Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consumption of experience becomes a way of creating an identity . |
| 2 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 3 | Within two years he and his supervisor , Harry Mark , had completed a controversial piece of work pioneering a way to measure the spectra of chemical reactions on the surface of an electrode . |
| 4 | Only when doubt is regarded as sufficiently dire does the profession of doubt become a way for a person to define himself . |
| 5 | Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have . |
| 6 | There must , we think , be some argument from analogy to provide a way round scepticism . |
| 7 | 1 ) The desirability to have a Partner in Residence in Scotland has a way of enabling meaningful contact to be made between supporters here and Partners overseas . |
| 8 | NIGEL MANSELL 'S old boss Frank Williams will be waiting on the sidelines today as motor sport 's top brass sit down in Paris to find a way of saving next year 's Grand Prix calendar and prevent his Williams team from paying a massive fine . |
| 9 | Karimov said it was vital to start the river diversion project now in order to find a way to supply the parched , heavy polluted central Asian republics and Kazakhstan with clean water . |
| 10 | Moreover , throughout the 1980s , when opposition to European Federalism became closely associated with Margaret Thatcher , enthusiasm for Europe became a way of protesting against Conservative economic liberalisation . |
| 11 | ‘ Rather Red than Dead ’ became its slogan , and protest marches from Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Research Establishment to Westminster became a way of life for many church-goers , left-wing intellectuals , pacifists and liberal moralists . |
| 12 | Jazz Chants for Children provides a way of teaching the rhythm , stress , and intonation of American English which will keep children enthralled . |
| 13 | The shop was crowded with relics of old European Alexandria , the things left behind by people abandoning a way of life . |