Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] a way of " in BNC.
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1 | If a new demand is short-lived , it may be possible to find a way of meeting it without any overall loss of performance . |
2 | ‘ Though I 'm sometimes so conscious of lack of technique , it 's also quite exciting to find a way of expressing what you see in a person in lines . |
3 | The objectives in Parts 1 and 2 provided a way of thinking about behavioural problems and a set of general methods for dealing with these problems . |
4 | Evenings like this have a way of going on ! |
5 | This provides a way of finding out their normal fate . |
6 | This provides a way of raising short-term funds for general business purposes , often more cheaply than through the banking sector . |
7 | On Nov. 20 Strauss-Kahn blamed the outcome of the negotiations on the UK 's current presidency of the EC , describing it as " calamitous and claiming that " the British have a way of chairing the Community which puts us in difficulty facing the Americans " . |
8 | France had given ‘ due importance to the kind of rural traditions without which it would be impossible to enjoy a way of life that recognises the importance of elements in our lives which enrich and enoble us , but which are not ‘ cost-effective ’ in strictly economic terms . ’ |
9 | It was not easy to find a way of presenting prosaic information in a way which would attract parents . |
10 | But I believe it might be possible to get the universities and polytechnics in future to accept a way of selecting candidates that was radically different from either A levels alone , or A and AS levels . |
11 | Figure 8.3 offers a way of bringing the phenomenological perspective on one religion into relationship with other religions . |
12 | It would be useful to have a way of determining the fair sterling-dollar exchange rate independently of knowing whether these other relationships were equilibrium ones . |
13 | The powerful have a way of establishing contracts that suit them . |
14 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
15 | I was still trying hard not to rock the boat , not to upset either the FO or WTN , and was desperate to find a way of making uncontroversial remarks sound interesting . |
16 | Even in the larger schools the curriculum leaders with full teaching commitments will find it difficult to find a way of imparting to their other colleagues a sufficient degree of self-confidence about their particular curriculum responsibility which will avoid the deadening grind of ‘ something we have to do ’ — a phrase so reminiscent of teachers of external examination syllabuses in every generation . |
17 | Cortot 's left hand in particular had a way of drifting in and out of focus ( two rather than three beats in his gossamer rhythmic support in many of the Chopin waltzes ) and leading a wayward and disobedient life of its own . |
18 | But when it comes to the Trading Standards Board , what we 're saying is , if P and R and Policy Panel this Committee finds seventy thousand pounds ' worth of savings , then clearly item two represents a way of doing it . |
19 | This was by no means an uncommon aim among reformers and administrators , and she was no doubt aware that Morant was one of those who were most anxious to find a way of humanizing , not simply young people , but the entire labour-force . |
20 | It is necessary to find a way of transition as quickly as possible and to take action . |
21 | The only problem is that to make it a meaningful rule it would be necessary to find a way of drawing a line between humour ( forbidden ) and wit ( encouraged ) . |
22 | Table 6.1 suggests a way of drawing attention to what the spiritual dimension is , without giving the misleading impression of its being some kind of object . |