Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a [adv] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is surely a general result , that if the management left to itself would act in a socially optimal way along the lines represented in ( 4.1 ) , it is fatuous , indeed counterproductive , to constrain it . |
| 2 | ‘ And we both know that can make people behave in a very strange way , ’ he said drily . |
| 3 | Your father ? ’ 'He never speaks of Uncle Adam either , but he does n't speak in a very different way , if you follow me . |
| 4 | Occasionally the demands of senior politics and junior fun could clash in a more direct way . |
| 5 | So once you get towards , take a clock in , make sure you pace yourself , and say at the end of that just put in a sort of sentence to make it look as if it 's been finished off Erm , what I usually do when I do an exam is I spend the first five minutes actually looking at the questions because initially you look for the ones that you 've revised and you see but there may be others there , there 're you can do in a slightly different way than the way that they first appear and that might help you quite a bit , although there are no trick questions in this . |
| 6 | Conversely , where an uneven and granulated wash is desirable ( such as in a mixture of ultramarine and burnt umber , which tends to separate and granulate in a very attractive way and is a good alternative to the deadening effects of lamp black ) then water with a high mineral content should be used by stirring a teaspoonful of cement powder or plaster into about half a pint of water , allowing the solids to settle and using the relatively clear overlying liquid . |
| 7 | We also know that they may react in a slightly perverse way to our advertising . |
| 8 | Everyone feels we should react in a very strong way to these remarks . ’ |
| 9 | Children can react in a very matter-of-fact way , like the little boy who , in the aftermath of his father 's death , climbs into his mother 's bed in the mornings . |
| 10 | It is clear that some variables in English do function in a very general way : for example , variation between the alveolar and velar nasal in the present participle ending ( ing ) is universal and can be said to mark the whole English-speaking world as a single speech community . |
| 11 | Some creatures can indicate in a very limited way things happening elsewhere : bees have half a dozen different aerial dances to indicate where to find nectar . |
| 12 | They did n't die in a very nice way , ’ she added , shuddering at the memory . |
| 13 | Has fertility changed mostly because successive cohorts each grow up with their own characteristic attitude to childbearing ( ‘ cohort ’ effects ) , or do families respond in a more opportunistic way to the economic and social opportunities or problems of the moment ( ‘ period ’ effects ) ? |
| 14 | We hope they will respond in a very positive way . |
| 15 | The weather changes over the centuries , but it does not change in a specifically malevolent way . |
| 16 | The proportion of fat deposited on your body will reduce in a most dramatic way , much more so than with almost any other diet and exercise programme . |
| 17 | The self-interest of monarchs , however , could also operate in a more provocative way . |
| 18 | You could hardly ask for a more exhilarating way to kick off the week 's traces . |
| 19 | So , I think most analysts now think that the , the concatenation of circumstances which produces a person 's superego is so complex , and there are so many factors interacting , probably along with any genetic factors , there probably is a heritable basis of guilt to some extent , but the , you ca n't say in a very simple way that a person 's childhood socialization will determine every aspect of the superego . |
| 20 | What we also need to think about is we learn in one way , but our delegates may actually learn in a slightly different way . |