Example sentences of "use [prep] a [adv] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gaelic is a complicated language phonetically , expressed in writing by an alphabet of only 18 letters used in a most ingenious way . |
| 2 | Non-executive director Sir Patrick Wright recently found his skills being used in a rather unusual way . |
| 3 | ( Often the term is used in a rather derogatory way , as ‘ mere housekeeping ’ — albeit then mainly by male biochemists who may not recognize that housekeeping is a pretty serious business ! ) |
| 4 | It also enables him to produce a version of ‘ what is being talked about ’ , i.e. the topic of conversation , which is much more comprehensive , and certainly of greater analytic interest , than the single word-or-phrase-type title which is often used in a fairly trivial way to characterise ‘ topic ’ in the study of conversation . |
| 5 | The term ‘ differencing ’ is also used in a quite distinct way from that of acknowledging feudal proximity , and that is to display family connections and descent . |
| 6 | Similarly , the term " freemen " , also much used , was used in a very restricted way as when Lord Hardwicke declared in 1757 , " Our men of property are our only freemen … " |
| 7 | This tectono-stratigraphic model has also been used in a very tentative way to predict broad facies relationships . |
| 8 | Motifs can also be used in a more extended way , to unify a long composition which , like opera , moves through many moods and situations . |
| 9 | The Client Index system will need to be used in a more standardised way . |
| 10 | Parents also wanted an increased availability of specialist ‘ therapy ’ time , but wanted it to be used in a more flexible way . |
| 11 | As we have seen , there are real questions about how to use in a really precise way some of the very general concepts of the regulationist school . |