Example sentences of "[adj] have a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evenings like this have a way of going on ! |
| 2 | On Nov. 20 Strauss-Kahn blamed the outcome of the negotiations on the UK 's current presidency of the EC , describing it as " calamitous and claiming that " the British have a way of chairing the Community which puts us in difficulty facing the Americans " . |
| 3 | It would be useful to have a way of determining the fair sterling-dollar exchange rate independently of knowing whether these other relationships were equilibrium ones . |
| 4 | As a detail of notation , if it seems useful to have a way to distinguish property-meanings from entity-meanings , then we may use round brackets for the former , thus allowing us to replace ( 7 ) by : We may also point out that the physical orientation of the arrowhead in our representations naturally reflects the direction of qualification , not the surface order of the instantiating elements . |
| 5 | The powerful have a way of establishing contracts that suit them . |
| 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 | Cortot 's left hand in particular had a way of drifting in and out of focus ( two rather than three beats in his gossamer rhythmic support in many of the Chopin waltzes ) and leading a wayward and disobedient life of its own . |
| 8 | ‘ These Welsh have a way with words . |