Example sentences of "way [prep] [noun] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNION leaders at Robert Gordon University last night called off strike action , planned for today , to pave the way for talks which could settle the dispute over the sacking of Sheena Falconer , a senior textiles lecturer at the institution . |
| 2 | And that this was the the only way of life they could have . |
| 3 | This is not simply a matter of economic growth , although that has become increasingly important and perhaps dominant , but of a more general development of a distinctive culture and way of life which would allow the society to take its ‘ rightful ’ place as an autonomous , self-determining unit among the other nations of the world . |
| 4 | To get some idea of the best system for your particular way of life you should ask yourself the sort of questions a heating contractor would ask : |
| 5 | It was not a way of life he would have considered particularly pious ; to be content with it , and not strain to improve it , he would not have considered unmanly or unadventurous . |
| 6 | By way of correction I can offer only the thought that the word comprimat in the third line of Musae Jovis is a jussive subjunctive ( ‘ let … crush ’ ) , not an indicative ( ‘ crushes ’ ) . |
| 7 | By way of contrast we may note that between 1939 and 1959 , years which saw a major debate and official investigation of the subject , there were only two major books . |
| 8 | There is Jonas to support also , and in the way of nature he will live for many years . |
| 9 | Even when that object was not consciously in view most proposals for Masai development tended in practice towards that end , their essential ingredient being some measure designed to move the Masai away from the semi-nomadism they had immemorially practised towards a way of living which would make it easier for administrators to keep a benevolent eye on them . |
| 10 | By way of shorthand I will refer to third parties who , with the requisite knowledge , were concerned in the carrying on of unauthorised investment business as responsible third parties . |
| 11 | In order to give you an estimate of likely costs and by way of illustration I would anticipate that , on the basis of a single interested party , fees in addition to the £ [ ] already billed , will be of the following order : — |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd been involved in that plane near miss on the way to York which would have frightened anyone and it was hard to concentrate properly . |