Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] a way " in BNC.
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1 | Power-hungry people would want to use it as a weapon — which it could very successfully be utilised as — or else as a way of controlling others en masse . |
2 | She was in some ways , a female Kenneth Williams , an eccentric who could emote facially and vocally in a way in which Ken had established himself the master . |
3 | As he rushes hither and thither , his note-books become crammed with an amazing collection of miscellaneous information which is so diverse and uneven that it gives colour to and so in a way explains Robert Lowie 's famous definition of culture as a ‘ thing of shreds and patches ’ . |
4 | It sounds rather weird , and so in a way it is , although it finds a natural expression in terms of the quantum mechanical formalism . |
5 | ‘ One had a certain amount of training ; one knew it was coming and so in a way , fear did n't come into it very much . |
6 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
7 | Alexander the Great also found Greek culture valuable if only as a way of patronizing his Macedonian peers : he remarked to a Greek fellow-feaster ( Plutarch Alex . |
8 | Not only must you be able to speak up loud and clear , but you should be able to put a case relevantly , neatly , succinctly , and generally in a way pleasing to the tribunal before which you are appearing . |
9 | His claim about South African involvement was subsequently ridiculed in the press and elsewhere in a way reminiscent of the scorn poured for so many years on the suggestion that British intelligence might have had a link with the Zinoviev letter . |
10 | So , like , we 've got this thing about her , anyway , she was com and she was talking to Fiona today and she was stood next to me , and like in a way , I was laughing at her but I felt so sorry for her cos she really , really stunk ! |
11 | In counselling , indeed in any of the ‘ talking ’ therapies , tears play an important part , first of all in the release of tension , and later as a way of directing attention to areas which are ‘ tender ’ and might repay exploration . |
12 | Nationalisation was not new to France — the railways had been put into State ownership in 1937 — but support for economic planning had grown during the war as a way towards national renewal , greater investment and improved working conditions , and also as a way to punish businessmen who had collaborated with the Nazis . |
13 | Without them , as the White Paper ’ Custody , Care and Justice ’ says , ’ there can be no assurance that resources ’ — which means money , and I wish that people would say ’ money ’ rather than ’ resources ’ — ’ devoted to the prison service will be used effectively and efficiently in a way which fulfils the obligations of the prison service . ’ |
14 | This approach places a heavy emphasis on the institutions of the state alone ; it describes institutions and institutional relationships in suffocating detail ; and because it focuses on constitutional " law " quite uncritically it tends to see the connections between state and society formally , simply , and legalistically in a way that ignores informal patterns of power in society and economy . |
15 | For she is certainly mine now , and surely in a way she has never been any other man 's … |
16 | I mean I 'm aware of the thing that 's what makes me ask you more about that account , but I am worried about it and and actually in a way are in a very good position . |
17 | Other people , however , have a long tradition of breakfasting wholeheartedly , but perhaps in a way that is not wholesome for the heart . |
18 | But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise . |
19 | A pity Derek was n't home , but only in a way . |
20 | In the past , presidential wives have made an impression but usually in a way that has drawn fierce criticism , mainly because they pretended they were n't an influence on their husbands . |
21 | We were surprised by the degree of unanimity in this concern , but also in a way by its maturity . |
22 | Participant observation , for example , although it developed more or less outside of any strong theoretical tradition but simply as a way of getting research of a particularly descriptive kind done , in sociology has come to be closely associated with the symbolic interactionist tradition . |
23 | It 's faster and more physical — but easier in a way because I have so many top players around me . |
24 | ‘ I had thought of getting a young man , ’ said Edwin , ‘ though perhaps in a way it 's hardly a job for a man . |
25 | She clashed her talons on the bars , brought her beak down on them as well in a way that must have pained her , and swung sideways towards Creggan . |
26 | I think that leads to crime in s as well in a way . |