Example sentences of "[vb base] in [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 They can not have done this only by dividing the language into neat areas , for the areas interact in complex ways in which the whole is not equal to the sum of the parts .
2 Generally , the study of hemispherectomized children shows that cortical and subcortical visual systems interact in different ways for different visual functions , and raises the important question of how far these interactions may be plastic during early development .
3 These have proved a boon to many occasional users of complex applications , and by making different applications function in similar ways can considerably reduce re-training time .
4 Assuming that people act in certain ways , what is implied about prices , quantities held , etc' ? … the realism of the assumptions matters little .
5 People react in different ways to odours , for example most people would probably describe rural odours or odour from a brewery , perfumery , or fish and chip shop as pleasant , but not all , some would find them unpleasant , pungent even , especially after being subjected to them for any length of time .
6 We are all different , and we all react in different ways .
7 They learn they 'll be learning that other people react in different ways .
8 This weakens the analysis and suggests inappropriate and possibly divisive policies which ignore discriminations and disadvantages common to white and black students , or which impinge in varying ways upon boys and girls .
9 Right , so interpretate in different ways do n't they ?
10 This is a very central issue for any sociology of the global system in so far as it makes the difference between a dismal chronicle of inevitability , which is absolutely not my intention , and an attempt to illuminate what is happening by a theory of what makes it happen and , by implication , what could make other things happen in other ways .
11 There is intrinsic interest in these skills and they exemplify in different ways a family that includes speech production and certain industrial activities .
12 The fact that we already participate in certain ways in what are effectively rationing decisions does not constitute an argument for greatly increasing the scope and visibility of that role .
13 One justification for this lengthy examination of policy implementation is that , while we all experience the effects of the implementation process , and many of us participate in various ways in it , very few of us are involved in policy making .
14 Be tolerant , therefore , of learners who spell in non-standard ways because the local pronunciation is what it is .
15 We can not say that there is a separate , solid , objective world which different creatures perceive in different ways .
16 Different horses communicate in different ways , although those that live together or are of the same family are more likely to communicate in the same way .
17 If other Victorian novelists do not set fire to their great houses with as much frequency as Dickens , they tend in other ways to undermine them , suggesting that they too perceive them , not merely as fabrics , but as expressions of an outmoded system .
18 To begin with there is no single ability , rather there are several like speed , accuracy , strength , endurance and resilience which combine in manifold ways to determine the ‘ raw material ’ to be shaped .
19 These and other factors combine in various ways to create stress in a language .
20 However , you will also be able to repay whatever you borrow in other ways — for example , by selling your business , or your share in a practice — and keep the lump sum from your pension plan yourself , so it could support your standard of living in retirement .
21 The house of science contains many rooms , whose occupants operate in various ways .
22 The National Schizophrenia Fellowship focuses on one group of mentally disordered people , those with schizophrenia , and , in particular , their families , although local groups of NSF often operate in similar ways to local MIND groups .
23 Theories , however , operate in mysterious ways .
24 This is not a startlingly high number but , bearing in mind that each probably supports a family , some 5,000 to 10,000 may well depend on the income from garbage picking The pickers operate in different ways .
25 I , I do n't often agree with Jim about anything , but I really do agree with him about this , that there has to be some clear guidelines , I think , as to how these are fixed , they are not going be have the potential of being very unfair to people because people operate in different ways in different areas and I would suggest that it would be a good idea if this community were to ask for erm guidelines to be drafted for this committee to agree so that there is a more even fair , laid down procedure for dealing with the cases coming before the panel .
26 If schools respond in different ways to the requirement for guidance , special information and sometimes special effort which attends higher education entry as against guidance for entry into vocational education and training , is this because there are two cultures ?
27 People quarrel in different ways .
28 In which case , the absence of random assignment , to use Lieberson 's rendering of the problem , presents special difficulties if " there is reason to believe that the subjects thereby placed in each condition differ in other ways that themselves have a bearing on the outcome of interest to the researcher " .
29 The above recordings differ in various ways : the first two are reissues from the '70s ; the third is a new recording .
30 Female and male hierarchies none the less differ in important ways that seem to be consequences of the contrasting strategies by which the two sexes seek to maximize their inclusive fitness .
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