Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] way [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We believe the police in general should be commended for the professional way they conducted themselves in the face of provocation . ’ |
| 2 | Groups in our society such as Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Green party are to be congratulated for the energetic way they are drawing our attention to the issues involved . |
| 3 | ‘ And if possible try to make amends for the rude way you spoke to Lucy . |
| 4 | I ADMIRE Freddie Starr and his wife Sandie for the mature way they are handling the end of their 18-year marriage . |
| 5 | Your Royal Highness sorry , Your Royal Highness er before we , we ask you to close this meeting I would like to ask our members to show their appreciation for the wonderful way you have chaired this Annual General Meeting , for your presence here and the gracious way you support the sport throughout the season . |
| 6 | Thank you for the complimentary way you 've acted . |
| 7 | Sometimes 1 would try to withhold my gift of words as the only way I could convey to him that he was withholding something I needed as badly as he needed my poetic ability . |
| 8 | Pay particular attention to the relationship between the different ways you identify , and be as explicit as you can about the connections between them . |
| 9 | The chance of an exposure transmitting infection varies both between the different ways it can be transmitted and , for reasons yet undetermined , between different people engaging in the same activity . |
| 10 | And there was something about the easy way they were together , evidently in the full flow of conversation , that sent a quick uneasy dart of emotion rushing through her . |
| 11 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 12 | There is cause for concern about the muddled way we think about the British ‘ constitution ’ ; there is even greater cause for concern about the political consequences of its nature . |
| 13 | ‘ I am very sad , ’ he wrote to me , ‘ about the disgraceful way you have been treated by the Seniors , and because of it I have informed the captain I am resigning . ’ |
| 14 | Now she comes forward , gets her publicity , tells the whole world about the swell way you treated her , thinking she was the girl friend of a dead pal , everybody likes her , everybody likes you . ’ |
| 15 | After all , she did owe Luke something after the stupid way she had behaved . |
| 16 | And to be honest , after the dreadful way we finished last season , we would have settled for being fifth from bottom right now . |
| 17 | After a little way I halted and looked back . |
| 18 | I do believe that one of the best ways we 're going to benefit from the new circumstances I hope of economic stability of low inflation and low taxation , will be to ensure that the provision of capital is made by the principle institutions , namely the banks and the investing institutions . |
| 19 | Gazzer 's mind was working desperately , selecting , then rejecting all of the possible ways he could respond to this surprise attack . |
| 20 | Time and again she told herself she was fortunate to see the back of him , so often she reminded herself of the despicable way he had behaved . |
| 21 | In fact you know that 's probably one of the only ways we can attack on this |
| 22 | But at the moment it 's also one of the only ways I can steer the bike , especially in faster corners . |
| 23 | Says Jack : ‘ She learned to sign — one of the many ways she helped deaf people . |
| 24 | By contrast , the analogous question in the case of postnominal attributives , aimed at a determiner and noun but omitting a following adjective , is not possible , as we can see from ( 22 ) , whichever of the two ways we try to do it ; and again this is predictable given the difference in structure . |
| 25 | It 's almost like a G.W. Fashions hallmark — though hard to recognise at times because of the fussy way it 's been handled . |
| 26 | You can continue to pursue the key words in different directions , thinking of the various ways they can a used . |
| 27 | She was exhausted ; more so because of the alarmed way she had sprung out of reach whenever Guy had become restless , than from the number of times she had sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever . |
| 28 | Though shooting 's too good for them , if you ask me , we 're too soft in this country , we could do with a bit of Hitler here I think sometimes instead of the namby-pamby way we go on … . ’ |
| 29 | Yet Diana truly believed he was in love with her because of the devoted way he behaved in her presence . |
| 30 | The Turner Prize is therefore one of the few ways we have of acknowledging the contribution the visual arts play in our culture . |