Example sentences of "[be] [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ishbel McGillivray — ‘ There are 74 ways of spelling the name ’ — whose intriguing signature ( below ) enters my scrapbook , is dusting off the clan 's tartan picnic rugs . |
| 2 | The following are possible ways of identifying overseas companies short of approaching other network members : |
| 3 | erm There are possible ways of introducing chemical or dyes , or something like this , which we 're going to investigate , but I think its , if you find that a particular dye does it 's job , it wo n't be long before . |
| 4 | And it has been that way for five seasons . |
| 5 | Unacknowledged , it 's been that way for several years , as we have regularly tried to point out here as others wrongly gave the crown to Digital Equipment Corp , but both the Wall Street Journal and Datamation magazine have at last come round to agreeing that Fujitsu Ltd is the world 's second-largest computer company — with NEC Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co both now challenging DEC for the third place . |
| 6 | It might have been that way for a while , Scum argued , but after a couple of weeks the Boroughs shitkickers moved in , and the game was up . |
| 7 | But life had not always been that way with Moby . |
| 8 | According to the last good book I read , this means that I am half way through my time travel , my travel through time . |
| 9 | OST students do n't wake up till they are half way through the second year , ’ said Paul Davies with the weary air of a man staring post-graduation penury in the face . |
| 10 | Try to give the impression you are half way through doing a domestic chore . |
| 11 | The Gloucesters are half way through their two year tour . |
| 12 | Once you uncover the cause , the theory goes that you are half way to solving the particular problem that concerns you . |
| 13 | Once you have established fault , you are half way to proving your claim . |
| 14 | Once you have established fault , you are half way to proving your claim . |
| 15 | There are few ways of increasing the speed at which your body metabolizes food , but this is a very valuable one . |
| 16 | For women trying to survive in the game of life there are few ways of improving the balance of power within the family ( or within the workplace ) . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , with all their drawbacks , panels are interesting ways of collecting information and it is rather surprising that they have not been used more in academic research where ideas rather than pin-point accuracy of measurement may be the desired goal . |
| 18 | While there are proper ways of doing things , it is up to the individual to choose or not to choose to do them . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , there are easier ways of meeting people , ’ Pauline said , and signalled to a passing waiter . |
| 20 | There are 2 ways of sending data to the printer from within a program . |
| 21 | Here are 12 ways of filling your boots in soccer 's dirty dozen … |
| 22 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 23 | Abertillery and Glamorgan Wanderers , who were in the top division , last season , are some way off the pace . |
| 24 | By the stage we define broadly as intermediate , learners are some way towards developing control of the language they are learning : their store of language has grown to a point where they can adapt , adjust and add to it with some facility ; they can transfer language use from one context to another ; they are building up more complex networks of language and the work we do in the classroom at this level is similarly more complex and less controlled . |
| 25 | We are some way from the context of the debate , but if the Minister really wants evidence of how appallingly badly the service is being delivered , I shall be extremely glad to send him the 20-page Tower Watch survey of Archway Tower social security office . |
| 26 | Waiting for the hatchings to finish , checking the mirror , the vehicles are some way behind now . |
| 27 | Here are some ways for you to help . |
| 28 | Here are some ways of doing just that . |
| 29 | Although there is no known cure for osteoarthritis , there are some ways of making it less of a problem to ordinary living . |
| 30 | Here are some ways of doing this : |