Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 So start shopping the new way soon — it says style !
2 Instead she had leant even more on him and he just could n't take it , so had chosen the easy way out .
3 Second , by embracing collective entrepreneurship , the Japanese especially have found a different way to achieve competitive advantage while maintaining high real wages .
4 Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way .
5 Up to now all has been plain sailing but at the third row you have a straight arrow indicating to select needles again and transfer with the lace carriage and you have only just transferred stitches the other way without working two knit rows between .
6 They won it clearly after Spence and McCloskey were out-pointed on decisions that could easily have gone the other way .
7 Why did he always want to go the long way round .
8 The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education .
9 ‘ I still try to remember the old way of measuring time . ’
10 I went down on my knees carefully and as carefully turned to face the other way , south .
11 Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport .
12 The decision would probably have gone the other way had 100,000 men not already been back at work , mainly in the more prosperous East and West Midland areas .
13 But there 's something in even the very best of us which would really prefer to take the easy way out , if that 's at all possible .
14 It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way .
15 He quietly looked into solving his problems , he got some treatment and really has come a long way .
16 Also , even world class sailors only get it right about 80 per cent of the time , so by following someone you will never manage to beat them and you will often get lead the wrong way .
17 She really did have a long way to go , and she had not yet learned to recognise the precise lineaments , the demeanour and the shape of the shadow of Stan .
18 A little really does go a long way , so apply sparingly , by dotting on minute amounts and rubbing in well — only re-apply every three hours or so .
19 Jim said : ‘ We had to tackle the traditionally bad image of train catering and we really have come a tremendous way as far as quality is concerned .
20 To Henry it may well have seemed a sensible way of killing two birds with one stone — chastising rebels and at the same time providing his warlike second son with useful experience .
21 A trainer may frequently have to change a preconceived way of educating a horse to avoid some problem or bad habit that he or she ‘ senses ’ will arise .
22 But they vary considerably in their anatomy and , as is often the case when considering the simpler members of a group , it is sometimes difficult to decide whether a characteristic represents a truly primitive survival or is secondarily reduced to suit a particular way of life .
23 The history of the SI is in some ways a struggle for recognition ( despite Debord 's evasions ) sustained by a radically negative critique which ultimately failed to find a middle way between Hegelian metaphysics and the dynamics of political organisation in the pursuit of its utopian objectives .
24 And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call .
25 He is still extremely grateful to the SMH , though his results on behalf of the paper since have gone a long way to repaying any debt of gratitude .
26 But Llewellyn 's retainers with Twiston-Davies and Tim Forster , plus attractive rides for David Nicholson and Nick Gaselee , make those dark days when the phone never rang seem a long way off .
27 Spices certainly have come a long way since their early days , when they were a rare commodity and it was considered an honour to receive them as a gift .
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