Example sentences of "it 's a [adj] way of " in BNC.

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1 It 's a dirty way of fightin' , but it was quick for old Gerry . ’
2 Yeah well if , it 's a stupid way of doing it when you 've got a boiler that 's heating up , you can just wait on a bit
3 It 's a clever way of offering different sounds , and one which Fender have used to good effect before , notably on The Twin .
4 It 's a good way of getting status .
5 But , as you 'll discover , they nearly all do — it 's a good way of giving customers added value .
6 I do n't know if this is true or not , but it 's a good way of visualizing how an inkjet works .
7 ‘ I like writing about group sex — it 's a good way of getting all the characters together ’
8 If you do n't like Sport , it 's a good way of exercising .
9 He says that that it 's a good way of introducing youngsters to trials riding , as well as keeping them off the streets .
10 So it 'll be Hollywell to get , it 's a good way of !
11 I got an it 's a good way of getting I think .
12 It 's a good way of doing it , in n it , there 's no messing about is there ?
13 If I was cynical , Bill , I 'd say it 's a good way of making a bit of extra money , and that was confirmed at a meeting I went to of motor traders the other day .
14 It 's a good way of doing it , just saying , ‘ Well , my personal view is of course this is a tragedy .
15 It 's a polite way of saying that I 'm a nerd , ’ she shouts .
16 You can tailor lists of events for different parts of your life , or for different people , but it 's a long-winded way of jotting stuff down .
17 So the main reason , that 's just sorry it 's a long way of getting to it sir but , the main change in circumstance that the county is putting forward since nineteen eighty compared with today is that agricultural policy means that more farmland is being diversified and they feel the need at county level to have a sweep-up policy to control that process .
18 It 's a useful way of getting a perspective on the present , to realize that people think and feel in such different ways , in totally alien ways , that are completely unsympathetic , which is why feminism is an interesting development , because the ability to read something written in a totally patriarchal tradition , and to make the sympathetic adjustment , giving him his due , recognizing that he could n't have thought what you think , because people did n't think like that then … .
19 It 's a better way of making a living than digging the roads . ’
20 It 's a terrible way of looking at it — but , if people were n't being blown up , I would n't have written ‘ Look Mum No Hands ’ .
21 ’ People think it 's a cruel way of doing it but it is n't really , because there 'll be shooting snaring and gasing , which is worse that the way we do it ’ ’ Foxes have to be controlled , fox hunting in the last 250 years have controlled the numbers beautifully ’
22 So it 's a nice way of revising tonight .
23 er well that 's what it means , it 's a nice way of putting it
24 It 's a weird way of doing things , it 's extremely , it 's , it 's weird , if you look at the drawing
25 I mean it 's a lovely way of life for them I suppose , but
26 It 's a lovely way of understanding how are , your staff are feeling and getting on .
27 It 's a funny way of putting it .
28 It 's a funny way of doing the G
29 it 's a funny way of doing it really
30 It 's an awful way of assessing people .
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