Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that agreed as a fair way of proceeding ? |
| 2 | This leads Johnes to question whether raising academic standards for entry , in terms of A-level scores , could be justified as a satisfactory way of substantially reducing wastage rates , given the complex range of factors which are involved in predicting success in higher education , and that raising entry standards in this way would almost certainly bar students capable of obtaining a degree . |
| 3 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
| 4 | Teaching is regarded as a basic way of transmitting human culture , and is considered b ; y some to apply only to humans . |
| 5 | It could only be assimilated to it if ‘ I disapprove of prostitution ’ were treated as a tentative way of saying that prostitution is wrong , that is , as a tentative expression of an attitude against prostitution rather than as an expression of one 's awareness of one 's own disapproval of it . |
| 6 | It is a remarkably simple idea , which IBM argues can act as a practical way of connecting existing islands of automation . |
| 7 | Advisers had skills in negotiating with individual creditors and in planning an overall strategy of negotiation among several creditors , arising out of their knowledge of the legal position , experience of previous negotiations , the ability to communicate in a businesslike way , and their position as independent third parties . |
| 8 | Returning to the argument in The Future of an Illusion an imaginary antagonist argues that civilization depends upon people continuing to believe in God , otherwise they will not act in a moral way . |
| 9 | GPs who volunteer to hold practice budgets will act in a similar way for those services for which they are responsible . |
| 10 | A pun can act in a similar way to metaphor , pointing to a coalescence of concepts normally distinct . |
| 11 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 12 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 13 | Psychology usually assumes that psychologists can act in a neutral way . |
| 14 | The typical case is one in which a factual statement points out that a situation is one of the kind in which an ethical statement asserts that a certain obligation holds , that is , one in which it has expressed the wish that people should act in a certain way or meet the disfavour of others . |
| 15 | Love makes you act in a certain way even — and this is the crunch — when you are not feeling very loving . |
| 16 | A legitimate expectation may arise when a government agency , by its words or conduct , leads a citizen reasonably to expect that it will act in a particular way . |
| 17 | There are certain other circumstances in which this problem of unduly encouraging an authority to reach a particular decision does not arise and in which a scheme of compensation might be feasible and desirable : where there is no question of a decision being re-made , notably where the time-limit for challenging an allegedly illegal decision has run out ( through no fault of the applicant ) ; or where a citizen has suffered loss by relying on a representation by a public body that it will act in a particular way , in circumstances where the law will not require the body to make good its representation because it has undertaken to act illegally ; or where a court exercises its discretion not to quash an illegal decision In such cases the problem of causation does not exist because the decision in question will not be reconsidered . |
| 18 | It is part of our collective political morality that such compromises are wrong , that the community as a whole and not just individual officials one by one must act in a principled way . |
| 19 | When designed in a holistic way by the disabled person , the package of assistance which enables them to do so is no more expensive than the service-based alternative . |
| 20 | Once the approximate solution has been found then it is no longer a problem situation but a design situation : how can the solution be designed in a better way ? |
| 21 | They knew that if you made schools and universities permanent structures , tooled beautifully in stone and designed in a timeless way to permit the flowering of reflective thought and ancient customs , that society would become attached to them and would n't want to let them go when the cutbacks came . |
| 22 | The ancient winged insects — cockroaches , cicadas , crickets and dragonflies — also grow in a similar way , their early forms closely resembling the adults except that they lack wings . |
| 23 | The answer to this impasse lies in a third way of knowing , one which is based on presuppositions . |
| 24 | Again the doors closed tightly initially , but , praise God , they are opening in a big way . |
| 25 | They , they may sort of be very submissive , B types , and therefore they can be stressed in a different way . |
| 26 | Video material that could be used in teacher training can be grouped in a similar way to material for teaching : |
| 27 | A dramatised story of the operations of an imaginary business , which covers in a realistic way most aspects of business . |
| 28 | This allows the operator to work in a similar way to the procedure used on a drawing board . |
| 29 | In Gever 's Application [ 1970 ] , data processing apparatus was arranged to work in a certain way associated with punched cards inserted into it . |
| 30 | Clearly , if we are expecting our advertising to work in a particular way , against a particular sub-group of consumers , we should do our research in such a way that it will show up this sort of effect . |