Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.

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1 Groups formed in this way tended to remain relatively stable , moving as a whole from one activity to another , although in a few classes they were formed only for specific activities ( generally mathematics ) and disbanded for the rest of the day .
2 The platelet aggregates formed in this way are fixed with formol .
3 Publication in the Chinese language of anecdotal cases treated in this way has not helped in disseminating knowledge about the use of traditional Chinese herbal medicines .
4 What beckons me forward is a faith in God 's Hand in history , the conviction that He means these lands to speak to the world with an answer , and the decision to support in any way I can those — black , brown and white — in whose lives I see God 's power working .
5 But even with the field limited in this way , an exhaustive study is out of the question .
6 Vegetables treated in this way must be washed very thoroughly before use to remove both the extracted juices and the surplus salt .
7 About 75% of solicitors qualify in this way which is the quickest and most common way to qualify as a solicitor .
8 recognises that an original lessee may have a defence if the assignee not performing has in some way been absolved from performance .
9 He was executed in 1535 , the first of seven Chancellors of the university to suffer in this way , and canonised in 1935 .
10 Calcretes developed in this way are thickest and at the greatest depth in the soil profile in areas of 100 400 mm ( 4–16 in ) of rainfall especially on the temperate margins of deserts ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) and become thinner and much nearer the surface in the arid regions proper .
11 Even in the case of married applicants for joint mortgages , the Equal Opportunities Commission ( EOC ) found that 36 per cent of building societies in their study discriminated in some way against a couple with a higher earning wife ( EOC , 1978 ) .
12 There were distinctive Floral and Marine styles and some of the vessels decorated in this way were very fine indeed ( Figure 33 ) .
13 Your concern about the ability of commodity exporters to adjust in this way is understandable .
14 ‘ Our intention to ballot in this way was already known , but we hoped to get the assurances we wanted from British Rail .
15 To his surprise Hahnemann discovered that remedies prepared in this way often became more powerful therapeutic agents than the original starting materials — a purely empirical observation .
16 At Leeds , for example , not only are fans separated in this way , but a wedge-shaped piece of terracing at the corner of the visiting fans ' terrace is designated a ‘ no-man's-land ’ , surrounded by high fencing , and kept empty .
17 Proteins acting in this way are called ‘ enzymes ’ ; their method of working is described on p. 61 .
18 Circuses which use animals do so for profit , and there is no satisfactory scientific evidence that animals benefit in any way from their experiences in such an establishment — they can not educate the public in the artificial environment of performing tricks , they only serve to entertain .
19 Darwin used several criteria for distinguishing sexual characteristics selected in this way : ( 1 ) the features acquired by sexual selection are confined to one sex ; ( 2 ) the features develop fully only at sexual maturity ; ( 3 ) the features often appear only during the reproductive season ; and ( 4 ) males are in most species the most active in courtship .
20 As his mind rambles from the boy to the jersey to Ellen ( who knitted it ) , to the sea and the Borough ( via the fish Grimes is going to get rich by catching ) , back to Ellen and the future life they will never lead because Grimes can not escape his past — as his mind rambles in this way , so the music probes our sympathies by constant allusion back to the variations in the interlude .
21 Was the fire brigade hindered in any way ?
22 That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way .
23 Having seen that double bed tuck has much in common with Fisherman 's Rib , we can also see that the fabric produced in this way will have many features that are the same .
24 They were called back again later to concrete the area where the horses had been buried fears of health hazards had been expressed because Mr Edelson had not had the animals preserved in any way .
25 There was already a strong conviction that the electromagnetic force acted in this way , carried by photons ( ’ packed of light ’ ) passing between electrically-charged particles .
26 Recent studies of quasars have identified multiple images produced in this way .
27 Bodies which were buried with their legs bent in this way are termed crouched inhumations .
28 Funds raised in this way represent the marginal cost of funds to the banks involved .
29 Articulated crampons have a separate front and heel piece linked in some way , and are better for less than totally rigid leather boots and boots with some curve on the front sole .
30 In the health area , the old fashioned general practitioner functioned in this way ( in contrast to the support structure of a centralised health system ) .
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