Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [prep] a way " in BNC.

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1 If , as is postulated here , usage is determined by the meaning to be expressed , the answer must be that there are two different ways of conceiving causation in English , make representing it in a way that calls for the bare infinitive , cause in a way requiring the representation of abstract movement in time signified by to .
2 If girls deviate , they tend to do it in a way that causes far less disruption than boys , such as pretending to write when they are bored .
3 I try to do it in a way that is n't too threatening and allows the opportunity to discuss things . ’
4 Well I 've tried to explain to him , I 've actually sat down and said , You have got , and I 've done it in a way of , of sets .
5 Critics of LMS have seen it as a way of bringing about education cuts without blame being ascribed to either local or central government .
6 They started as self-defence systems , but more than 2,000 years of refinement have turned them into a way of life .
7 You need to structure it in a way that fits in with the argument that you 're go the line of argument you 're going to be putting before the magistrate .
8 Although they have said No , the leaders of the Bosnian Serbs have left themselves with a way out .
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