Example sentences of "the way [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tin of rings and a ten shilling note , a woodshed and an oak tree , an innocence , never to be reclaimed , a shock which changed even the ways of looking at the ferns and foxgloves , droopy-leaved sallow , buckthorn , white-beam and goat willow . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In any case other activities got in the way of getting to the Sunday services , but I managed the rehearsals and some weekday 5pm services . |
| 4 | Even worse , some think public relations stands in the way of getting at the real facts . |
| 5 | Nothing that he can do in the way of concentrating on the original sensation and uttering the word ‘ pain ’ will succeed in endowing that word with a meaning . |
| 6 | So although in a sense one 's moral judgements indicate simply one 's personal emotional response to a situation , in making one 's response stable by further enquiry into the details of a situation , and by further reflection , one is not only stabilising one 's own feelings but moving towards the way of feeling about the situation on which men in general would converge . |
| 7 | Yes , erm , I had in mind that , is there a seconder to that ? my own view is that erm , and that goes for most of the way for dealing with the problem , but I think it would be appropriate for this committee to make it clear that erm , any extension of the maximum aggregate for the current financial year will be met by an appropriate reduction or a corresponding reduction in the expenditure for ninety four ninety five , erm and I 'm not certain that that 's absolutely clear to the public or indeed to all members of |
| 8 | Well , you can probably go some of the way by concentrating on the humanity of the policemen you need to portray . |