Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is an instance of a proof by reductio ad absurdum , in which we assume something true in order to prove it false ; or it is a way of exposing a paradox within the concept of knowledge , for the sceptic can surely insist that if a central concept such as that of knowledge can be used to take us validly from true premises to a false or impossible conclusion , something is wrong with the concept ; there is probably some internal tension which should be exposed rather than swept under the carpet . |
| 2 | It takes a lot of skill to be able to learn in this way , although it is the way often taught at school — the old talk-and-chalk method of ‘ You listen while the teacher talks ’ . |
| 3 | For the purposes of this book , the important point to grasp is that it is a way of studying social life that concentrates on the unwritten rules that make ordinary everyday social activity orderly , and tries to spell out these rules . |
| 4 | A lot of encouragement has been given in recent years to the idea of increasing one 's roses by making cuttings — almost proposing it seems , that it is a way of avoiding the cost of buying new plants . |
| 5 | Victims have said that it is a way of acknowledging that they are worth something — a common psychological problem after being a victim of a serious crime , is a feeling of worthlessness . |
| 6 | Just because it is so common that it is regarded as ‘ normal ’ to expect chronic ill health with advancing years does that mean that it is the way things have to be or , indeed , should be ? |
| 7 | This bottom-up approach may well be a very fruitful way of trying to understand what language is and how it works , but that does not mean that it is the best way to teach a language , or that it is the way we use a language when we do know it . |
| 8 | This suggests feminism is crucial to attain women 's real and recognised participation in development , and that it is the way forward for women 's development . |
| 9 | After all , the median voter rule suggests that it is the way in which the middle two voters in the income distribution vote that determines the outcome of a rich or poor majority . |
| 10 | Starting to play music was a way round that It was a way of entertaining myself , passing the time . |
| 11 | In a short statement on photography ( Land , 1972a ) , Land suggested that it was a way of retaining the shifting , fleeting world of childhood and thus giving the child ‘ a new kind of security ’ . |
| 12 | W was there a feeling when the this this saw table was acquired , d did you have any feeling that it was a way of controlling the wages ? |
| 13 | Charlie knew that it was no way to run a cabaret , but it was n't his department . |
| 14 | All this may seem a little behind the times to the modern generation and to feminists , but I recognize that it was the way of my mother 's and father 's world . |
| 15 | Conscious of a ripping sound , she heard her zip go , then her taffeta skirt was rustling to the floor and he was pulling her down among its glossy folds , his lips marauding over hers so that it was the way it was in the unrequited dreams of the empty nights when everything came down to the touch of him like the still centre of the entire world . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It stands for Local Exchange Trading System , and it 's a way of overcoming your lack of money without the incompatibilities of barter . |
| 18 | Oh I , I said that to you at the time Robert , I mean I 'll be honest and I saw that document and I nearly died and it 's the way they say it too |
| 19 | Erm er and it 's the way that we do it that 's made it made it very comfortable to go into something , like most of the people that come to see us and work with us , they 've never sold never been involved in advertising let alone sold it because erm |
| 20 | And it 's the way the media is these days too . |
| 21 | I begin dieting again ; I want to feel in control and it is a way to avoid the terrifying meal times . |
| 22 | He 's saying , quite specifically what his political objective is , and that is , that they can spend more revenue on their political priorities , that they choose to spend it on , and it is a way of transferring capital monies into revenue , and it 's as simple as that . |
| 23 | Every penny of income we get gets ploughed back into erm the service , and it is a way of protecting the service , given the awful financial situation erm that the County Council face this year . |
| 24 | These ‘ ideas , formed the basis for group action and it is the way in which these spontaneously evolve and are carried out that constitutes one of the most active elements of ‘ hanging about ’ … |
| 25 | That is the right way to help people , it is the right way to achieve long-term prosperity for this country and it is the way in which we have been developing our policies . |
| 26 | Most of the work on the land was done by the villa slaves under the eagle eye of the owner , and it was the way he organised his labourers which produced the better results . |
| 27 | ‘ It would have been a crime completely out of character , ’ he told me , ‘ and it was the way he spoke about it that convinced me . ’ |
| 28 | I sang to her , some of the hymns to the Virgin , and then , I do n't know why , but there was no one to tell me do , or do n't , and it was the way I felt her taking me , all still as she was , and growing younger because there was no pain left … |
| 29 | It seemed speaking when you felt like it was a way to gain approval . |
| 30 | ‘ Twelve months later the conclusion is that the race does n't always go to the swift — even if it is the way the bookmaker bets , ’ commented Mike Gaston , the station 's managing director , who took over running the company just a year ago . |