Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is the case we may be standing , sitting or walking in a way that is putting enormous stresses on our structure without us even being aware of it at all . |
| 2 | The New Testament teaches us that God is present and active in this world through his Holy Spirit , who is able to enter the hearts of individuals , giving new qualities of life and understanding in a way which we can not fully grasp , though we can experience it . |
| 3 | Is there any evidence now of ( a ) and ( b ) occurring in the way that Boserup and Ruttan have indicated , and that they will continue into the future ? |
| 4 | They seemed to have darkened , smouldering in a way that sent hot and cold chills chasing each other through her body . |
| 5 | Well you see , nothing much seems to be happening in the way of actual fighting , so we try to keep them amused with sport . |
| 6 | I was astonished , and a little dismayed , by the ease with which Dana entered into the spirit of things , giving Indian war-whoops and clowning and laughing in a way I thought was rather contemptible . |
| 7 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 8 | Halliday 's analysis is revealing in the way it relates precise linguistic observation to literary effect . |
| 9 | As earlier articles in Management Today have pointed out ( e.g. Grid on the Grill , September 1970 ) there 's an element of brainwashing in the way the course is structured . |
| 10 | She shook her head , which wobbled the ear she was now nibbling in a way that he found extremely stimulating . |
| 11 | Yet in the late 20th century sound recording is still developing in a way that older media are not . |
| 12 | There was a throbbing urgency developing in the way they touched , a desperation in their kisses ; the yearning for fulfilment that had been growing in her since this man had first taken her was now a scream deep inside her , aching for him , crying for him , sobbing for him . |
| 13 | The 24-times capped Herioter has noticed an alarming trend developing in the way a match which will carried the added prize of the Calcutta Cup is portrayed . |
| 14 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
| 15 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
| 16 | This was a job , that was all , and if it entailed dressing in a way that she would n't normally do then so be it . |
| 17 | Meanwhile his father , his voice reverberating in a way that hinted at the extent of the invisible spaces about them , told him about the tunnel , when it was opened and how long it was and how deep below the surface . |
| 18 | Being unaware of the details within the North Devon health authority , and seeking in no way to make critical judgments myself , I obtained a copy of the minute of the health authority . |
| 19 | A Heron adviser said yesterday the asset protection measures had been put in place to prevent somebody ‘ charging in and acting in a way that does n't benefit all creditors ’ . |
| 20 | As far as I am concerned the whole point of Punch is to attack those in authority when they are seen to be acting in a way not worthy of respect . |
| 21 | This was partly due to loss of employment or employment prospects but , as indicated above , they may begin to accept ‘ being a nobody and start acting in a way that confirms the label … |
| 22 | The House of Lords held that the minister could only intervene if there were reasonable grounds , namely that the education authority was acting in a way no other education authority would act . |
| 23 | Many executives I observed deal with this dilemma by acting in a way that they believe will lead to productive consequences . |
| 24 | If ministers appear to the courts to be acting in a way which is arbitrary or unfair ( as in Padfield and Tameside and Laker ) then the limitations will be insisted on . |
| 25 | In so far as it remains possible to approach the problem as a matter of principle , the law should be that , if a person is acting in a way that is independently lawful , his conduct should not become unlawful merely because he fails to obey the instructions of a policeman . |
| 26 | Broadly , a mercantile agent is an independent agent acting in a way of business to whom someone else entrusts his goods and upon whom is conferred authority of a type referred to in the Factors Act 1889 , section 1(1) . |
| 27 | There is some evidence , though not very much , of occasions when the plaintiff or husband acted or refrained from acting in a way in which they might not have done but for their expectation of inheriting the deceased 's property : I refer to the occasions when the husband refrained from selling his building land , and refrained from taking a job in Lincolnshire which would have made it impossible for the plaintiff to continue caring for her mother and the deceased , and the occasions when the plaintiff instructed solicitors at her own expense in connection with the boundary dispute … and the expenditure of time and money on the house and garden and on carpeting the house , when the deceased had ample means to pay for such matters . |
| 28 | Often they have understandable ( albeit incorrect ) reasons for acting in the way they did . |
| 29 | She saw a haunted house , a superstition she had perhaps used for her own account , and he saw something more human , a complex web of relationships , interlocking and interacting in a way he could not yet fathom , and in which people got caught up and destroyed . |
| 30 | I do n't like people meddling in the way I run this prison and that 's what they 're doing . |