Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] way " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
2 | I would be grateful if you could try to protect my interests in the same way . |
3 | In order of importance in discriminating between them and the respondents , they differed in their views in the following ways : |
4 | Even before Branshaw is let to an American , to whom his tenants do not raise their hats in the same way , the house has already begun to alter : |
5 | If our tea and lunch breaks could be structured on the lines of the ancient Egyptians I am sure that by 10.30am each day there would be a smile on the face of each and every member of staff ; and if we could ensure that all our members were treated by their employers in the same way , our membership figures would double instantly . |
6 | All this is then collected from their homes in the normal way and sent to be recycled . |
7 | Gandhi speaks of loving enemies and reacting to their wrongdoings in the same way as you would react to the wrong-doings of friends and relatives . |
8 | When moving together , climbers on the ends of the rope should tie direct into their harnesses in the normal way . |
9 | The attraction between the positive and negative electricity was supposed to keep the electrons in their orbits in the same way that the gravitational attraction between the sun and the planets keeps the planets in their orbits . |
10 | The students were being fed contradictory messages and did what they could to lead their lives in the best way possible , given deteriorating conditions and mounting ideological and political debates . |
11 | To pick out just a few examples : grandparents treat their grandchildren in the same way whether they live in Aberdeen or London ; middle-class people use money to support their close relatives in similar ways whether they live in Swansea , Sheffield or London ; people use their kin network to help them find employment whether they live in Glasgow , Basildon or Corby . |
12 | As well as confronting the child and recording its responses in the normal way , they also walked up to its surprised mother and noted how she behaved . |
13 | Katharine finds her commissions in the oddest ways , especially now that she is sequestered in deepest Dorset . |
14 | But Mrs Taylor concedes that this is unavoidable ( ‘ No two companies analyse their costs in the same way , ’ she says ) , and feels that ‘ the insights from the exercise justify the efforts involved ’ . |
15 | That is why we must have complaints procedures that can be worked and really do work , why authorities must use their powers in the proper way and why we must have constant vigilance . |
16 | Most listed companies do not at present use their non-executives in the precise ways Cadbury recommends . |
17 | The reasons why this type of job has arisen in agencies are complex , and reflect weaknesses both in existing agency staffing and structure and in clients ' ability to brief their agencies in the right way . |
18 | The Bidlakes sent back their instructions in the same way , and were able to keep following England 's march all the way to the final in Melbourne . |
19 | Of course , this Bill will go through all its stages in the normal way . |
20 | This new course did n't seem to fit ; its layout was more suited to California than Warwickshire , and this undoubtedly affected some players , like Jack , who could n't react to its challenges in the usual way . |
21 | According to market researchers International Data Corp , a survey of 500 major corporate users showed that although 39% will continue to use their mainframes in the same way as they always have , a massive 61% want to downsize . |
22 | According to market researchers International Data Corp , a survey of 500 major corporate users showed that although 39% will continue to use their mainframes in the same way as they always have , a massive 61% want to downsize . |
23 | The lesson was not wasted on Renaissance princes , who adopted individual portraiture on their own coins , in the hope that these would survive as lasting memorials to their achievements in the same way as Roman coins had ; this adoption of portraiture thereby laid one of the foundations of modern coin design . |
24 | It has been said that if twelve national parliaments — twenty-one chambers — mandated their ministers in the Danish way , it would be impossible for the Council to negotiate final compromises . |
25 | Remember that it 's perfectly natural for the other fish to eat the fry and that unless you take steps to prevent it , the fry will have to take their chances in the same way as they would in the wild . |
26 | Cotton marketed himself and his talents in the same way . |
27 | I can only apologize , we 'll try and get his legs on the right way again when he comes back from Spain . |
28 | He had released the pressure of his emotions in the only way a society built on a stiff upper lip had left him — but his control over his real feelings had remained even then . |
29 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
30 | As he talked , he clapped his hands in the loose way typical among hijras . |