Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't expect that to continue by the way . |
| 2 | The most aggressively anti-environmentalist farmers are probably the agribusinessmen who allow little to stand in the way of enhanced profit margins and who are largely indifferent to aesthetic considerations . |
| 3 | When they were ripe , Nick and I used to pick some to eat on the way . |
| 4 | We are looking forward to a visit from prominent physiotherapist Vivian Grisogono , who , with her vast and expert knowledge of treating sports injuries , has much to impart about the way we enthusiastically drive our bodies on to perform at a pace that often proves harmful . |
| 5 | Solutions to the Ferranti crisis are not going to be easy to find despite the way in which the company has been inundated with offers of help . |
| 6 | He liked Eden , and he found it easy to disapprove of the way in which Chamberlain had handled relations with him . |
| 7 | The nickname ‘ Ollie ’ , in itself , had much to do with the way the scandal was treated . |
| 8 | The secret of whetting an audience 's appetite for music of the long-distant past has much to do with the way in which it is presented . |
| 9 | What we are now has much to do with the way we have steered round or even collided with the obstacles of our lives . |
| 10 | This is a salutary reminder of the powerful implications of teacher enthusiasm : no doubt at least part of the popularity of any text has as much to do with the way it is taught , as with characteristics embodied in the text itself . |
| 11 | Yet it is virtually impossible to think of a way in which they could be tested against one another . |
| 12 | As a consequence , it was not possible to privatise in a way that put customers ' and consumers ' interests first because the overriding interest was the Conservative Government and ensuring maximum take up . |
| 13 | ( v ) There is no agreement on the set of descriptive categories required for an adequate account of a language such as English ; consequently different investigators are likely to differ in the way they identify linguistic features in a text . |
| 14 | Theoretically , halls should be easy to design , since there is generally little to purchase in the way of furniture and accessories unless you are blessed with the luxury of a wide , spacious and well-lit area . |
| 15 | and how erm but it probably got a little to do with the way groups actually organize . |
| 16 | Special care is taken to ensure that teachers understand and can interpret correctly for their students , the plants and wildlife they are likely to encounter along the way . |
| 17 | Another serious defect in the previous law , pinpointed by the Law Commission , was that when the section was read literally , liability was seen to turn on the question whether the victim was likely to respond in a way that constituted a breach of the peace in the face of threats , abuses and insults . |
| 18 | When we look at the mysteries of life we must look also at phenomena that seem , on the face of it , to have little to do with the way that life works . |
| 19 | In 1862 , aged 69 years , bad health compelled Betsy to retire from the way of life she loved . |
| 20 | Indeed , there have been decisions in which management 's right to reorganise in a way contrary to the explicit terms of employee 's contracts has been interpreted even more liberally . |
| 21 | The effect is plain to see in the way that the velocity curves change with time in Fig. 8.7(a) . |
| 22 | I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know . |
| 23 | But many democrats , in France and elsewhere , were concerned that the traditionally dominant minority of the rich and propertied should no longer be able to stand in the way of the will and the interests of the great majority . |
| 24 | But she did n't think it would be advisable to stand in the way of Isabelle Defries , either . |
| 25 | Boss Kevin Keegan is not pushing the 30-year-old striker out of the door , but he is unlikely to stand in the way if Quinn decides he wants to leave . |
| 26 | At moments of crisis a nation needs a leader able to lead in the way Margaret Thatcher led then . |
| 27 | It 's erm important to remember by the way |
| 28 | First , it is important to look at the way in which Freud developed the idea of the super-ego , and the part it played in his theory . |
| 29 | Perhaps the most important of these is the Public Accounts Committee , concerned to look at the way in which public money has been spent . |
| 30 | No doubt it is because of the vision to train in this way that Ichthus has been able to grow in the way that it has done . |