Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yes , there 'll be young bucks out there who see you as old and in the way . |
| 2 | He says that no , the pond is n't just full of green slime and mud , there are thousands of tadpoles , which in themselves are interesting because of the way they metamorphose . |
| 3 | But um also in the eighteen century , the eighteenth century is quite interesting because of the way in which sexuality was conceptualised then . |
| 4 | The combination with videodisc players is particularly interesting because of the ways random access can be exploited . |
| 5 | I danced , and went through all the motions of enjoying myself , but we left early and on the way home I burst into tears , and cried and cried and would n't stop . |
| 6 | ‘ We wanted someone young , ambitious and on the way up a lad from Tesco applied |
| 7 | He added : ’ We were looking for someone who was young , ambitious and on the way up in management . |
| 8 | Er which you might think that again sounds odd and finicky but by the way note I said between w er er it applies to both ward and division . |
| 9 | Now , ’ she added with a complete change of subject that left Ellie feeling bewildered , ‘ you must n't feel awkward or in the way , because we 're delighted to have you to stay . |
| 10 | Throughout the pamphlet Hic Mulier seems to be in sympathy with this remark of Montaigne 's , but nowhere is her appropriation of the idea more challenging than in the way she dissolves both law and ideological fixity into a celebration of change and transformation , and , by implication , a celebration of her potential rather than her fixed nature : ‘ Nor do I in my delight of change otherwise than as the whole world does ’ ( sig . |
| 11 | To have quoted a range of rates ( often varying quite widely around these typical figures ) would of course have been more comprehensive , but less helpful because of the way that the extremes of the ranges would have blurred the comparison between types . |
| 12 | Fitting a drive to the 2000 series can be tricky because of the way the case slots together and the need to use a 3.5″ drive and mount . |
| 13 | We are impressed when on the way he stands in confrontation with ‘ the greslie terrour ’ of death , ‘ unterrifi 'd ’ ( II . |
| 14 | If the rent was from non-UK land there will have been no tax charges under general principles although the income may be assessed under TA 1988 , Part XV or TA 1988 , ss739 or 734 or , if it is paid out in an income form to a UK beneficiary , it may be assessed on the beneficiary under Schedule D , Cases IV or V. The position with regard to dividends received by overseas discretionary trusts where the income is then paid out to a beneficiary is complicated because of the way in which the 10 per cent additional rate charge is levied . |
| 15 | Here we need to ask ourselves a whole range of questions associated with the ways in which staff are managed in general and about the ways in which appraisal will be managed in the future — for there are choices to be made there in particular . |
| 16 | Yes , because of , we were in school together in Dutch and on the way home we were with Dutch friends , so we then , and we mostly spoke Dutch and now , since I , so it 's nearly , since now seven years have been , since I have gone to States , first year in eighty three , came back in eighty four , and since then we 've never , ever spoke Dutch . |
| 17 | They only get dirty , greasy and in the way . |
| 18 | You 're rare because of the way |
| 19 | Some coloured children in this school are getting bad because of the way they get treated , and they make out as if we 're just doing it because we get low examination grades so we start getting bad with the teachers . |