Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adj] in [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someday someone interested in the way streets really looked at the opening of the Victorian era will read all these signs . |
| 2 | This learned advertisement suggests that , just like in the Bertillon system , when you get a lot of small pieces of evidence grouped together , it can add up to be something prodigious in the way of proof . |
| 3 | There was something odd in the way Faye was looking … no , peering … at those pictures , shifting the book or her head as if she had to see past some obstruction to get a good look . |
| 4 | There is something medieval in the way the Spaniard can reconcile earthy realism and practical common sense with soaring fantasy and spiritual exaltation . |
| 5 | What was impressive was that each group had something different in the way of experience to contribute , whether about uranium mining or leukaemia clusters or the advantages of energy saving . |
| 6 | There seemed to be something inevitable in the way her glance homed in at once to the familiar figure standing with his back to her reading one of the notices . |
| 7 | There was something alarming in the way an eleven-year-old girl - or ‘ nearly twelve ’ as she kept saying — could so easily comport herself among a press of adults . |
| 8 | Anyhow , something dreadful in the way of retribution had occurred , in the nature of things . |
| 9 | Many people doubt because they have left out something important in the way they have come to believe . |
| 10 | ‘ Nothing I can think of , unless you want something fancy in the way of cheeses . |
| 11 | A few chapters of Music , Mind , and Brain are stimulating and produce the right sort of sparks ; but others jar either because they are couched in long-winded jargon , or because they set off with a title and intent , which lead one to expect something new in the way of results , but then degenerate into vague speculations . |
| 12 | There is something significant in the way that Elisha answered immediately . |
| 13 | On the other hand , Pinkie seemed to have lost his head to a certain extent , perhaps at the prospect of making his mark by bringing in something novel in the way of business . |
| 14 | He passed theatres sleepy with morning , and walked on to Singleton 's bookshop , noted for its excellent array of new books and old books , and for its service to customers looking for something special in the way of rare editions . |
| 15 | Again she was questioning why in creation she was giving in to his edicts , but , when she received nothing new in the way of an answer , rebellion set in . |
| 16 | Similarly , although there are some bus gates in the schemes , there is nothing positive in the way of encouragement for modal diversion towards public transport as there is in Delft ( also discussed in Chapter Nine ) . |