Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [conj] [adv] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | There we always see the perfect religion , the perfect political system , the perfect and most accomplished way of doing everything . |
| 2 | As regards Goody 's sharp distinction between oral and literate cultures , it demonstrates not only that the social reality does not correspond to this ‘ great divide ’ but also that developing a model which enables one to proceed as if it did so is not the only or most fruitful way of proceeding . |
| 3 | The Hebrew scriptures imposed a law not to be binding on Gentiles , yet ( for all its moral imperfections ) not to be set in sharp antithesis to the new and more excellent way of love embodied in Jesus ' life and teaching . |
| 4 | The greatest surprise came when in 1935 Warner Bros released Black Fury , a movie which depicted in a direct and totally unprecedented way the impact of a strike on a coal-mining community . |
| 5 | Decorating a sheet of music with some pressed flowers is a charming and most unusual way of remembering a favourite song or composer . |
| 6 | This function they performed only in a limited and highly conservative way ; but there was hardly any other institution in France which could perform it at all . |
| 7 | For the first days , weeks even , I carried on in a light-headed and even giddy way . |
| 8 | In Halliday and Hasan 's model of cohesion , reference is used in a similar but more restricted way . |
| 9 | By displaying numbers in a simple and visually revealing way such as , for example , the graph/table hybrid known as ‘ stem and leaf ’ , it is possible to see obvious patterns quickly and focus harder on more puzzling aspects of the data ( Erickson and Nosanchuk 1977 : 20 ) . |
| 10 | But the book does explore the emotional effect that this major change has on a small boy 's life in a clever and very unusual way . |
| 11 | Briefly , the code of practice specifies standards for providing wholesome water , for supplying a constant water supply at the appropriate water pressure , and for treating sewage in a comprehensive and environmentally sensitive way . |
| 12 | A third small group is encountered near the beginning , in a Florida town ( along with the alligator ) , moving about in a desultory but slightly menacing way . |
| 13 | Indeed , there is a danger that , in the very attempt to entertain its public , a museum may well be tempted to treat its subject matter in a superficial and even frivolous way . |
| 14 | The books are written in what would seem to some today to be a slow and overly elaborate way — who after all uses words such as ‘ eleemosynary ’ ? — but he explores all of his characters thoroughly and gives lots of detail which , though not absolutely necessary and sometimes totally irrelevant , make the novel more personal and make the readers feel that they know the characters . |
| 15 | If this was a challenge the American film industry reacted to it in a determined and ultimately triumphant way . |
| 16 | Hence far from state welfare being a morally superior form of meeting social needs , as claimed by Fabian socialists , for the New Right state welfare is paternalistic and morally bankrupt , rationing resources in a biased and potentially discriminatory way . |
| 17 | As was seen with EDFAX and COMMUNITEL , the applications in various subjects ( e.g. FLEET STREET EDITOR has maps in its Graphics Library which could be used in Geography ) are limitless and school librarians and teachers can encourage pupils to use the technology in a new and educationally productive way . |
| 18 | But now , almost fifty years later , we have discovered a new and more natural way to stay dry . |
| 19 | To the general public , it looked like a cheap and particularly horrendous way of gaining publicity . |
| 20 | Although the client suggested a Victorian-style treatment , similar to a recent conversion a few doors away , the architects were determined to convert the building in a sympathetic but thoroughly modern way , on the limited budget which was available . |
| 21 | While the Council for British Archaeology 's Philip Thatz stated in an honest but politically inept way what treasure hunters have been saying for years that … |
| 22 | Thirdly , the king had an indirect but extremely effective way of taxing external trade : only his silver pennies and halfpennies were accepted within the realm , so any foreign coins brought to a port , whether by a homecoming Frankish trader as profit or by a foreign trader to purchase Frankish goods , had to be converted into Charles 's currency . |
| 23 | It covers the situation where the works council demands the dismissal or transfer of an employee who behaves in an illegal or socially harmful way . |
| 24 | Such a person manages the curriculum in an important but strictly limited way by affecting the conditions within which it is delivered . |