Example sentences of "[adj] way [prep] which [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 At some point or other the student of local history will encounter dates expressed in a variety of different ways with which he will have to become familiar .
2 There are a number of different ways in which we can measure wealth .
3 There are many words and phrases which can be put into this category in English , and many different ways in which they can be classified .
4 Well I get involved in it in so many different ways erm this is a difficult one , but one of the things that happens is that a number of teachers , both from the area and elsewhere , erm do advanced courses at the university and as part of these courses we have a unit on evaluation , and for this they will choose some area of their school work which they and their colleagues — and I emphasise that this is something they do have to involve their colleagues back at school in very much — erm feel it would be useful to look at and then they try and discuss with their colleagues what aspects of it are important and significant and what ought to be seen , and they bring this discussion back and we all discuss together there 'll be different teachers working on different problems the different ways in which they could approach this problem and how they might most usefully be able to do it and at the end of the exercise they will have found out quite a lot about this particular area of teaching and very often we find that the people they 've consulted have themselves got quite interested in it and begun to realize that it 's not being done in a way that 's there to threaten them , they 're not sending a report to the headmaster or the Chief Education Officer or anything like that — it 's for the benefit of the people doing the work themselves .
5 This is one clear way in which we can recognise the clear distinction between the form of human personality and the form of divine personality .
6 It shows us some simple ways in which we can all join the drive for a better environment .
7 There are somewhat similar ways in which it would be odd to express assent to a question to show that one shared the speaker 's wondering .
8 Is there an objective way in which we can judge which is the truly best strategy , in a more general and less arbitrary sense ?
9 There were endless ways in which he could have made my activities seem a nuisance , positively damaging to our marriage , or — which would have been worst of all — merely trivial .
10 Does he agree that one of the most useful ways in which we can give them know-how is to tell them how we managed , in the light of the Maastricht agreement , to reject the principle of monetary union ?
11 An ever increasing flow of economic data has been matched only by the multifarious ways in which it can be interpreted and applied in relation to economic policy .
12 There are many possible ways in which one may incur tortious liability through the instrumentality of an animal under one 's control , but the fact that the agent happens to be animate rather than inanimate is immaterial , for while the common law , like other legal systems , developed special or additional rules of liability for animals , it did not deny the applicability to them of the general law .
13 It is felt that by doing this the planning department can gain a better understanding of the information needed by the business units , their concerns and possible ways in which they could be assisted .
14 The fecundity of the Great Mother gives rise to numerous ways in which she can be defined .
15 As the young runner 's confidence grows in this way the coach 's job is to fuel the novice 's dreams by suggesting practical ways in which they can be achieved .
16 The attention of individual members can be drawn to small , practical ways in which they can change the dynamic processes within the family .
17 Here are some practical ways in which you can be active .
18 The concrete 's spalling , the reinforcement is being attacked and we 've looked at various ways in which they can be repaired or replaced .
19 It is therefore necessary to use some sort of classification to sort out the various ways in which we might approach the problems of observation .
20 I then discuss various ways in which we can think about the relation between brain and behaviour .
21 And er we can get by on lots of things and when an emergency does come , sometimes we can cope with it if it 's not too big a one , but other times it can catch up with us , simply because we are only sort of half awake so the purpose of the talk today is to try and help us all to see various ways in which we can stay awake in the truth physic er , er spiritually speaking .
22 erm Basically erm there are various ways in which one can actually put together the job description .
23 There are various ways in which you can finish a picture .
24 Let's now look at the various ways in which you can improve the insulation of your home , giving each one a rating that indicates how cost-effective it is .
25 Coming from IBM , I am in a position to give a reasonably objective view as to the pros and cons of the various ways in which you can implement a Computerised Personnel Information System .
26 it may turn out that it has n't failed miserably but , you know , there may be various ways in which you could improve it which you might , you know , if you 're lucky he might have sort of written on , round the sides and round the edges and erm that 's you know kind of one of the things that you can build on erm you know a lot of
27 Christ has called us to step out by faith and this is one very small way in which we can do so .
28 The only way in which we can help is having a Labour government that has a policy to secure verifiable arms reductions .
29 The only way in which we can achieve sovereignty is by sharing it .
30 The only way in which we can be convinced that the situation in South Africa is getting better is by abolishing all the racist laws , doing away with the whole system of apartheid , allowing every adult to be able to decide on their own future , in other words universal adult suffrage .
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