Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Committee , the Minister invariably points out that Parliament has a simple way of dealing with orders and that we should stick to it . |
| 2 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |
| 3 | Your queen has a nasty way of scratching her nose , and your angel is in a sulk . |
| 4 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 5 | The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . |
| 6 | Nothing much between the two teams on form … they 're two places and eight points apart … both are in the frame for the play-off places but the promotion race has a long way to go yet … |
| 7 | The 17.5 per cent stake represents roughly a quarter of Anglia 's market capitalisation , but David McCall , chief executive , said he believed ‘ the share price has a long way to go yet ’ . |
| 8 | While the woman has no natural way of eliminating the infection , it is probable that many men carry the infection in the urethra for a matter of a few days only , after which the flushing action of passing urine may eliminate the organisms . |
| 9 | Fortunately , his colleagues are n't so averse to a spot of enunciation : if Verve have got a nerve and Adorable have the babble than Suede have a warming way with words that 's more matter-of-fact than mad as a hatter . |
| 10 | It is not just that there is no reality , but that man has no direct way of making contact with it . |
| 11 | This young man has a long way to go if he 's to earn a PhD in Biology like his mum . |
| 12 | Life has a funny way of sorting itself out . |
| 13 | Life had a funny way of catching up with you , thought Kate . |
| 14 | At present , we are the only party prepared to grasp the nettle and to recognise that consumers ' interests require both effective competition in the marketplace — the Government have a long way to go before they create that — and effective regulation where the market can not produce a solution . |
| 15 | TOUCHE ROSS , the pace setters , and defending champions Kelburne were given a timely reminder last week that this season 's Torrie Stockbrokers ' National Men 's League has a long way to go , as they both sustained their first defeats of the season . |
| 16 | The Profitboss has a simple way of establishing the contribution link to profit . |
| 17 | Most publishers wo n't pay artists any money until a record has been released in a major market because the publisher has no other way of recouping any investment . |
| 18 | It is high time to abandon that caricature , too long perpetuated by dictionary definitions such as the one you quote from Chambers , both for the sake of historical justice and because , in the present as in the past , anti-Pharisaism and anti-Judaism have a nasty way of feeding on each other . |
| 19 | ‘ Your brother has an original way of trying to force people to accept his views . ’ |