Example sentences of "[subord] in [adj] ways " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a split in self-perception is , I think , more likely to occur in girls than in boys at the time of puberty because the physiological changes which a boy undergoes are likely to be treated as marks of manhood , whereas what happens to a girl is more likely not to be mentioned , although in many ways the signs of her having reached puberty are more obviously visible . |
| 2 | The Order of Things , although in many ways Foucault 's most influential work , remains , however , an oddity in certain respects : first , that in arguing for an a priori common to a ( limited ) number of knowledges , Foucault at times seems to be advocating a structural key between different levels within the episteme , thus restoring the form of the essential section so criticized by Althusser . |
| 3 | Although in many ways conservative , Jane Austen tolerates and even welcomes change . |
| 4 | Equally important , although in many ways distinct , was a perceptible decline in public confidence . |
| 5 | I seek to exorcise it , although in many ways my obsession has become my life . |
| 6 | In an interview with the Cumhuriyet newspaper of March 29 President Özal of Turkey said that since unification Germany had sought " to intervene everywhere … to prove that it was a major power " and that " in the past Hitler 's Germany did the same thing , although in other ways " . |
| 7 | Although in some ways twentieth-century romantic ballets resemble those of the nineteenth century , they more often originate in a drama which supposedly takes place in the world of reality . |
| 8 | In other words , the focus of Gironella 's attention is neither historically nor iconographically arbitrary , although in some ways his reworkings of the paintings of others could be seen to be simply an extension of a fairly conventional activity . |
| 9 | Although in some ways it 's even more agreeable when they 're not , because then Howard does his famous imitation of Freddie — Freddie being praised , Freddie being jealous , Freddie doing his best to unbend enough to be wrathful . |
| 10 | Although in some ways it seems hardly necessary to have to justify this , the concerns of management merit our interest for a number of reasons . |
| 11 | So in fact the crinoline , although in some ways it had its disadvantages , I think it was a good deal more comfortable than , than wearing a lot of petticoats and being very restricted like that . |
| 12 | ‘ When you reach the grand old age of 50 and you realise you have a bit of time on your hands than in some ways the Order is a natural choice , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Yet they are distinct from general art history and criticism in their conscious introduction , if in varying ways , of active social concepts as necessary elements of description and analysis . |
| 14 | For , if in variable ways , the new technologies of cinema , sound broadcasting , sound discs and cassettes , television , video cassettes and tape recorders all embody systems of access which are direct at least in the sense that they are culturally available within normal social development , without any form of selective cultural training . |
| 15 | In the cases of France and Germany , if in different ways , the consequence is a technological-bureaucratic , potentially authoritarian remodelling of parliamentary democracy … |
| 16 | And the paternalistic traditions of the great landowners could be married relatively easily to the responsibilities of a Welfare State , because in many ways they were not really that different . |
| 17 | As we shall see , this connection although appearing neat is certainly not tidy because in many ways Japanese industrial relations are not nearly the radical contrast with the West that they first appear . |
| 18 | And because in many ways I identified with her . |
| 19 | I do n't know that the school 's is the right vehicle for this because in many ways , the children who are getting into these things pay more attention to the peer group , and it 's more important to have community groups , community cafes , things which are not seen as authority getting at them . |
| 20 | When I get a compliment from him it 's nice , because in other ways he 's cool about things . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , you are , ’ said my mother , and briefly she smiled too because in some ways she was no fool . |
| 22 | ‘ I assume you made it worth her while in other ways , but obviously I failed to discover from her own fair lips how much you thought she was worth , and I 'm damned sure you wo n't admit how much you 've paid over the odds for her favours . ’ |
| 23 | While in many ways the UK system is a homogeneous one , with centralized application procedures , common though varying admissions requirements , and a national system of student support through grants and now loans , its often decentralized and pragmatic mode of development has led to great variation in detail . |
| 24 | While in some ways the Civil War of 1936 – 39 was a parenthesis in the course of Spanish history , it undoubtedly marked a watershed ; " before " and " after " were clearly distinguished from each other , in people 's minds and in reality . |
| 25 | ‘ Aurigny ’ is the old French name for the island of Alderney , and it is fitting that this should have been chosen as the airline 's title , since in many ways that rocky islet is the heart of the organisation . |
| 26 | However , there are good reasons for not limiting a discussion of language processing to sentences , since in many ways the sentence is not the most appropriate psychological unit — and , indeed , some authors have argued that it is not the most appropriate unit for linguistic analysis . |
| 27 | The GCSE , in short , though in many ways an exciting new development , represents an uneasy compromise . |
| 28 | Of these France was much the most important example , though in many ways Italy fell into the same class . |
| 29 | I have to admit it , though in many ways she 's a pain . ’ |
| 30 | Though in some ways Colin was quite close to his drivers — closer to some than to others — he was , in financial matters , something of a cheese-parer and though his sponsors were generally reasonably generous , even at the height of Lotus 's reputation he neither enjoyed the kind of largesse available to some teams nor , with his many other commitments and his fairly flamboyant life style , could devote all of what he did receive to his team . |