Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children who find it hard to write with paper and pencil can compose in alternative ways : difficulty in writing need be no barrier to poetry . |
| 2 | I might remember not to treat people as if they could only act in one way . |
| 3 | If any employee is threatened with violence in order that the assailant(s) may obtain money they are carrying in the course of duty , they must not act in any way likely to place themselves or others in danger . |
| 4 | Although used to the scorn of pop stars , I was saddened that The Smiths should act in this way ) . |
| 5 | In normal development , the cells may act in this way so that the developing baby is not attacked by the mother 's defence system . |
| 6 | Anyone who feels they could not volunteer to sit with patients could assist in other ways . |
| 7 | It is probably safest for foreign learners to assume that stress will normally fall in this way on other compounds ; however , a variety of compounds receive stress instead on the second element . |
| 8 | Just like the New York lottery , punters can win in two ways — scratch cards with instant smaller prizes and a huge weekly draw . |
| 9 | But this would not count in any way against language 's being innate . |
| 10 | It is most important that comfortable relationships exist in people orientated businesses , and you will profit in more ways than one if you feel happy to return and use the facilities over and over again . |
| 11 | Be steadfast and make a pledge to yourself that you will no longer compromise in any way . |
| 12 | Mature people do not behave in that way . |
| 13 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |
| 14 | If a statement is unfalsifiable , then the world can have any properties whatsoever , can behave in any way whatsoever , without conflicting with the statement . |
| 15 | Yet many otherwise mature adults will often behave in this way , mainly because of failure on a long-term basis to deal with anger properly . |
| 16 | By the same token it is usually middle-class men who ultimately are in the position to make substantial gifts , although when women can behave in this way , they do . |
| 17 | If a proper level of justice is provided in prisons , then it is less likely that prisoners will behave in this way . |
| 18 | Yet it is difficult to see why employers in all countries would behave in this way if it was not to their advantage . |
| 19 | Because some of the systems that exhibit chaotic behaviour are so simple , it seems strange that the realization that they can behave in this way is only recent . |
| 20 | ( Human populations can behave in this way . ) |
| 21 | That would give the electricity supply industry the free run of the distribution network , while consumers could signal in any way they liked on their own mains wiring without bothering anyone . |
| 22 | We are of course aware that educational levels may be important at some stage , but we do not pre-classify in this way because we do not assume beforehand that we know the sociolinguistic structure of the speech community : this is what we are trying to find out ! |
| 23 | It is not just that there survive undeconstructed residues of , say , Romanticism and modernism , or that the constructed forms echo still within the deconstructed ( although they clearly do survive in these ways ) ; it is also that they exert an influence in and as their newly deconstructed state . |
| 24 | I would therefore be very grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you can contribute in this way . |
| 25 | Mr McArdle wrote : ‘ It is sad to report that in this case the behaviour of the Daily Mirror and its staff did not contribute in any way to the detection of crime . |
| 26 | Philistinism can show in more ways than one . |
| 27 | While it is the Catholic Christian who will most naturally speak in this way , it is not unknown for the Evangelical Christian to make statements which come fairly close to that . |
| 28 | But there is also a practical and political problem , since it is difficult to see how such a theory could speak in any way to the practical or material concerns of women . |
| 29 | Optical astronomy can benefit in two ways from space . |
| 30 | Motorists would benefit in other ways too , eg. the difficulty of overtaking a cyclist on narrow streets when something is coming from the opposite direction . |