Example sentences of "to put it [adj] way " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If you like to put it that way , yes , ’ said Robyn defiantly . |
2 | He lacked a driving force , though Constance was not sophisticated enough to put it that way . |
3 | One of the most positive aspects of Switchboard that I 've seen over the past seven years , apart from the callers , has been the way that many of its members have continuously struggled to put their politics and convictions about gay and other rights into practice ( though some of them might not care to put it that way ) and the strength that working on it has given some people to do so elsewhere . |
4 | It was , if you like to put it that way , it was a status that it was your district . ’ |
5 | It was more diplomatic to put it that way for Mr Multhrop 's chef . ’ |
6 | It was easier to put it that way . |
7 | They get advice from the officers of the Local Education Authority , so there 's a number of people who are running things , if you like to put it that way , and they have to have good relationships erm and I must say that erm I have n't seen anything obstructive , particularly on our Board of Governors , from local Councillors and we 've had nothing but help from Local Education Authority officers , and I 'm glad we 're not going to lose that help . |
8 | Freud seems to be willing to put it this way , and then to want to insist again that it was an actual deed , otherwise the impact is immediately lost once we allow ourselves to think that it did not happen . |
9 | I have to put it this way but there are n't any alternative . |
10 | Or to put it another way : on the representational theory of mind , all learning is the testing of hypotheses which are already represented in the mind in some form ( for instance as sentences ) . |
11 | To put it another way : how did they think they could share their thoughts about the trick objects with another person ? |
12 | To put it another way , they have never really allowed its truth to blossom into fullness of life . |
13 | To put it another way : people get their minds going from newspapers and their hearts moving from TV . |
14 | To put it another way , we find fun simply irresistible . |
15 | To put it another way , the English have always been prepared to let some of their old live alone . |
16 | What still have to be worked out are the criteria which would justify not intervening aggressively , or , to put it another way , would amount to a quality of life which was not worth having . |
17 | Or , to put it another way , changing the status of a job would not have any impact on the behaviour of its incumbents . |
18 | To put it another way , bearing in mind that symptoms are part of the healing process and not the disease process , then particular medicines will bring about particular healing responses , that is symptoms . |
19 | To put it another way , President Reagan 's plans are likely to attract the kind of remarks that another John — McEnroe not McElroy — normally reserves for bad line calls . |
20 | Or to put it another way , it 's like a Birmingham City player when … |
21 | Or , to put it another way , you 're playing every other note in the scale . |
22 | The action depends on the ability of the remedy to stimulate the body to produce a healing response — or , to put it another way , on the body 's ability to mount a healing response . |
23 | To put it another way , both yarns knit on needles selected by the blanks , the cotton thread only on needles selected by the punched holes . |
24 | To put it another way , he was aware of the idea of divided consciousness , much discussed in his day , and here and elsewhere he can be seen applying it to his own actions . |
25 | He put it as follows : ‘ Marxism is essentially atheistic , or to put it another way : it is atheism which provides the radical aspect of the Marxist philosophy of life . |
26 | The net effect is that , each time , the perihelion is a little further round than the last time — or , to put it another way , the perihelion advances . |
27 | ‘ Or , to put it another way … yes , I am turning the satellite computer into a part of me . |
28 | To put it another way , is it a case of high pitch giving rise to sexist prejudice , or does the prejudice cause the reaction to the pitch ? |
29 | Or , to put it another way , the first stitch of the pattern ( the one on the left of the mylar sheet ) falls to the right , while the last stitch falls to the left of the N1 cam . |
30 | Or to put it another way , let us see how badly Miss Honey has taught you the three-times table . ’ |