Example sentences of "[noun pl] is a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Males have a blue face , especially on the cheeks , while females do not , and the presence or absence of iridescent blue on the lips is a sure way of separating males from females even at small sizes ( say 1.5″ S.L. ) |
| 2 | London futures prices rose 15% to £670 ( $1,170 ) a tonne , but fell within hours : coffee is plentiful and a new international deal on export quotas is a long way off . |
| 3 | Taking him problems caused by using less scrupulous retailers is a sure way of ruining any chance of benefiting from his/her superior knowledge of marines . |
| 4 | These days , it is widely assumed that monitoring of firms by close , caring banks is a better way to run things than the arms-length institutional ownership of America and Britain . |
| 5 | Ten days and more of women 's films is a good way of recharging one 's batteries , and women thinking of going to next year 's Festival might like to know that the organisers will arrange accommodation with local families for 50F a night ( approx £5 . ) |
| 6 | Including allies is a good way of expanding your collection , it also allows you to paint something different and still include it in your army . |
| 7 | Including allies is a good way of expanding your miniature collection , and it also allows you to paint something different and still include it in your army . |
| 8 | Including allies is a good way of expanding your miniature collection , and it also allows you to paint something different and still include it in your army . |
| 9 | Defining the requirements of internal as well as external customers is a good way of getting people , particularly in functional departments , to think about their customers . |
| 10 | For as Socrates knew , a sequence of silly questions is a wonderful way of forcing someone to think out just what he believes and wants to say . |
| 11 | For example , constructing with the older person a network diagram to record information about family and support networks is a simple way of involving the user , often used with other client groups but not so much with older people ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 12 | On a point of library housekeeping , the simple stratagem of date stamping items left upon tables is a useful way of keeping some sort of check on the use of reference books . |
| 13 | Tying in those fields to existing platforms is a smart way of doing business . ’ |
| 14 | Borrowing money from colleagues at work , petty cash , or from neighbours is a fast way of making yourself unpopular . |
| 15 | Pruning trees is a good way of controlling their growth , and reduces the amount of water extracted from the ground . |
| 16 | Relaxing after dinner with a cup of any of the new Kenco rich-tasting coffees is a great way of unwinding after the stresses and strains of a long day . |
| 17 | It may consist in a rejection of the notion that there are identifiable stages , or that talking of stages is a useful way of visualizing evolution . |
| 18 | And dispersing the audience 's attention among nine separate TV sets is a sure way of dispersing any atmosphere you may have been lucky enough to set up . |
| 19 | But it thinks that to rely solely on market forces is a messy way of reining in a big borrower . |
| 20 | Unfortunately they are just out of the × 7 field with Hydra 's Head , but sweeping from the Head stars is a good way to find them . |
| 21 | Cynical readers might be forgiven for thinking that concentrating on the minutiae of standards is a convenient way of avoiding the subject of how the industry is faring in a depressed market — but they would be wrong . |
| 22 | They will also say that the Faroese method of killing whales is a barbarous way of treating an intelligent , warm-blooded mammal . |
| 23 | Putting people on projects is a positive way of making them change-agents , of putting into practice all those fine theories about involvement and participation . |
| 24 | Breeding horses is a good way to lose money , but rarely to make it . |
| 25 | If you invested a pound on a horse , then the amount of money you 'd expect to get back would depend on the odds that that horse was offered at , but if you confined yourself to horses that had a reasonable chance of winning , say , the sort of horses that tend to be offered at odds of , say , six or seven to one or better , then your average rate of return might be nearer ninety per cent than thirty per cent , so putting it one way betting a pound a week on the horses is a slower way of losing your money than betting a pound a week on football pools , but football pools gives you a much greater chance of winning an absolutely astonishing sum of money . |
| 26 | It claims that developing the single isomer form of conventional drugs is a good way for such companies to minimise erosion of their market share by generic drug manufacturers by effectively extending patent protection for the product . |
| 27 | Fifty miles is a long way for a young child to go alone . ’ |
| 28 | Eighty-five miles is a long way this early in the season , and the course is a hard one with an assent of the Whistlefield on each of the four laps of Rosneath . |
| 29 | A gardener 's belt , with clasps and pouches for small tools is a practical way of carrying the tools around . |