Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [art] way " in BNC.

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1 He looked up from his reading and the beard parted in such a way as to suggest that there might be an affable grimace lying some way behind it .
2 In his statement of claim the plaintiff admitted that since termination of the contract he had by reason of continuing to work within the insurance industry acted in such a way that , if the contract were still subsisting , he would have been in breach of clause 9A .
3 They offered no theory as to why the child behaved in such a way , no external event was allowed an explanatory status ; rather the outburst was reflected back to the personality of the child , who was said to have a very angry liver ( the liver being the seat of inner states ) .
4 With such a concentration of union representation it is not unreasonable to conclude that ‘ Labour unions are so structured and their membership distributed in such a way as to defend the privileges of the elite ’ ( McGown 1980 p.111 ) .
5 Epigenetic rules have been demonstrated in virtually every category of cognition and behaviour investigated in such a way as to distinguish choices among stimuli .
6 ‘ Sir , Dinah has done nothing to deserve having her career ended in such a way .
7 He has met that part of the commitment , but our main concern was to have the legislation drafted in such a way as to ensure that a funding council would be set up .
8 The amount raised at the centenary had enabled quite large items to be bought , for example a special bed constructed in such a way that the patient lies in a hammock above the base .
9 However , how active are citizens today and is the system organised in such a way as to foster , or stifle their participation ?
10 ( The aim of most fusion research is to devise a magnetic container shaped in such a way that the very hot ionised gas , known as a plasma , does not escape . )
11 This is a rate of interest written in such a way that the final maturity value of the bill can always be calculated .
12 A direct role where collaboration occurs as a direct result of the teacher 's involvement : the teacher decides when collaboration should occur and why , and sets the processes in motion , for example , by asking children to read and comment on one another 's work , by setting a task structured in such a way that the children need to talk to one another and collaborate with one another in order to accomplish it .
13 The constitution , he said , should arise from the negotiations within a bicameral elected body — the lower house elected by proportional representation and the upper house elected in such a way as to ensure " special representation " for minorities and regions .
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