Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or put the other way round every American state raises eighty percent of the money it spends within the state whereas a British local authority is raising ten percent or fifteen percent . |
| 2 | Loving humanity means as much and as little as loving raindrops , or loving the Milky Way . |
| 3 | They should have flown north in March , but perhaps they were n't paying attention when the others left , maybe deep in conversation or looking the other way . |
| 4 | You get some funny bits or going the wrong way . |
| 5 | It expresses the resolve of a social group to maintain or change a particular way of life , and to act in accordance with certain ideals . |
| 6 | Now here he was in Simanggang with his mosquito nets , journals , chronometers , compasses , barometer , medicine cabinet , guns and one offspring , out to cure himself or discover a New Way of Thought , whichever would cause most trouble in a world already tormented by too much belief . |
| 7 | Maria did n't need to look at his face or see the confident way he carried himself as he stepped out of the lift with her . |
| 8 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 9 | Mr Redwood said : ‘ The M4 and the Great Western Railway that carries Welsh goods to the English market and beyond also bring English voices and influences the other way . |
| 10 | It will require extensive amendment to the Bill , but given the Committee 's progress in considering part I , and given the positive way in which Opposition Members have put their case , I am happy to undertake to table amendments on Report to keep the option open to establish a funding council for further education . ’ |
| 11 | TIPSY cyclist Jeffrey Maidment set off home after a night in the pub — and rode the wrong way down the M27 motorway . |
| 12 | Llangollen Railway staff at work re-railing the breakdown crane and repairing the Permanent Way following the derailment at Glyndyfrdwy . |
| 13 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 14 | A PENSIONER caused havoc after getting lost and driving the wrong way up a motorway . |
| 15 | It the impetus came I think largely from feminism and it was perhaps a way of of y'know kind of erm because there was a great deal of interest , particularly in the seventies , in cataloguing and understanding the various ways in which women were oppressed and this is one of the things came to light and often through things like consciousness raising groups . |
| 16 | The man got back in his car and drove the wrong way along the street . |
| 17 | The problem is that you are dealing with foreigners who insist on having different money , customs , languages , politics , legislation and living a long way away . |
| 18 | A mother with three young children , with no car and living a long way from a general practitioner 's surgery is almost certain not to consult the doctor as often as she should . |
| 19 | The fifth step in an assertiveness programme involves preparing and rehearsing a different way of responding to the identified situation . |
| 20 | Lexandro swung and fired the other way , just as the tech boy was in the very act of throwing his knife . |
| 21 | Rumen boluses designed for the slow release of anthelmintics over a prolonged period are under development for sheep and seem an ideal way of minimising worm egg output . |
| 22 | Incidentally if you misunderstand the motion and vote the wrong way there is nothing you can do about it later to correct the mistake — you have to live with it ! |
| 23 | You 're not doing anything with your life because as usual you 're facing in the wrong direction and going the wrong way . |
| 24 | The Youngs ' pair , split by the draw , nevertheless came together and raced the whole way side by side like twins . |
| 25 | We nod politely and look the other way to discourage further conversation . |
| 26 | This was a different place with upside down rules and no justice and prison officers who take the nod from criminals and look the other way . |
| 27 | They 're gon na take one look at you and run the other way ! |
| 28 | In section 2.1 of this chapter , we discuss the characteristics of labour as a factor of production and examine the different ways of delineating labour markets . |
| 29 | Because of course it may seem , and very many people objected to him , that , if you adopt his sort of subjectivist views , erm you are perhaps deprived of any rational basis upon which you can criticize and condemn the actual way in which human beings conduct their affairs and organize their society . |
| 30 | I watched her go and then , shaking my head , I turned and walked the other way . |