Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | These combinations produce very different types of personality , and conflict can easily occur when people are using opposite ways of perceiving and making judgements . |
| 2 | In response to these general changes many local housing authorities are pursuing innovative ways of attracting private finance , often coupled with a devolution of control to tenants ' groups . |
| 3 | Chemists are hunting new ways to create basic compounds from simple substances such as synthesis gas . |
| 4 | In Third World countries , in particular , where governments are seeking efficient ways of adopting scientific and technological know-how , the characteristics of English as an international language already give it considerable advantage over others in the commercial competition to ‘ sell ’ such language training . |
| 5 | ‘ Now we 're considering useful ways of spending this year 's money ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Through our Ecocollection , we are researching alternative ways of doing business , with environmental , social and cultural criteria as primary concerns . |
| 7 | Psychobiology is particularly exciting at the moment because advances in instrumentation are bringing us new ways of studying the brain while areas like artificial intelligence are providing new ways of thinking about how it might work as the ‘ organ of behaviour ’ . |
| 8 | She turned and leant against the edge of the parapet , so that we were facing opposite ways , and came to a decision . |
| 9 | Just as on the domestic front , firms are exploring new ways towards greater efficiency and profitability , so too larger firms are looking beyond the frontiers of the UK to the opportunities which present themselves overseas . |
| 10 | For by insisting it is the only way to knowledge it is dismissing other ways as unimportant , irrelevant and probably misleading . |
| 11 | For the future , the company has its eyes on scaled-up versions to carry 200 to 250 passengers and is studying other ways to apply aspects of AP1-88 technology . |
| 12 | ‘ This year there are a lot of students who have not yet got training places — significantly more than at a similar time in previous years , ’ Mr Pritchard said , adding that the Law Society was considering various ways of helping those unable to find a training places with a law firm . |