Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the two Opens Sandy never looked like winning until the end ; Seve had it won a long way away . |
| 2 | Well backed after catching the eye previously , he strolled home by 12 lengths , having his race won a long way out . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm used to walking a long way carrying the baby . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't mind walking a little way . ’ |
| 5 | Initially , the steel toecaps of industrial boots provided a good way of savaging your opponent . |
| 6 | When the children help , they sometimes suggest a different way of arranging things and even a small alteration can suddenly make a forgotten toy more popular . |
| 7 | However , these claims suggest a third way in which policing in Easton is ordinary . |
| 8 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 9 | He argues that ‘ points of light ’ provide a middle way between reliance on the welfare state and the belief that economic growth alone can cure deep poverty . |
| 10 | Perhaps so , but it seems to me that , if the experience curve is understood as reflecting the continued , planned desire for cost leadership as more is produced , the expression of the curve and the learning rate provide a useful way of monitoring cost-reduction possibilities and helping to formulate strategy . |
| 11 | Paramo 's Nevada jacket and Prima trousers provide a good way of beating the rain . |
| 12 | The next book must break new ground , provide new insights , provide a new way of looking , or perhaps even a way of re-seeing the familiar . |
| 13 | Recycling Though costly , recycling is becoming a popular way to cut waste volumes . |
| 14 | the soldiers i that room will act a different way |
| 15 | She used to come a long way , right from the top of to walk down to her Co-op , a long way . |
| 16 | This luxury hotel is located a little way out of town , past Reid 's , on the road to Cãmara de Lobos . |
| 17 | To return to the question of how longitude-confined VGP paths can arise from complex behaviour of the dynamo , we propose a simple way to link VGP movements with flux change at the core surface , thereby connecting palaeomagnetic data with intuition gained from secular variation ( SV ) studies . |
| 18 | You 'll enjoy a new way of eating , based on natural , whole ingredients , with this diet plan — and you wo n't have to go hungry |
| 19 | But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US . |
| 20 | Consistent with his medico-chemical interests was his Edinburgh MD thesis ‘ On the theory of Chemical Combination ’ ( 1861 ) , in which he proposed a new way to represent chemical constitution : each atom was to be indicated by the chemical symbol for the element concerned , bonds between atoms being symbolized by lines . |
| 21 | Strichen lies a little way down from the left shoulder of Scotland along which they travelled to reach Inverness . |
| 22 | It rose a long way . |
| 23 | Yet another of Woodchester 's mills , Rooksmoor , stands a short way downstream . |
| 24 | Twenty years too late and they found a thousand ways to stop the rise of Hitler , it was the only way for them to keep sane , the survivors . |
| 25 | So lawyer C took on a notoriously troublesome client — and indeed , found a satisfactory way of handling the client himself , as well as his many debts and difficulties ! |
| 26 | P&O Roadtanks Tanker Driver , Ian Newman found a novel way of training for the marathon |
| 27 | ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on . |
| 28 | The only difficulty you might face is in getting the right look — doors that match the style of your house — but manufacturers have come a long way from the early aluminium-framed types , and a range of styles is now available . |
| 29 | Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information . |
| 30 | The Social Democrats have come a long way since the early 1980s when , newly tossed into opposition , the party was crippled by defeatism . |