Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] in [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addressing an audience of sensible and clear-headed gentlemen — the sort of people who had produced the Bloodless Revolution of 1688 — Locke pictured himself as ‘ an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little , and removing much of the rubbish that lies in the way of knowledge ’ . |
| 2 | It enables us to remove anything that gets in the way of our relationship with God . |
| 3 | ‘ Hopefully , it will help to remove the awful stigma that gets in the way of people seeking treatment . ’ |
| 4 | You cut off all the old you that gets in the way of the maker you . |
| 5 | And our job 's got ta be to tr I , I suppose really to try and move anything that gets in the way of achieving that . |
| 6 | Now that she saw Rupert again he was rather less interesting than she had remembered — a little older , slightly inhibited in his conversation , and unresponsive to her semi-flirtatious looks and remarks in a way that puzzled her . |
| 7 | In order to sustain a more robust disagreement , individualist theorists must contend that human autonomy makes a substantial difference to the explanation of action , and stands in the way of the determinist account supposedly favoured by holists . |
| 8 | He traces the origins of contemporary attitudes to professionalism and public services , to the Victorian period , and argues that the model we have inherited is outmoded and stands in the way of improving professionally relationships . |
| 9 | Second because this is a kind of desire inseparable from an abundance of curiosity and attention ; desire is curious , and attends in a way which renders desire itself an inappropriate word . |
| 10 | The choreographer must learn the natural functioning of the dancers ' bodies in order to combine steps and poses in a way that gives quality to the whole . |
| 11 | But we can not smell what the dog can smell , nor interpret such scents , body postures and barks in the way our dog does . |
| 12 | The truly hyperactive child sleeps very little ( possibly only four to five hours a night ) , has an attention span obviously shorter than other children and behaves in a way that is chaotic rather than simply energetic . |