Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] in the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The originality of so much of Ashton 's and MacMillan 's choreography fur classical ballets lies in the way they follow the basic principles and rules in order to create an infinite variety of enchaînements from the traditional vocabulary of steps , and yet discard the conventions . |
| 2 | TIME has run out for the Angus family whose cottage stands in the way of a multi-million pound dual carriageway on the Dundee to Aberdeen road , writes James Rougvie . |
| 3 | In principle , it seems unjust that a homicide conviction should not be possible in such a case , if all the other elements can be established and only the ‘ year and a day ’ rule stands in the way . |
| 4 | The significance of the data lies in the way that odd nitrogen is partitioned in autumn in the long-lived reservoir of HNO 3 , rather than the temporary reservoir of N 2 O 5 . |
| 5 | The stranger looms in the way |
| 6 | Watkins says SunSoft is happy to support what SunSelect offers in the way of MS-DOS emulation right now , but adds that if another firm comes up with better technology at a lower price ‘ we 'd be stupid not to do business with them . ’ |
| 7 | Rather its relevance lies in the way it constrains the interpretation of [ 14a ] so that hearers can see it as an interpretation of the speaker 's thoughts about the state of the pound . |
| 8 | I think the equipment gets in the way of creativity — photography is an art not a craft , you should MAKE pictures not just take them . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's times like that when his work gets in the way most . ’ |
| 10 | A big difference lies in the way the final image is recorded . |
| 11 | STEELY determination not to be dominated by her husband shows in the way Diana holds her head high . |
| 12 | The route to the solution of some earth and moon also give rise to eclip oh know ca n't even spell it now , what I 'm trying to say is eclipses when one heavenly body gets in the way of another . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , it should be that simple but then sometimes all the business shit gets in the way of it . |
| 14 | The Lake District is one of the most compactly beautiful regions in England and so much of its intrinsic attraction lies in the way of life led by native Cumbrians . |
| 15 | In 1922 , Collins promised on behalf of the Labour Party that ‘ all that can be done under the Maternity and Child Welfare Acts in the way of helping necessitous , and expectant and nursing mothers , and caring for young children would have our support ’ ( Election leaflet 1922 ) . |
| 16 | So much ignorance and pride gets in the way of race relations . ’ |
| 17 | The distinct importance of the two sources appears in the way in which state and society in the republic treat the provisional movement . |
| 18 | ‘ What does amuse me is that although all the erotica and pornography are readily available , hypocrisy triumphs in the way they are stored . |
| 19 | Even worse , some think public relations stands in the way of getting at the real facts . |
| 20 | It is clearly an undergraduate text ; its use lies in the way it introduces discourse stylistics to a primarily conventional undergraduate group . |
| 21 | Because people are so angry , they 're frustrated with the system and their anger gets in the way and it frightens people . |
| 22 | The strength of the F-Plan lies in the way it affects the calories you consume . |
| 23 | An explanation for this negative attitude towards the union lies in the way the women identified themselves in terms of their domestic lives rather than as paid workers . |
| 24 | In either case the relevance of the reformulation lies in the way it narrows down , or constrains , the interpretation of the original . |
| 25 | That is , the relevance of the reformulation lies in the way it constrains the interpretation of the first segment so that it matches Carver 's own initial impressions . |
| 26 | In this case , only the Secretary of State stands in the way of a move to decentralise control over local spending and to return it to local communities . |
| 27 | The key to its ethical and practical success lies in the way in which the technical problems involved in its production were overcome . |
| 28 | The trouble with men and women is that sex gets in the way — nice , but it can complicate things . ’ |
| 29 | Yet for the discourse analyst it may be exactly these transient and variable features which enable us to understand the meaning of what is said , and the reason why the order of sentences proceeds in the way that it does . |
| 30 | One possible explanation lies in the way in which charge carriers move between crystal lattice planes : the build up of charge carriers on alternate planes of a graphite lattice gives rise to local electrical fields that oppose the main field and generate the out-of-phase conduction . |