Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Daniel Defoe came this way during the first quarter of the eighteenth century he observed that : |
| 2 | The Circular exhorted LEAs to consider new ways of providing opportunities for adult education , including co-operation with universities and voluntary bodies . |
| 3 | Through a series of reforms , most notably the retiring on full pay of some 8,000 officers , Azaña went some way towards achieving the first of these goals . |
| 4 | Daniel Defoe journeyed this way in 1724 and when he passed through Settle , he noted : ‘ … we saw nothing but high mountains , which had a terrible aspect . ’ |
| 5 | In 1682 Ralph Thoresby , the Leeds antiquary , ‘ saw the glasshouses ’ as he passed through Silkstone , and when John Warburton came that way in 1718–19 while preparing his map of Yorkshire , he pinpointed the position of the glasshouse to the right of the road that crossed the stream just to the south of Silkstone church . |
| 6 | Incredibly , it seems they stopped taking bets on Whaddon finishing bottom way before Christmas . |
| 7 | Vivien Saunders suggests three ways to improve your timing . |
| 8 | Pascal goes some way towards this recognition when he observes : ‘ I see , in truth , that the same words are applied on the same occasions , and that every time two men see a body change its place , they both express their view of this same fact by the same word , both saying that it has moved ; and from this conformity of application we derive a strong conviction of a conformity of ideas . |
| 9 | McClellan goes some way towards achieving this with his ‘ mean issue per book ratio ’ . |
| 10 | When Leigh Fermor passed this way and was quizzed and befriended by the fair-haired girl Vasilio with the lamb slung round her neck , it was still a living community . |
| 11 | Geoff Ace offers three ways of achieving this |
| 12 | Grant looks this way and that , as if at a junction . |
| 13 | With such a wish we advised Maurice to look several ways every time he left the house . |
| 14 | This had been especially the case in budgetary matters and the foundation of the CBO went some way towards correcting the situation . |
| 15 | The combination ‘ frustrated all prospects for a normal autumn market , and our reservations from mid-September to the end of November fell some way below budget ’ . |
| 16 | On the other hand , some DBMS enable alternative ways for the data to be stored and accessed , and the decisions will most likely be made by the database administrator , possibly with the help of optimising and efficiency information provided by the DBMS . |
| 17 | Sydney had some way to go before it was released from the burden of compulsive immigration , and before it could present to the world a face that was uniquely its own . |
| 18 | Many speakers of English on both sides of the Atlantic have two ways to construct negatives — for instance , ‘ I have n't got any bananas ’ and ‘ I ai nt got no bananas ’ . |
| 19 | this this road comes , well there 's the Hippodrome there or was , I do n't suppose it 's there now and you go , at this road here so it 's this way on the West Derby Road comes this way |
| 20 | If a decision has to be made in April 1992 , then South Africa has some way to go yet before proving its case . |
| 21 | Hurd went some way to placate this view by assuring MPs that if they did not wish to incorporate the treaty into British law , by voting down the whole bill , then the treaty would not be ratified . |
| 22 | But here is Mr Byrne denouncing conspiratorial ways , calling for open government , denouncing trade-union paymasters and in every way giving help and succour to the tabloid Conservative press . |
| 23 | He slipped through the open toilet door and saw Lee standing half way down the long , flagged passage . |
| 24 | Mr Marchant said one way ahead would be to run the concerts on a subscription basis , with members paying in advance to attend the concerts . |
| 25 | At last even his own wives could not recognize him , and El-ahrairah told Rabscuttle to follow some way behind and off he went to King Darzin 's palace . |
| 26 | ‘ The other options are to fight in Europe or against another British fighter like Henry Wharton — but if Benn goes that way he would be offered money I would n't get out of bed for . ’ |
| 27 | Ashton has other ways of creating a leitmotif to link incidents pertinent to the plot throughout a ballet . |
| 28 | It is open to holists , however , to resist this conclusion , and Cohen distinguishes two ways in which they can do so . |
| 29 | The whole anthem affair has been dealt with and the minute 's silence at Newlands went some way to repairing the damage of Ellis Park . |
| 30 | In Council for Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service ( H. L. , 1984 ) the House of Lords went some way towards the view that they could control the way the prerogative was exercised . |