Example sentences of "[vb base] in a manner " in BNC.

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1 Covariant tensors , which transform in a manner similar to that of the gradient of a scalar , thus
2 The more you stand up for yourself and act in a manner you respect , the higher your self-esteem .
3 The Secretary of State may add to this list and has more general powers to ensure that local authorities do ‘ not act in a manner having the effect or intended or likely to have the effect of restricting , distorting or preventing competition ’ ( s.4(5) ) .
4 No manager can flout convention and act in a manner which is contrary to the customs and standards of the organisation .
5 While he does not deny that they often speak in a manner that ‘ normal ’ people regard as metaphoric , he points out that poets are aware of the metaphoric nature of their linguistic productions , whereas schizophrenics are not ; they use what Rogers calls ‘ unlabelled metaphor ’ ( 1978:42 ) .
6 But under all four Presidents of the Fifth Republic the state and public sector actors remained the lodestone , the reference point , of communications policy-making : the dominant political force of the day uses state patronage to fashion the communications landscape in a manner conducive to its interests . ’
7 In addition to these complications of overlapping jurisdictions within the locality , local government itself is constrained by central government influence and control in a manner we shall discuss in Chapter 10 .
8 If all of the remaining ( n - 1 ) markets respond in a manner similar to the one outlined above , aggregation across labour markets will yield a determinate relationship between the overall rate of change of money wages , , and an index of aggregate excess demand for labour , X L , where defined as the ratio .
9 In most cases women can still smoke , consume alcohol , abuse drugs and live in a manner that threatens the quality of life of the unborn fetus without being held accountable , except in cases where they break other non-related laws .
10 In conjunction with several American firms , Clive and Stokes has been involved in developing ISA ( International Search Associates ) which aims to find firms who will adhere to a strict set of rules and co-operate in a manner which will enable the client to have the benefit of local know-how , with less restrictive off-limits constraints , but at the same time have an international outlook .
11 Employers should not , without good cause , behave in a manner that is likely to destroy or seriously damage the employment relationship .
12 If they behave in a manner that deserves punishment , they are punished .
13 The T m s are similar in all cases , and therefore it is concluded that the exothermicities of their formation would be similar at 0 K. The differences are assumed to lie in the fact that homopolymers behave in a manner analogous to a crystal , with a sudden transformation from a highly ordered state just below the T m to the disordered state just above the T m .
14 The debate now broadens to consider the overall impact of students who move or learn in a manner markedly different from the majority , on the general curriculum of the college .
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