Example sentences of "way [prep] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Iranians it was always a political as well as religious creed , and way of differentiating themselves from the Arabs . |
| 2 | Ankara diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government . |
| 3 | It is often possible , then , to understand and so overcome spelling errors , once you understand why you are making an error and can work out a way of reminding yourself of the correct form . |
| 4 | All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time . |
| 5 | When he was at school , Gazzer 's graffiti had been part of his act : another way of establishing himself as a ‘ character ’ , of making his mates laugh . |
| 6 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
| 7 | A good way of familiarising yourself with the principle of intervallic interchange is to set yourself the following task , both on and away from your guitar . |
| 8 | I had had nothing to read for three months , and now that we had some time to ourselves reading was a good way of distracting myself from the immediacies of life around me . |
| 9 | It 's changed partly because Stalin 's er strategy in China has been shown to be a disaster and Stalin is trying to cover his tracks and most effective way of protecting himself against the criticism and the unpopularity which is likely to come from the failure is by insisting that the strategy was right all along and the revolution is about to triumph . |
| 10 | I laughed , and she said , ‘ Laughing is a way of protecting yourself from the truth . ’ |
| 11 | ONE type of wild potato has developed a novel way of protecting itself from the ravages of aphids — by producing the chemical that aphids themselves use as an alarm signal . |
| 12 | Scandal came easy to him , it was simply a way of life , a way of raising himself above the ordinariness of his upbringing in Fife . |
| 13 | Other people avoid having this proof as a way of defending themselves against the reality of the death of the person they love . |
| 14 | Those on the brink of buying are mostly waiting until the election is out of the way before committing themselves to a new house , but City financier Christopher Moran thinks they are all wrong . |
| 15 | Despite what may have appeared as the rejuvenation of an all-but-lost career , Solly is still a long way from committing himself to the marathon . |
| 16 | He has carried on the good work this term and is well on the way to establishing himself in the top 10 with 16 wins in the current campaign . |