Example sentences of "a way of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The joy of a golden thread approach is that it provides a way of moving between the past and the very different circumstances of the present . |
| 2 | Evolutionary game theory is a way of thinking about the evolution of phenotypes when fitnesses are frequency-dependent ; i.e. when the best thing to do depends on what others are doing . |
| 3 | I do not pretend that these notions can do more than offer a way of thinking about the quantum world with some hope of doing justice both to the idiosyncrasy of its ways and also to the beautiful structure of the microworld which has been laid bare by the discoveries of elementary particle physics . |
| 4 | Buy BT as a way of plugging into the potential benefits of recovery — such as rising telephone call volumes — without taking undue risks . |
| 5 | In other words , I was trying to establish whether religion had been important enough in the interviewees ' childhood ( at least , as it was now remembered ) for it to be mentioned , without any prompting on my part ; and then , I would try not to prejudge what the interviewees thought was involved in religion , but let them decide what aspect would come out ‘ naturally ’ — whether they would talk about the institutionalised churches , private prayer , a personal relationship with God , a way of looking at the world or the ultimate meaning of their existence . |
| 6 | For example , it suggests a way of looking at the relationship between science and technology which focuses not on the subject matter of the different disciplines , but rather the stance towards it and use made of it . |
| 7 | There is the sense here that reason is more than the sum of its parts , and that the serious pursuit of truth can , over time , generate a way of looking at the world and an approach to forming judgements on it that stands over and above any particular truths that may be assimilated on the way . |
| 8 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
| 9 | This has also been a way of escaping from the serious clashes which historically have taken place between different Christian groups involved in education and which remain a distinct possibility in the multi-faith situation . |
| 10 | Ironically this ‘ ethic of care ’ has a way of intruding into the lives of the most passionate ‘ ethic of rights ’ adherents . |
| 11 | Michael Tye , in his recent book The Metaphysics of Mind ( Cambridge , 1989 ) , has a way of dealing with the difficulty which , if it worked , would solve the materialist 's problem . |
| 12 | This applies , presumably , to the case where one misfortune sets in train a whole sequence of further misfortunes , each confirming the child 's expectation of what life has to offer him and each giving him further reason to adopt whatever behaviour — flight from reality , antisocial tendencies , and so forth — he used as a way of dealing with the original situation . |
| 13 | Finally it was pointed out that there was a renewed emphasis in government departments on stressing emigration and reduced birth rates as a way of dealing with the unemployment rate . |
| 14 | We emphasise in our report that we do not see those measures as a way of dealing with the shortfall . |
| 15 | Jasper thought of a way of smoking in the trains . |
| 16 | I regard it as a way of living for the future , but what I feel I have learned so far is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 17 | They had the edge , a way of living for the moment that she envied . |
| 18 | For example , Slobin ( 1973 ) has put forward a number of ‘ operating principles ’ as a way of accounting for the appearance of language forms which suggest this kind of abstract grammatical knowledge . |
| 19 | Between them , the Waleses have established a way of operating over the last ten years that is unmistakably their own ; and quite unlike any other branch of the Royal Family . |
| 20 | The song was a part of the day , a way of getting through the day tunefully , in rhythm . |
| 21 | I saw his words as a way of getting at the Countess . |
| 22 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 23 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 24 | Huy had returned to his house in order to work out a way of getting into the brothel known by the impious name of the Glory of Set — Nebamun had been right , he found that he simply could not let the whole thing drop , and now there was a friend 's death to be avenged — when the message had come for him from the palace compound . |
| 25 | One argument for common investment funds is that at the moment they provide a way of getting round the narrow and wider investment bands that dictate charity investment . |
| 26 | The Ego revels in guilt , since it is a way of clinging to the past , and hanging on to old payoffs . |
| 27 | And in the most final sense of all , to be arrested while fighting opposing supporters may be felt as a way of conveying to the management by means of some psychic process the nature of the ‘ really genuine supporter ’ , and the character of his identification . |
| 28 | It 's a way of integrating with the able-bodied world . |
| 29 | Gustave had a way of talking about the women he had enjoyed . |
| 30 | But certain words , like certain tunes , have a way of floating on the top of the mind , ready to jet out of the smallest leak in the sensibility . |