Example sentences of "way [prep] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | could be seen as contrasting opposite ways of reacting to the modern era . |
| 2 | There are two alternative ways of reacting to the stylized facts outlined above . |
| 3 | However , as Fillmore ( 1975 ) notes , these have two kinds of referent : they can either refer to the entire span itself , as in ( 56 ) , or to a point within the relevant span , as in ( 57 ) : ( 56 ) Tomorrow is Wednesday ( 57 ) Dennis hit Murphy with a baseball bat yesterday Note that the deictic words yesterday , today and tomorrow pre-empt the calendrical or absolute ways of referring to the relevant days . |
| 4 | In prose writing , the discrepancy between identity of meaning and identity of sense is well exemplified in the device of so-called elegant variation : we have already noted , for instance p107 ) , Henry James 's use of non-synonymous expressions : " the poor young man " , " this personage " , etc , as ways of referring to the same person . |
| 5 | ‘ You should know by your age , Lachlan , there 's more ways of getting to the other side of a mountain than by chewing through it . |
| 6 | And as family members we have seen and felt at close hand some of the most intense pains and also pleasures of later life : on the one hand , bereavement and loss , but on the other , the continued mastery of old skills , the creation of new pursuits and interests , the discovery of new friends and of new ways of contributing to the wider community . |
| 7 | Eventually , alternative ways of relating to the social fund were put forward and Council agreed on a policy of ‘ impartial advocacy ’ . |
| 8 | They were drastically reduced in 1985–86 because of overtime cuts forced upon the police by the local police authority as one of the ways of responding to the budgetary impact of rate capping . |
| 9 | Social activities Provided that they do not stop you going to bed at the proper time , social activities are a very good way of adjusting to the new time zone , particularly if they enable you to spend time out-of-doors in natural daylight at the times recommended in Table 11.2 . |
| 10 | ‘ Every Jewish king of the House of David was known as Messiah , or Christ , and a regular way of referring to the High Priest was ‘ the Priest Messiah ’ … ’ |
| 11 | This , I think , is an illuminating way of pointing to the prototypical role of sensations , accompanying as they do ( but not constituting ) our developed language-games such as those of pain or memory . |
| 12 | Mr Rifkind is also opposed to a scheme for selling BR in seven regional packages , originally canvassed by the Centre for Policy Studies as a romantic way of returning to the pre-1948 system . |
| 13 | The fifth step in an assertiveness programme involves preparing and rehearsing a different way of responding to the identified situation . |
| 14 | This may point the way in regard to the original problem . |