Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith summarises Freud in the following way : |
| 2 | These taboos are interpreted by Freud in the same way as neurotic prohibitions and obsessive acts , that is , they appear to be performed out of deference and respect , or even positive love and care , but unconsciously they are produced by motives of hostility . |
| 3 | Labour , however , is a minority in Scotland in the same way the Tories are in Britain . |
| 4 | She pronounced Maurice in the French way . |
| 5 | Address the document to Fred in the usual way but also send a blind copy to a folder called 193O728 — named after the date on which you wish to be reminded , in reverse . |
| 6 | And that is where , my friend — ’ he placed his arm affectionately round Owen in the Arab way — ‘ I need your help . |
| 7 | Incredible as it sounds a weekend package with Cresta can cost you less than a flight to Paris in the normal way . |
| 8 | He hated seeing wartime documentaries ; they did n't seem to affect Anna in the same way — she seemed to thrill with excitement as the guns flashed and the tanks churned through ruined streets . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Sam in the same way as Maurice and Beatrix recently . |
| 10 | In answer to a question from me , he suggested that the Bill affected all areas of the United Kingdom in the same way , with additional provision for Scotland in clause 17 . |
| 11 | The hon. Member for Stamford and Spalding ( Mr. Davies ) seems to want to treat the work force of the United Kingdom in the same way as he treats his sheep . |
| 12 | Mr Major said : ‘ I am grateful for the opportunity to congratulate Liverpool on the remarkable way in which it arranged and organised the celebrations concerning the Battle of the Atlantic . |
| 13 | He took it out on Scarlet in the same way as he avenged himself on her for the pressures at work and the demands of his first wife . |
| 14 | Well , there was the battle of Jenkins ' ear , in which some eastern lot had to be sorted for mutilating the head of the unfortunate Jenkins in the same way as the Pakistanis modify cricket balls . |
| 15 | The USA 's answer , the Lockheed and Boeing SSTs — the latter cancelled by President Nixon in the same way Concorde was threatened with cancellation by the Wilson Labour Government — are also equally well documented . |
| 16 | For his coronation he did not just go to Aachen to be ‘ elected ’ king of the Franks in the old way , but dressed up in Frankish costume for the occasion . |
| 17 | Tepilit had asked Claudia in the proper way , to see if her father , wherever his village was , would accept gifts . |
| 18 | Pay SMP in the same way that you would normally pay your employee 's wages . |
| 19 | And er I have in there one of the great cyclist , he cycles all over the country , he 's gone from John O' Groats down the other way and across the opposite way , he cycles everywhere , he never goes in car he always cycles everywhere he goes . |
| 20 | I ADMIRE Freddie Starr and his wife Sandie for the mature way they are handling the end of their 18-year marriage . |
| 21 | The extremists among the Continental school argue that all our military resources should be concentrated upon the defence of Western Europe as the best way to ensure the country 's continued survival . |
| 22 | A majority of the interviews — 1,478 — were conducted across Great Britain in the usual way but an additional 1,000 were conducted in the Conservatives ’ 50 most marginal constituencies . |
| 23 | A large , ungainly and abrasive man , he was not the sort of material to make the grade in the SAS in the normal way , but Stirling obviously had his reasons for taking him on . |
| 24 | Are there a lot of families that follow Walsall in the same way ? |
| 25 | Daddy went to his grave at Romaldkirk in the same way , on our cart which was pulled by his favourite horse , a little cob called Dick . |
| 26 | The Hinches see sponsorship through ActionAid as the best way of helping a child and his or her community . |
| 27 | The Yoko-like presence of a Greek Cypriot called Osmand Raif , Justin 's martial arts ‘ flexibility instructor ’ and personal masseur , was one of the things that helped rub Cloughie up the wrong way . |
| 28 | There were always some in the State Department who thought the policy might be pushed a little further : who thought that a unified Germany might become a big partner for America in the same way as is ( say some ) Japan . |
| 29 | The fact that Larkin did not obtain his freedom to trade in London in the usual way — by patrimony or after serving an apprenticeship — is unexplained . |
| 30 | If Polybius had treated Rome in the same way as according to a fragment of Book 34 he seems to have treated Alexandria , we would have gained in understanding . |