Example sentences of "way [prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several ways of dealing with a hot , dry site . |
| 2 | A special committee , the resource allocation working party ( RAWP ) , was convened to establish ways of moving towards a fairer distribution system . |
| 3 | TRADITION ( SOCIAL ) — refers to the values , standards , beliefs , sentiments and , in general , the ways of thinking in a social group , which have been handed down from generation to generation . |
| 4 | There must be many other ways of capitalizing in a creative way on the restrictions of being housebound . |
| 5 | Listening to music and relaxing the muscles of the head and neck properly can be very effective ways of coping with a bad headache . |
| 6 | When two or more creatures that are unrelated all evolve similar ways of coping with a particular circumstance , this is called convergent evolution . |
| 7 | There is no altogether painless way of escaping from a pay-as-you-go scheme , particularly if you want people to make substitute provision . |
| 8 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 9 | There is normally more than one way of writing about a particular historical subject or period . |
| 10 | When the picture is sharp enough on fast search ( machines vary ) , then you have a way of skipping through a long programme , perhaps selecting only some sections for normal viewing . |
| 11 | One way of dealing with a philosophical myth is to expose its implications . |
| 12 | There is another way of dealing with a philosophical myth . |
| 13 | This was entirely the wrong way to make policy and a cavalier way of dealing with a popular and effective service . |
| 14 | A further , and rather extreme way of dealing with a chronological survey of art is to eliminate the artists . |
| 15 | Probably the most effective way of dealing with an incipient spin in practice is to move forwards on the stick , apply the opposite rudder to check the yaw and then to use all the controls normally to bring the aircraft level . |
| 16 | Sir Patrick said : ‘ There is in my belief , and in my experience , a profound desire amongst everyday people in Northern Ireland , right across the community , that the politicians should resume talks , because there is a recognition that there has to be a way of securing a less antagonist way of living in a divided society than we have at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | Everyone has some way of coming into a cognitive and very deeply associational relationship with clothing — perhaps we should bring that to painting and sculpture ’ , says Richard Martin , the newly appointed curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ( that 's the way he tends to talk ) . |
| 18 | But it thinks that to rely solely on market forces is a messy way of reining in a big borrower . |
| 19 | A possible way of arguing against a causal theory of justification would be to claim that we have no guarantee that there is only one way in which beliefs come to be justified , and in particular no real reason for supposing that any acceptable way must somehow be causal , so that all justified beliefs that p must be caused by relevant facts . |
| 20 | unc Another , often simpler , way of changing to an improper fraction is to do the following . |
| 21 | So it was a full range of offences and I mean there is n't a typical way of working with a typical kind of offence . |