Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | For my own purposes , I propose to treat as a way of life argument any claim that a particular policy decision would have significant consequences for the demographic , economic or social life of a community , or that it would significantly affect the atmosphere or symbolic existence of that community . |
| 2 | You want to eat in a way you like . |
| 3 | Yet , if every state is following its national interest by maximizing power , how can Realists account for situations when states seem to behave in a way that undermines their power ? |
| 4 | ‘ People get hooked , ’ he wrote , ‘ they begin to behave in a way that resembles addiction . |
| 5 | * Start to write immediately ; use writing as a way of working out what you want to say ( pp. 22 – 4 ) . |
| 6 | This was partly due to loss of employment or employment prospects but , as indicated above , they may begin to accept ‘ being a nobody and start acting in a way that confirms the label … |
| 7 | But for our purposes we can say that corporatism involves cooperative arrangements between government and non-governmental groups or institutions under which the latter , either in return for some benefit or in order to avoid some disadvantage , agree to act in a way which will further government policy . |
| 8 | This is because our movements slowly become stereotyped as life goes on and we tend to move in a way that feels ‘ right ’ to us . |
| 9 | You 've guessed in a way have n't you ? |
| 10 | Cos if we have n't then all of our assumptions into why we 're doing things like auto-offs and it improves the outgoing costs and then we 've got better reta better information and better screens and all that sort of stuff , I mean it blows every single assumption we 've made in a way . |
| 11 | You 've behaved in a way that will cause a lot of trouble . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , they 've changed in a way . |
| 13 | And its leaders , with precious little to show for 40 years of economic folly , may see the nuclear crisis they have provoked as a way of taking minds off empty stomachs . |
| 14 | In short , they learn to relate in a way which is inclusive rather than exclusive . |
| 15 | But even back then in that golden age for the company , there were early forerunners of the devastating failures that have turned into a way of dismal life from the dawn of the 1980s . |
| 16 | I have thought of a way for you to attend all the services . |
| 17 | Labour will now be on the line they will have to deal with the axe grinders instead of helping them to sharpen their axes and the difference between ourselves and Mr and I have great respect for Mr and I believe his attempt to keep the debate about the future of Highfields and Moat on a rational basis has been very positive but completely unsuccessful and I believe now that we have to look for a way forward . |
| 18 | People in her own country who have been injured , terrified and starving to death have behaved in a way that Anna can hardly bring herself to think about . |
| 19 | Somehow people producing this , preparing this have to think of a way in which they can trap the listener , the viewer , the reader and get their interest . |
| 20 | It 's not because it 's the tool of , well , physics anyway and engineering , it 's because you have to think in a way that is probably entirely foreign to you . |
| 21 | Ultimately the answer to heavy reservation pressure is for selectors to keep their nerve , and refuse to over-provide in a way which will prejudice other elements of the stock used by larger sections of the community . |
| 22 | Can Joan Halton , within the safety of marriage , dare to protest in a way that gets the protest heard in a way she was not able to do with her mother ? |