Example sentences of "[vb base] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes they would get together , swim at the cove , eat the Spanish way , siesta in the heat of the day , and life would be sweet and lazy and dripping with olives , vines and honey . |
| 2 | I mean the only way measure it I suppose is by talking to them . |
| 3 | Why what a er what about doing taking it out of er I mean the only way is taking out |
| 4 | When I suggest we head the other way , for Greenwich , Des shakes his head . |
| 5 | They still mock the slow way he speaks . |
| 6 | Explore the different ways you can use them . |
| 7 | There are , however , thousands of varieties that coil the opposite way . |
| 8 | Czechoslovaks criticise the Polish way of doing it . |
| 9 | The mechanics say the only way any but the most modern of engines will run smoothly with unleaded is a full internal conversion costing more than £300 . |
| 10 | Beauracrats , teachers and pupils say the only way parents can judge a school is to go and take a look at it |
| 11 | Insurers say the only way to prevent attacks is to make schools totally vandal and arson proof . |
| 12 | so these local experts , you ca n't believe what they say the only way really is to , the scriptures do n't they say give us an accurate er description of what 's |
| 13 | They say the integrated way it treats the needs of a cerebral palsy child gives each one a chance . |
| 14 | Sources say the brutal way in which the coup leaders have been dealt with has caused a dramatic loss of morale within the army . |
| 15 | As he often did , Mr Wolski headed for the staff exit the long way round , by way of the Cages . |
| 16 | ‘ If we want the old way of life back we have to vote with our feet and vote now . ’ |
| 17 | Recent studies emphasize the different ways homo/sexuality was conceptualized in early modern England — a difference so considerable in fact that ‘ homosexuality ’ becomes anachronistic , since at that time there was neither the concept nor , exactly , the identity it signifies . |
| 18 | However , on the last service I had to check the tappets — after removing the rocker cover the only way I could turn the engine over was to put the car in gear and push it backwards . |
| 19 | ‘ I am more and more Christian as I walk the unchristian ways of Christendom ’ , he wrote , confessing himself ‘ a conscientious objector with a very seared conscience ’ . |
| 20 | The ordinary householder might think it normal to estimate needs , list the various ways of filling them , then adopt the cheapest options . |
| 21 | List the different ways in which a planet can acquire and lose its volatiles , and in each case indicate the degree of outgassing required to concentrate the volatiles at or near the surface . |
| 22 | Indeed the durable models from England listed by Capelle and Vierck ( 1971 ; 1975 ) are mostly later in the period , and may signify a period when larger scale replication was possible ; put the other way , a time when individual designs were no longer necessary , and the functional aspect was becoming more important . |
| 23 | Or put the other way round every American state raises eighty percent of the money it spends within the state whereas a British local authority is raising ten percent or fifteen percent . |
| 24 | Put the other way it was a good stroke . |
| 25 | The three reports in the Daily Mail ( Masked rapist attacks three women in flat ) ; the Sun ( RAPE FIEND IN FOX ‘ COPY ’ ) ; and the Star ( BEAST HUNTED : WHITE-MASK RAPIST ATTACKS THREE GIRLS ) show the varying ways that such cases are presented in the popular press . |
| 26 | I count in that direction though , so minus means , minus three means count the other way . |
| 27 | we 're adding minus five , whoops switch round count the opposite way . |
| 28 | And that is in your mind when you react the other way . |
| 29 | As I said , we welcome the peaceful way in which the elections were conducted in Zambia , which now has a new and democractic Government . |
| 30 | That is why I particularly welcome the enthusiastic way in which they have embraced the patients charter and the accompanying document on internal management in the health service , ’ Framework for Action ’ . |