Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the infrastructural level , the highways and transport system of Israel , Gaza and the West Bank were developed in such a way that it became increasingly easy to drive from Israel direct to one of the West Bank Jewish settlements without passing through Arab population centres . |
| 2 | Articles of government were altered in such a way as to increase the range of governors ' overall responsibilities . |
| 3 | Lieberman and Michaels ( 1962 ) found that they could get reasonably accurate recognition of attitudes using short recording of sentences spoken in different ways , but that when the recordings were distorted in such a way that most acoustic information was removed ( e.g. the speech sounds , voice quality , loudness variations etc. ) leaving only the pitch information — that part traditionally equated with intonation — listeners ' ability to recognise the attitudes was seriously reduced . |
| 4 | The five oligonucleotides shown in Fig. 5 were designed in such a way that the two motifs GGGCCC and AAAAA are differentially separated . |
| 5 | The keys were organised in such a way to prevent the typist from typing too quickly and thereby prevent the mechanically-operated rods of the typewriter from sticking . |
| 6 | Unfortunately at the press conference our careful recommendations about the importance of Standard English were presented in such a way that many journalists came away with the false impression that we did not mind if children spoke dialect rather than Standard English . |
| 7 | The groups were selected in such a way that each should contain a fairly equal proportion of aristocrats , diplomats , artists , men of letters and distinguished academics . |
| 8 | Skilfully applied , these cuts were made in such a way as to protect the sectors ' long-term business-base stability . |
| 9 | It was at one time said that statutes were drafted in such a way as to be intelligible only to lawyers . |
| 10 | Plus , the majority of the numbers were rigged in such a way that , what with lighting effects and special effects , they had to be the same length . |
| 11 | However , to lay claim to the land , settlers were compelled in such a milieu to be seen to clear it of trees , so the result was ecologically undesirable . |
| 12 | Under the terms of this formula resources in the NHS were distributed in such a way as to favour areas of the country traditionally under-provided with services , such as the Trent region in the Midlands . |
| 13 | Later research showed that they were in fact storehouses and workshops , attached to hut-dwelling communities during the first and second centuries AD : quernstones were found in such a cellar at Barns of Airlie , and a chamber in a Carlungie souterrain seems to have been used for both stone and metal working . |
| 14 | One common criticism of the UK government during the 1950s and 1960s was that fiscal and monetary policy were conducted in such a way that these policies ultimately exerted their full influence at the wrong time . |
| 15 | Other women writers were read in such a way as to assimilate them to reigning categories . |
| 16 | Fieldworkers used list A as a basis and the other two as a back-up resource ; B and C were ordered in such a way that if researchers failed to record an interview at , for example , household number 4 on list A , household number 4 of lists B and C would be of a similar type in the same locale . |
| 17 | When the Alliance between the Liberals and the Social Democrats was formed in 1981 a formula was devised for allocating constituencies between the two parties . |
| 18 | To indicate the causal relation between two notions , a compound was formed in such a way as to suggest that it is natural to begin with the effect and trace it back to its cause . |
| 19 | The reason is that the recognition network was arranged in such a way that acoustic similarities were minimized . |
| 20 | She talked about Florence Smith , an elderly constituent of hers , and how she was caught in such a gap . |
| 21 | It is impossible to know the extent to which this knowledge had a reactive effect in the field , although the research was designed in such a way as to try to establish , as well as one ever could , whether there was a mask behind which respondents were concealing their true behaviour and feelings . |
| 22 | The Panopticon was designed in such a way that prisoners were under constant surveillance by inspectors in a central observa-tion tower . |
| 23 | Dangerous driving is usually reserved for intentional dangerous driving or where it can be proved the defendant was driving in such a way as to fall within the new definition of ‘ driving dangerously ’ in section 2A ( 1 ) to ( 4 ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 . |
| 24 | It was threaded in such a way as to twirl and twist hand-spun wool into a twisted string which would then be used for the saddle bags she made . |
| 25 | This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts . |
| 26 | It was said in such a way that it was difficult to refuse , and Stephen felt obliged to sit next to her , smiling awkwardly into the camera , whilst Christina looked on , unable to prevent a suspicion that the whole scene had been orchestrated by the two Americans . |
| 27 | Indeed the adjustable peg system was operated in such a way that the exchange rate was rarely used as a means of adjustment , and import restrictions were not allowed under the Bretton Woods agreement . |
| 28 | Even the payment of players was regulated in such a way as to prevent clubs competing in a free market for talent . |
| 29 | The General Staff was left with unenviable task of deploying a smaller army than was needed in such a way as to reduce the risks of the Sandys Reformation . |
| 30 | was interpreted in such a way as to exclude the rules unless : ( a ) the decision being taken affected an individual 's legal rights ; ( b ) the decision was being taken by a body which had a duty to act judicially . |