Example sentences of "or [verb] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can join a group to increase your own enjoyment of birds , to meet like-minded people , or to find ways of increasing your involvement by joining the committee , or raising funds , or taking part in practical conservation work . |
| 2 | A recent report from the EOC found that ‘ overall the Youth Training Programme does little or nothing to widen girls ’ horizons or to provide ways out of the low-paid and dead-end jobs which are a feature of many women 's lives in Northern Ireland today ’ . |
| 3 | try reaching a compromise or give way on one ( lesser ) risk so as to obtain your teenager 's agreement to forego another one . |
| 4 | Officers , in both Conservative and Labour areas , became more dependent on radical local politicians to determine spending strategies and whether to cut or to devise ways of outwitting central government controls . |
| 5 | SQL , the standard query language for interrogating relational databases is now established — the battle is over how SQL enquiries are structured — the IBM or SAG way . |
| 6 | The central idea of ethnomethodology is that the orderliness of social life is not the result of people obeying social norms or giving way to social pressures , but rather that orderliness is attained by all those involved working to achieve it . |
| 7 | Whilst this is an excellent weekend for lighthearted gatherings and sociable soirees it 's a tough time for taking orders or giving way to the superior power or authority of others . |
| 8 | This may involve improving the ability of employees to handle different tasks and move between jobs ; making more use of temporary and part time staff ; or finding ways of rewarding multi-skilled or high performing employees . |
| 9 | Coach the child in social behaviour : encourage her in social activity and describe or explain ways of interacting socially ( e.g. when she is with children parents have invited home ) . |