Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] way [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The West , the Atlantic world , may have been firing rockets to the moon and fighting a war in Indochina , but the benefit of hindsight indicates now that in other ways it was gripped by a blinkered and introspective mood , absorbed by its own internal problems . |
| 2 | Although the amount NoS had to raise at this point was small compared with what was to come later , those involved say that in many ways it was harder work . |
| 3 | Although Valiant was of identical design to Vigilant with the same dimensions and general layout , we soon found out that in many ways she was a different ship . |
| 4 | She could not guess why or how , but she knew that in some way he was out to drive a wedge between herself and John . |
| 5 | She knew he was being evasive and sensed that in some way he was trying to protect her . |
| 6 | I thought that in some way I was n't pleasing you . |
| 7 | Earlier today the Secretary of State chided me and said that in some way I was an advocate of his system because I used the example of refuse collection and its cost to show that his system was simple and that we were in agreement on it . |
| 8 | Snaith was a Peculiar , ie it had its own ecclesiastical court and in many ways it was exempt from the jurisdiction of the Bishop , which may explain the fact that the Bishop 's inspectors came to interview the brothers at Snaith for reported ‘ indiscretions ’ and were unable to carry out their inspection because the brothers had summoned the ferry to the Snaith bank so they could not cross the river ! |
| 9 | In some ways it was better and in some ways it was worse . |
| 10 | He looked an ineffectual fool , and in some ways he was both ineffectual and foolish . |
| 11 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 12 | Fish knives were therefore only used by the middle and lower classes , and in this way it was considered non-U . |
| 13 | Connolly 's observation is often taken to confirm him as a better judge of literature than of politics , but in many ways he was remarkably prescient : Home was indeed ‘ honourably ineligible ’ for the new age which was dawning in the Tory party . |
| 14 | My perennial thoughts of transsexualism and suicide never left me , but in many ways I was happier than I had ever been in my life . |
| 15 | ( This was a soviet instrument , but in some ways it was the only real policy party in Iran , the others were the factions of certain politicians . ) |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , you are , ’ said my mother , and briefly she smiled too because in some ways she was no fool . |
| 17 | She often found herself making excuses to avoid him though in some ways she was interested in him , even attracted to him . |