Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [be] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or that was the way it seemed . |
| 2 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 3 | Right mm wonder which way this paper 's going to go , on the election , there 's a piece here about title that that 's no way to treat a lady no , I think it 's all to do with , yeah it looks like |
| 4 | Er so we are all very keen to see this get these extra fire fighters but as he has n't identified the source for which they could pay more , this believes that fifty thousand pounds which slices , there is a good way of doing it and suggest that that 's the way we should do it . |
| 5 | Right well I I mean I think that that 's the way to that 's the way to try and squeeze Yeah yeah |
| 6 | And it may be that that 's the way they work , I 'm not quite sure what you 're supposed to do on this one . |
| 7 | Well I 'm sure that that 's the way that things are going . |
| 8 | If you say , ‘ Well , of course , yes , I can easily explain that , but basically we 'll transfer the the , the handling of the enquiry to A Department , which of course has responsibility to B , but B ca n't do that without C , ’ you have to know in your own organization that that 's the way the procedure works , but it will mean nothing to the listener . |
| 9 | I would suggest to this conference and more importantly to this government , that that is no way to lift this country out of the recession and it 's no way for us to run an economy . |
| 10 | It seems that that is the way the brain itself has to work . |
| 11 | We act as we do because , one way or another , we have learned from others that that is the way we ought to behave . |
| 12 | I am sure that that is the way forward . |
| 13 | Does he think that that is the way that one should plan the freight movement from the north-west through the channel tunnel ? |
| 14 | To suggest that that is the way forward for the future must be objected to by the fact that Sweden , Austria and the EFTA countries now want to join the supranational Community . |
| 15 | Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools . |
| 16 | Secondly , the formal analysis which is second nature to a Western critic can be fruitful , even though it could be argued that this is a way of interpreting the objects of an unfamiliar culture rather than a description . |
| 17 | We are inclined to think that this is a way of using the structure in principle , but that this is simply the sort of thing that no speaker is ever likely to want to say . |
| 18 | You could suspect that this is a way of making it more rather than less egoistic , could n't you ? |
| 19 | When the Independent crows ‘ Let's face it , a sick bag is a sick bag ’ I feel that this is no way of speaking of some unfortunate woman ; or of another who , according to her husband , ‘ had cast off clothes at the jumble sale ’ . |
| 20 | Sons like ‘ Master Of Paradise ’ are emotional glimpses into her very personal world , but it 's worth pointing out that this is no way a depressing sort of affair . |
| 21 | Sons like ‘ Master Of Paradise ’ are emotional glimpses into her very personal world , but it 's worth pointing out that this is no way a depressing sort of affair . |
| 22 | Instead of accepting that this is the way the market is inevitably moving , our own Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances ( AMDEA ) has condemned the proposal as ‘ a technical barrier to trade ’ . |
| 23 | Yet one understands and sympathizes with the reader who urges for that word to be said ( even as he/she understands that it can not be ) , and no amount of earnest preaching that this is the way things are , that no certainties can be reached , will attenuate the sense of frustration that accompanies our contemplation of the ruins . |
| 24 | It will be observed that this is the way its own mother asserts her dominance and will easily be understood by the pup . |
| 25 | Sadly , it appears to be generally accepted that this is the way people in service industries in Glasgow behave . |
| 26 | ‘ Once she knows that this is the way the cards have fallen she 's not going to say ‘ I ca n't do it , I ca n't cope with it ’ and whinge . |
| 27 | If this went too far , of course , the sense of supernatural assistance would destroy one 's awareness of the companions ' courage , as also the deeply-felt implicit moral that this is the way to behave . |
| 28 | The counsellor must not only understand that this is the way the counsellee 's life is predicted and determined , but has eventually to help the individual develop a more positive set of expectations . |
| 29 | We prefer this because we believe that this is the way in which we can learn from our mistakes ; and that in finding that our conjecture was false we shall have learnt much about the truth , and shall have got nearer to the truth . |
| 30 | The more I think about it the more I feel sure that this is the way . |