Example sentences of "[pron] in [adj] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't you also think that if one meets someone in such a way — I mean , so weak and defenceless — something makes one surrender completely , so that one can not imagine ever being able to desert such a person ? ’ |
| 2 | Graham picked up his holdalls and walked away to the cafeteria , where he changed a couple of Swiss francs into loose change then made a call on one of the public telephones , positioning himself in such a way so he could study the two men as he described them to Philpott . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions , regard may be had to the previous conduct and activities in business or financial matters of the person in question and , in particular , to any evidence that he has — ( a ) committed an offence involving fraud or other dishonesty or violence ; ( b ) contravened any provision made by or under any enactment appearing to the Bank to be designed for protecting members of the public against financial loss due to dishonesty , incompetence or malpractice … ( c ) engaged in any business practices appearing to the Bank to be deceitful or oppressive or otherwise improper ( whether unlawful or not ) or which otherwise reflect discredit on his method of conducting business ; ( d ) engaged in or been associated with any other business practices or otherwise conducted himself in such a way as to cast doubt on his competence and soundness of judgement . |
| 4 | However , the fact that an employer may have evidence to support his claim does not preclude the employee from arguing that the employer has conducted himself in such a way that despite an express clause confidentiality no longer exists . |
| 5 | If they 're selling those imitation trees , and if they 've got that wonderful one that looks like a real tree if they can say to me yes , we can rope it up for you in such a way that it 's got a handle on it . |
| 6 | A society organises itself in such a way that people adhering to cultural norms are rewarded whilst those that deviate are ‘ punished ’ , to a greater or lesser degree depending upon the culture . |
| 7 | They were both very demanding but always rejected something in such a way that it did n't upset you . |
| 8 | We listen and pay attention when it says something in such a way as to attract our attention . |
| 9 | ‘ He treated me in such a way that … |
| 10 | The other , more disturbing reading is that the Shakespearian phrases are made appropriate because the present situation reinterprets them in such a way that we are forced to wonder if a Burbank-Volupine situation was not just the sort of thing they were talking about all along . |
| 11 | Many of us will remember their enthusiasm for the work of the Lord and the joy that they had in the fact that God should use them in such a way . |
| 12 | The ideological demand that communists should seek to improve the accommodation of the people was subordinate to the aspiration to house them in such a way as to make it easier to supervise them and mould them as the Party saw fit . |
| 13 | And erm should you go round them in such a way that erm is making it more difficult for you and more difficult for other people ? |
| 14 | A deconstructive reading of this kind , then , will take the metaphysical , logocentric oppositions at work in a text , reverse them , and then question them in such a way as to ‘ neutralize ’ them . |
| 15 | This project will also attempt to establish just how information from the two modalities converge by systematically manipulating them in such a way as to disrupt the normal manner of combining them . |
| 16 | And I 'm going to suggest , without going into great detail , that the media will actually help you promote your products , your organization , your services , your views , the information you need to share with the public , if in fact you can actually present it to them in such a way that they can use it . |
| 17 | And while other girls in a similar position might dream of actually being in his arms one day , Belinda was far too level-headed to fool herself in such a way . |
| 18 | He looked up to see that she was smiling down at him in such a way that he could not help grinning in response . |
| 19 | Yes , to give him the chance to find the right one , the one that would stir him in such a way that he felt he could n't do without her . |
| 20 | Luther Reynolds ridiculed David in front of her , belittling him in such a way as to destroy any respect she might have had for her husband ; although she could not help but like him a little . |
| 21 | She put an arm across her eyes and opened them beneath it , seeing him in such a way that he could never be certain whether she had looked or not , naked and hairy and black as she might have imagined , thick-set and arrogant and very ready — that much at least was certain — to take her without any further preamble . |
| 22 | ( 6 ) is very similar : given the opinion that Sir Jee had of himself , he could not understand what could lead someone to speak to him in such a way . |
| 23 | Thus , if the grant or demise be made for a particular purpose , the grantor or lessor comes under an obligation not to use the land retained by him in such a way as to render the land granted or demised unfit or materially less fit for the particular purpose for which the grant or demise was made … |
| 24 | He was not , however , looking at her in such a way now . |
| 25 | Dr Neil — she could not think of him as Neil — was careful to hold her in such a way that she felt no restraint , although his own self-control was slowly beginning to slip . |
| 26 | To be involved professionally in a thing as creative as this is a great privilege and we have a duty to make it in such a way that we can help bring pleasure and a sense of fulfilment to those who are not so fortunate . |
| 27 | The fourth stage involves sifting through the data and evaluating it so as to collate and analyse it in such a way as to provide useful information rather than a mass of unrelated facts or figures . |
| 28 | The only certainty is that those nations that are victorious will write what is later termed ‘ history ’ , and will do it in such a way as to justify their actions . |
| 29 | Hopefully I have learned from past mistakes and now have honed it in such a way that it has become my profession . |
| 30 | Most of the ‘ congregation ’ [ he said it in such a way that it merited being put in inverted commas ] do not know how to behave , when to stand or kneel , how to express their grief . |