Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No great skill or intellectual effort is required , which is one way of saying that the human operator is being under-used , but the purpose of a routine is usually to avoid common human error such as omitting a step or reversing steps . |
| 2 | ( People are now inviting me to play in all manner of matches to boost the takings which is one way of getting a game as wicky ) . |
| 3 | The impact of processes in the study of coastal geomorphology was reflected in the content of a major text ( King , 1972 ) and a further text ( Davies , 1973 ) included a map of wave environments of the world , which is one way in which geographers endeavoured to establish spatial variations . |
| 4 | Which is another way of saying that the value of Blissing Out only really arrives when you choose to break back in . |
| 5 | Hegel believed that a substance was exhausted by the sum of its predicates , which is another way of saying that he identified the categories of the German language with those of abstract thought , and those of abstract thought , in turn with those of Mind or Geist . |
| 6 | Which is another way of saying that what he did , or is said to have done , at Highbury on Tuesday night , takes some believing . |
| 7 | We could go on to ask why they are n't common , which is another way of asking why the process of meiosis is normally fair , as scrupulously impartial as tossing a good penny . |
| 8 | We are severely tempted when receiving a confrontation to imply that the pot is calling the kettle black , which is another way of saying ‘ you have no right to speak to me until you are perfect yourself ’ . |
| 9 | which is another way of saying , ‘ proclaim the kingdom of Heaven ’ . |
| 10 | One might start by repeating examples done by previous mental-art-scientists to get the feel of what it 's about , but since each brain is complexly different from the next , so its expression has to be complexly different and one must soon press on with one 's own structures — and yet there is the universal bond of molecular structure , which is another way of saying " form/art is everywhere " . |
| 11 | Another good way is to say grace before meals , which is another way of appreciating what we are about to consume . |
| 12 | This might lead us to conclude that in the case where taxes can not bear the additional charges resulting from depreciation accounting ( which is another way of saying that there is not the political will to impose them ) , in order to retain control of the charge to revenue accounts , the existing system will remain . |
| 13 | And then she 'll sleep she wo n't sleep actually in the airing cupboard , she 'll sleep so the door 's wide open and she 's half way across the la , and she sleeps you know |
| 14 | At UMIST in Manchester , Professor Cary Cooper believes there 's one way to really make more firms take the matter seriously . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , then , ’ he murmured , ‘ there 's one way of stopping that , is n't there ? ’ |
| 16 | There 's one way of doing it ! |
| 17 | But there 's two ways of getting them off if they do latch on to you , one is to burn them off with a cigarette or a match and the other way is to use rock salt , and if you put rock salt on them they then just come off so that 's a little bit erm more humane for the leeches but it depends what you feel about them really as to whether you want to give them another chance . |
| 18 | There 's two ways of doing that , dial them on nine nine nine or ring up the local police control , which for this area is at Newark . |
| 19 | There 's two ways of doing this , you can either put some local anaesthetic in and actually burn them off , but that often leaves a bit of a scar . |
| 20 | There 's two ways of doing it . |
| 21 | so he said yeah but there 's another way you do it , I said well what 's the point in doing it again , I 've just done it one , he said well yes there 's two ways of doing it |
| 22 | We 've discovered that if you do n't give — when a deer comes in ; a road casualty or anything , we do n't give them a massive shot of steroids , it 'll die , so we can advise people giving them massive shot of steroids and er the deer live then you can start worrying about his injuries erm baby birds ; there 's classic ways of rearing baby birds which are very , very important at the moment 'cause there 's thousands of them around . |
| 23 | There 's other ways of dealing with his sort . ’ |
| 24 | if there 's some way of . |
| 25 | And if it is an issue as to whether there 's some way of containing that . |
| 26 | I wonder if there 's any way of finding out more about the girl who killed herself — Melanie Gandell , that 's her name . ’ |
| 27 | Mhm yeah and erm that kind of thing comes into it so that I was wondering if there 's any way of er kind of y'know and what y'know where 's that something about changing changing changing changing rooms somewhere ? |
| 28 | Yeah mm yeah so erm I was wondering if there 's any way of er incorporating that . |
| 29 | Erm mm , I do n't know whether there 's any way round it but that 's sort of the set up that they gave us when we started and I guess I 'll have to sort of conform to that , but it |
| 30 | Recently , I met with er , the probation people from Social Services to discuss exactly what Major has asked about , which is follow up on juvenile fire setters , and find out if there 's any way in which we can modify their behaviour . |