Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] in a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , it touched just one or two establishments , and only in a small way , but it spread with time and today it is one of the major driving forces in AEA 's business . |
| 2 | Being useful , even if only in a small way , was a marvellous booster of confidence . |
| 3 | But all the time — from the moment I began to speak , in fact — I knew this was partly a lie : I enjoyed the intrigue of politics , the excitement , the feeling , if only in a limited way , of power . |
| 4 | What we hope to have shown so far , if only in a general way , is the vital link between theory and method which is so essential to a fuller understanding of methods of data collection . |
| 5 | She always chose that moment to talk about Durkin , and always in a disparaging way . |
| 6 | Otherwise he could be very funny , if always in a quiet way . |
| 7 | He circles round this difficult area , trying to explain it to himself ; such a circular method of approach enabled him to rewrite again and again in a syncretic way , adding and extending without damaging the basic structure of the poem . |
| 8 | Data can be passed between these programs but only in a limited way through a copy buffer . |
| 9 | This is especially clear in the case of bilinguals who code switch , whose personas may be indexed — though only in a gross way — by language . |
| 10 | That will alter the average as well in a different way , but it is bound to alter the median . |