPs start to behave in a very silly way . |
| 28 | ‘ You just have to hope they are going to behave in a fairly civilised way , ’ she said then . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | To give parables to very young children for example is likely to be unhelpful unless they are done in a particularly skilful way , because they might be just accepted as a story ( Ainsworth 1968 ) . |