Example sentences of "[noun] behave [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered if our own troops in distant countries behaved in this way . |
| 2 | Do not make any judgments from bream behaving in this way , for they can mislead you as to where the beat is . |
| 3 | sort this out sensibly , the police overreact , they arrest him at midnight in the clothes he stands up in , they take him down to the police station , he 's held in the police station for about thirty six hours or so , something like that , er instead of being brought before the court straight away and released on bail straight away , they , they keep him in custody where he 's never been before , er and Madam he 's then released on bail but court imposes silly conditions on him , conditions that he should n't go back to his home address , he ca n't go and see his girlfriend , he ca n't go and see his children , er , and Madam it seems to be an abuse of the process really of the court to behave in this way . |
| 4 | Many of these management activities would occur automatically in best-practice private companies , spurred on by managers adopting broad views of their briefs , although it is not always clear what motivates the manager to behave in this way — perhaps the operation of the managerial labour market ? |
| 5 | If the assumption of opportunism is something you regard as an unnecessarily cynical view of human nature , note that its importance requires only that some , not all , people behave in this way and that it is difficult to tell who is opportunistic and who is not . |
| 6 | It is contemptible for a Government to behave in that way about an important and constituent part of the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | We ca n't have Secretaries of State behaving in this way and talking about respected professionals in such disparaging terms |
| 8 | We show that provided the B's believe that A follows a linear strategy , then , it is best for A to behave in this way even if it can choose any strategy . |
| 9 | Shortly , Colinetta claims that she herself has never been envious nor has she spread scandal , though evidently others behave in this way . |