Example sentences of "[to-vb] way [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ushered in a decade in which composers began to find ways of circumventing the proscription on opera , even if many of them full avoided the full trappings of the opera house . |
| 2 | Over the next 20 years scientists tried , mostly by trial and error , to find ways of ordering the possibilities so that the benefits of ‘ refutation screening ’ could be achieved . |
| 3 | They will need to find ways of shedding the accumulated pounds . |
| 4 | DEC has never used a Western Research Labs-designed computer architecture , although the unit was originally set up to find ways of building the fastest possible computers . |
| 5 | As long as people want to borrow , banks and other financial institutions will normally try to find ways of meeting the demand . |
| 6 | There needs to be regular joint reviews held between the contractor and the school to find ways of improving the service offered to children . |
| 7 | We have shown him a better way of making the savings he requires next year , and we will be happy to work with him — and with the consumer groups — to find ways of improving the value obtained for the money spent on legal aid in the future . |
| 8 | Like other movements to bring about change in the same period antislavery had to find ways of attracting the attention and gaining the support of those who could advance the cause . |
| 9 | For example , if we discover that knowing the domain , or ‘ subject matter ’ of a particular text significantly reduces the ambiguity , then it will become desirable to try to find ways of detecting the domain automatically . |
| 10 | The aims of the redesign are wide-ranging but simple : to find ways of retaining the station 's capabilities while slashing its cost . |
| 11 | VIA also has to pay heavily to use the tracks and it is almost universally agreed that CP in particular has spent the last 12 years over-charging and trying to find ways of clearing the passenger trains from the path of its lucrative freights . |
| 12 | With current British government policy of reduced funding for colleges of higher and further education , the bursar 's staff spend much of their time these days in trying to find ways of balancing the college 's books by reducing overspending in order to restore financial viability and so preserve college existence . |
| 13 | In practice settings , those involved are often struggling to find ways of resolving the dilemmas they face . |
| 14 | Sainsbury 's works with suppliers to find ways of reducing the use of pesticides to a minimum . |
| 15 | The need to retain the primacy of the professional advisory function is surely paramount , and the Authority might well wish to find ways of reducing the administrative burden on advisory staff . |
| 16 | You can even try to find ways of making the set of conditions impossible to create by disabling some aspect of the program . |
| 17 | Indeed , he asked me , as the authority 's environmentalist , to suggest ways of calming the local community 's very vocal outrage at what he was intending to do to their river . |
| 18 | And almost a decade ago its government asked scientists , including hydrologist Dr Ted Hollis from University College London , to predict the effects of damming the rivers upon the level and salinity of the lake , and hence upon the weeds and birds ; and to suggest ways of minimizing the impact of damming . |
| 19 | Mr Cowan , who has an 11-year-old son , plans to call a meeting to discuss ways of tackling the problem . |
| 20 | We can see the long-term benefits of participating in a ‘ conspiracy of doves ’ , and we can sit down together to discuss ways of making the conspiracy work . |
| 21 | On April 22 De Sica met with interim President Ali Mahdi Mohammed in Mogadishu to discuss ways of ending the armed conflict . |
| 22 | It took many years for linguists and sociolinguists to devise ways of getting the best of both worlds . |
| 23 | In January a Security Council summit had invited the Secretary-General to propose ways of strengthening the UN 's peacemaking role [ see p. 38744 ] . |
| 24 | At this stage it might be a good idea to consider ways of stopping the beast ! |
| 25 | A conference to consider ways of facilitating the production of comparative cross-national data |
| 26 | Ever sensitive to the possibility of internecine strife among the nationalities of the empire , the tsar compelled the Holy Synod to consider ways of resolving the matter . |
| 27 | Timothy Dibuama of Ghana arrived in Phnom Penh on Aug. 23 to study ways of monitoring the ceasefire . |
| 28 | Mining companies all over the world set up consortia to study ways of mining the manganese nodules on the floor of the deep oceans , but have been unwilling to proceed until the world can agree on laws to cover deep sea mining . |
| 29 | In October Museveni announced the appointment of a commission to investigate ways of ending the rebellion in the east . |
| 30 | We must try to seek ways of recognising the role of dedicated resident proprietors . |