Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a historical accident that the sports in which blacks were overrepresented compared to their proportion in the general population were those demanding little in the way of equipment or facilities . |
| 2 | Perhaps for this reason Britain experienced little in the way of a fascist movement in the 1920s ; only a few small and insignificant fascist groups , hostile to the Bolsheviks or the Jews , emerged at that time . |
| 3 | Hintertux is a tiny hamlet and offers little in the way of nighttime activity but Mayrhofen , 15 minutes away , positively buzzes in the evening . |
| 4 | Although ‘ Hot Hot Hot ’ , the other failure , retains the manic absurdity , it offers little in the way of additional entertainment . |
| 5 | Although ‘ Hot Hot Hot ’ , the other failure , retains the manic absurdity , it offers little in the way of additional entertainment . |
| 6 | Unlike the Victoria Press , the Caledonian produced little in the way of books . |
| 7 | The photo stood in the doorway , placed rather in the way children put dolls in a window to let them look out . |
| 8 | So often gardens today are geared towards large drifts of shrubs and herbaceous material , which , although ideal for easy maintenance , display little in the way of infinite details . |
| 9 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 10 | Probably the best hotel in Mayrhofen , the Neuhaus has high standards ; it offers much in the way of facilities and the cooking has an excellent reputation . |
| 11 | An attractive modern city , Gdynia offers much in the way of general amenities for the holidaymaker . |
| 12 | Because it fits in with the way you see yourself ? |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't suppose you had time to see much on the way here ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , it differs only in the way it 's played . ’ |
| 15 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
| 16 | Had the Wessex novels been written earlier , when places off the beaten track were inaccessible , or nearer our own time , when we have become sated with effortless mobility , ‘ Wessex ’ might not have caught on in the way that it did . |
| 17 | On the face of it section 6 of the 1980 Act has added little in the way of parental rights to section 76 of the 1944 Act . |
| 18 | Deane and Cole have pointed out that the statistics of migration during the early industrial revolution suggest little in the way of a south-to-north population drift : " What is surprising is the comparatively minor role played by migration in the early development of the main industrial areas . " |
| 19 | It needs little in the way of special equipment other than a portable cassette recorder and microphone , and many a pleasant hour can be spent in collecting background sounds of various kinds . |
| 20 | Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks . |
| 21 | Much pre-war inner city housing has little in the way of space and more often than not a backyard is the best you can hope for . |
| 22 | The Act did tend to homogeneity , to the exploitation of meritocratic notions in pursuit of pragmatic ends , but it created little in the way of innovation or social levelling . |
| 23 | Innovation had to take place cheaply , since central government could not fund much in the way of capital projects . |
| 24 | You are unlikely to find much in the way of sheltered housing or retirement home developments in France . |
| 25 | Her education had not included much in the way of ballroom-dancing . |
| 26 | I 'll have a go — but I ca n't promise much in the way of results . " |
| 27 | A large proportion of the advertising in these markets , is , inevitably , in some sense , ‘ reminder ’ advertising — which , again , should not need much in the way of information , since it is preaching to the converted . |
| 28 | This is unlikely to provide much in the way of musical experience or opportunity , but its requirement demands an investment of previous time . |
| 29 | Well you 'll have to come in on the way ho |
| 30 | Toby , on the other hand , just looked in on the way to the boarding annexe , and popped straight out again , while Corbett Farraday had no particular fear of the boys — were n't they all boys together at Burleigh ? and stayed in the Staff Common Room for no other reason than to work himself up to an approach to Penny . |