Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ryle ( 1949 ) is another attempt to find a way between extreme behaviourism and the mental/physical separation . |
| 2 | Speech-act theory offers a way of integrating these different levels of description and , in doing so , emphasises that any utterance is amenable to description and analysis at each of these levels . |
| 3 | This model provided a way of visualizing the pattern of morphogenetic systems over the earth 's surface during the Cainozoic and so lent itself to a clear way of integrating contemporary world zones with those of the past when ice sheets were non-existent or much less extensive . |
| 4 | Holding on still with one hand , I took a visual line ahead from the north needle to mark into memory the furthest small tree I could see , then put the compass away again and with infinite slowness clawed a way forward by inches and after a while reached the target and held on to it for dear life . |
| 5 | In fact Weill 's American years represent a serious struggle to find a way of addressing his lifelong political concerns in a popular language that spoke directly to the American public . |
| 6 | It is harder to tap international markets for short-term capital ( though not impossible : Eurocommercial paper provides a way ) , but it is the cost of long-term capital that ought to be compared with potential investment projects . |
| 7 | There are many layers of hurt to peel off before they can see their parent as a human being seeking a way out of a private torment . |
| 8 | Its little tap feels a way inward |
| 9 | Contrasting proverbs with ponderous prose offers a way in : " too many cooks spoil the broth " is a far more expressive way of saying : " Over-maximization of the work force is counter-productive because it inhibits the realization of a satisfactory outcome . " |
| 10 | That the audition process was one that examined you totally — your private behaviour as well as your theatrical ability , the two feeding into each other to find a way to suit the requirements of the part and the particular aspects that were being looked at by the director , Michael Blakemore . |
| 11 | It also indicated the slave trade as a peculiarly appropriate object upon which many evangelicals could exercise their benevolence since it constituted a burden of individual and national guilt and in its international character provided a way of extending and giving reality to the notion of mankind as a family . |
| 12 | When the Collector mentioned this to Dr McNab he shook his head and said : " Aye , the poor man has a way to go yet before he 'll be sound . " |
| 13 | Finally it is a good idea to devise a way of checking what use is made of a self-access video service . |
| 14 | Socially useful design provides a way out of this cul-de-sac . |
| 15 | Nuclear transplantation provides a way of creating clones of identical toads . |
| 16 | For some Protestant thinkers , experimental science promised a way of reversing the effects of the original curse , a way of making a better world that might in some small way mirror the perfection of God 's heavenly kingdom , a way of restoring the world to a condition fit for Christ 's earthly rule . |
| 17 | The big bay three quarterbred was being driven hard into Artemis 's lightly framed thoroughbred , and Artemis could feel the distress signals through her hands and seat as the horse shortened its stride in a desperate attempt to find a way out . |
| 18 | One person chooses a way everyone is to move — such as jumping , hopping , walking and so on . |
| 19 | When your Higher Self finds a way of speaking to you , it makes the most of it ! |
| 20 | I was secretly hoping I would one day find a way of escaping and returning to my own country . |
| 21 | The serious economic problems facing Britain following the slump of 1929 , and the seeming inability of any one party to offer a way out , together with the parliamentary deadlock , led many to ask whether a combination of like-minded politicians from different parties might not prove better suited to resolving Britain 's problems than any single-party government . |
| 22 | A topiary squirrel keeps a way eye on Cormack . |
| 23 | An intensional description provides a way to decide whether any particular thing is in the cluster by examining its properties . |
| 24 | He waddled amongst the customers , using his not inconsiderable bulk to force a way through pedlars , tinkers , labourers and farmers fresh from the countryside , spending the profits of their produce on large stoups of ale . |
| 25 | New actors need to try and widen their range all the time and in the same breath find a way of being commercially as well as artistically viable . |
| 26 | 17.9 Even so , the various features characteristically associated with casual conversation and with formal writing provide a way of organising programmes of study . |
| 27 | Where communication is a problem it is for the local authority to find a way round this . |
| 28 | But bad news has a way of travelling . " |