Example sentences of "way but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lions like the high way but are not rigid disciples of one code , and passes to feet compared favourably with passes measured in feet from the ground . |
| 2 | And the sailor said , ’ Have it your own way but if we do n't we 'll never have kids . ’ |
| 3 | A senior commission official said last night : ‘ From a British point of view , Mrs Thatcher may have gained a few months before the crucial business of changing the Rome treaty gets under way but she now faces a cut-off date beyond which the other EC governments are unlikely to delay their acceptance of monetary union . ’ |
| 4 | The club have , inevitably , hit a few patches of turbulence along the way but , apart from their defeat at Oldham in the Lancashire Cup , nothing too damaging . |
| 5 | Three films in production , more records on the way but still looking like Come Dancing showing its knickers |
| 6 | The sceptic might argue that the modern Roman Catholic Church in civilized societies no longer acts in this way but the convinced anti-Catholic can turn Rome 's own claims to be unchanging back on the Catholic Church and insist that the basic aim remains the same . |
| 7 | Sometimes a girl is in conflict with her culture or religion in how she wants to dress and express herself , as Sneha ( Chapter 7 ) describes ; sometimes a young woman enjoys dressing a certain way but discovers that there are prejudices and stereotypes about the way she wants to look ; conflicts that might come from within , or from her family , her job , or the outside world . |
| 8 | I know that I could suffer in that way but I hope I will be able to cope , ’ she added . |
| 9 | He never forgot how it had once been , never seemed to regard her in any other way but as the person who had cared for him and loved him without reservation . |
| 10 | Without her , Perkin would have had his way but he finally took his dangerous hand off the shaft . |
| 11 | A majority of the interviews — 1,478 — were conducted across Great Britain in the usual way but an additional 1,000 were conducted in the Conservatives ’ 50 most marginal constituencies . |
| 12 | They pressed three-quarters of the way but , in a dreadfully untidy encounter , looked a pretty guileless lot as they battled in vain to beat Les Fridge in the St Mirren goal . |
| 13 | Rather than fall back on an increased emphasis upon managerialism based upon hierarchy and control , the Education Reform Acts should be regarded as an opportunity to review , not just in a coping way but in a maximising way , the management structures and processes of our schools . |
| 14 | A woman points one way but I see a man with a bulge in his coat and I leap on him . |
| 15 | He did not explain how this latter figure squared with McAteer 's figure of two thousand ; Nationalists and Unionists often threw figures at each other in this way but it was not always clear exactly what they meant . |
| 16 | Products tend to be misplaced or even completely lost or they get in the way but somehow they never happen to be available when wanted . |
| 17 | Few thought that the winner 's cowboy hat ( and $25,000 cheque ) would come his way but rather that American Paul Pilkington , the 1990 winner , or Soviet Ravil Kashapov , or even Kenyan Sam Ngatia , a frequent competitor over 26 miles , would scoop the lot . |
| 18 | They had to travel over extremely bad terrain on the way but by 13 December they were in place . |
| 19 | The Workers ' Travel Association was set up to give workers the opportunity to travel ; it began in a modest way but by the 1950s had become a worldwide organization . |
| 20 | Peat hags , typical of the Pennine uplands and indicating a gritstone base , mark the way but the walking is easy to the next prominent top , High Seat , at 2328 feet the highest point on the range . |
| 21 | Do n't keep going over them in your mind in a negative way but use the experience positively . |
| 22 | You may trip over a couple of times on the way but you will be quite capable of picking yourself up and getting on with life until you have achieved your goal . |
| 23 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 24 | And no way but past him , into |
| 25 | You should consult your health care practitioner if you suspect that mastitis is on the way but start with the following measures immediately . |
| 26 | Rarely did any Tiller Girl stand out in a glamorous way but stunning was always the word used to describe Violet Bryant nicknamed Ginger because of her glorious red hair , she could not possibly blend in with the others . |
| 27 | The motorbikes clear a way but fans still jump into the road , running behind their favourites and pushing them . |
| 28 | Under the project , the banks lend money in the normal way but the Department of Industry agrees to refund 80 per cent of it if the firm goes bust . |
| 29 | The structure is continuously connected in a random way but the coordination of sodium or calcium as well as silicon now matches values that can be measured directly using the EXAFS technique . |
| 30 | Their idealism has been battered and a little compromised along the way but it was rewarded when the Centre Mondial Informatique et Ressources Humaines opened in Paris . |