Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 2 | KITCHENS SINGER Patrick Fitzgerald has a way with egotistical comments : ‘ Our tour manager 's fallen right down-to-earth , ’ he beams at one point during tonight 's proceedings . |
| 3 | In fact Weill 's American years represent a serious struggle to find a way of addressing his lifelong political concerns in a popular language that spoke directly to the American public . |
| 4 | inability to find a way out of the financial tangle that they were in . |
| 5 | This requires both parallel processing and a system of constraint satisfaction , and connectionism offers a way of implementing such a system . |
| 6 | Notebooks provide a way to organize many spreadsheets together in the same file . |
| 7 | But Mr Fowler confirmed that the Government 's attempt to find a way of preventing strikes in essential services has so far failed . |
| 8 | The big bay three quarterbred was being driven hard into Artemis 's lightly framed thoroughbred , and Artemis could feel the distress signals through her hands and seat as the horse shortened its stride in a desperate attempt to find a way out . |
| 9 | Ryle ( 1949 ) is another attempt to find a way between extreme behaviourism and the mental/physical separation . |
| 10 | Let herself go a bit — ye get that with women whose men are giving them a hard time , and who hav'na found a way of getting their retaliation in first . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Football has a way of kicking you down like that . |
| 12 | In 1971 , the Agricultural Research Council ( ARC ) and the agriculture ministry launched a research programme to find a way of turning the problem into a resource . |
| 13 | There must , we think , be some argument from analogy to provide a way round scepticism . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , Roberts describes a way of life before and after the First World War which is quite fascinating and now , obviously , long past . |
| 15 | The motorbikes clear a way but fans still jump into the road , running behind their favourites and pushing them . |
| 16 | Andy clears a way through the undergrowth and we drag the man beneath the thorns and soft fruit of the brambles and the glossy leaves of the rhodies , into the green darkness ; his rucksack catches on the branches above and Andy takes it off him , pushing it ahead of us . |
| 17 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 18 | Could it be that the bureaucrats of primate research saw a way to parlay an admission of poor husbandry into a public relations campaign for the primate centres ? |
| 19 | Could it be that the bureaucrats of primate research saw a way to parley an admission of poor husbandry into a public campaign for the primate centres ? |
| 20 | He waddled amongst the customers , using his not inconsiderable bulk to force a way through pedlars , tinkers , labourers and farmers fresh from the countryside , spending the profits of their produce on large stoups of ale . |
| 21 | Those dark eyes had a way of burning into her . |
| 22 | Mrs Blakey had a way of saying , annoying Stephen because of the implication that everything they did had to be done together . |
| 23 | Dominating for most of the tie , Eppleton had to wait until the 47th minute before Neil Scott forced a way through a resolute Cleadon defence . |
| 24 | You will agree , I think , that parliamentary candidates need a way of cheering themselves up . |
| 25 | Like other human institutions , restaurants have a way of staying the same after all manner of changes — of menu , chef , management , even premises . |
| 26 | These fundamental terms of the ‘ social contract ’ ensure the freedom to choose a way of life by providing such constitutional guarantees as freedom of the person , freedom of speech and the right to privacy . |
| 27 | These examples from practice show how family work offers a way to get even uncomfortable messages across , because the family as a whole is taking responsibility with the elderly person for major life transitions . |
| 28 | The meeting closed with the presentation of floral arrangements to two Kent teachers , Hilda Lodge and Eleanor Pitman who had both started Medau in the early 50's as members of Dr. Anni Noll 's post-natal class and having enjoyed that introduction Medau became a way of life and they both went on to quality as Medau teachers and have both taught continuously in the Kent area ever since . |
| 29 | Had he gone into the wood to find a way to cure the blemish ? |
| 30 | 1 ) The desirability to have a Partner in Residence in Scotland has a way of enabling meaningful contact to be made between supporters here and Partners overseas . |