Example sentences of "it [det] ways " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so , it some ways , it is : ‘ In any communication situation , the individual who can monopolize the communication is likely to have more power , and thus exert more influence . ’ |
| 2 | It some ways it was worse than when she 'd fled Rocamar because now there was this new memory to contend with , and she had seen how marvellous Marc looked even in the chaos of a big city , away from the romantic backdrop of the mountains . |
| 3 | Conservatives ca n't have it all ways . |
| 4 | ‘ But then I 'd have been worried if they 'd been lethargic , so you ca n't have it all ways ! ’ |
| 5 | I mean , they ca n't have it all ways ! |
| 6 | I shall have it all ways . ’ |
| 7 | Colonel really ca n't have it all ways . |
| 8 | Erm peo , people ca n't have it all ways , there has n't been any cut in the police service , in the police budget , I 'm sorry , erm we have for many years funded the police in a very generous way . |
| 9 | That he succeeds in having it both ways is our experience of reading his novel in its dominant and thriller aspect . |
| 10 | But one can not have it both ways : for UK wastes ( the import of wastes for landfill is now outlawed ) the options are landfill or incineration , and people local to either hate the one near them . |
| 11 | It is , I suppose , one manifestation of man 's indomitable urge to ‘ have it both ways at once ’ . |
| 12 | Having tried it both ways , I am more comfortable with the single act approach , and in the history of rock management , that has generally been the most successful route . |
| 13 | He really can not have it both ways . |
| 14 | There are too many club owners who think that they can play it both ways . |
| 15 | It is also a blatant bid to have it both ways . |
| 16 | She could n't have it both ways . |
| 17 | Having it both ways , it was clearly aimed to assuage the consumer 's guilt . |
| 18 | What they can not do is to have it both ways . |
| 19 | Much of this could be as plausibly argued today as thirty or more years ago : the extraordinary achievement of the public relations advisers who replaced the ‘ ludicrous courtiers ’ has been to ensure that the royal family do still have it both ways . |
| 20 | Rooney can not have it both ways . |
| 21 | Thus A Very British Coup fails because , according to Pearce ‘ it wants to have it both ways ’ , and instead of ‘ owning up to being fantastic tosh , it tried to be incredibly realistic ’ ( Chris Tookey , The Sunday Telegraph , 26 June 1988 ) . |
| 22 | As he reached the door , with a variety of helpful obstructions he shouted his Parthian shot — ‘ You ca n't bloody have it both ways … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Nichols and his writers wanted it both ways . |
| 24 | You ca n't have it both ways . |
| 25 | We may take the ambiguity to imply that Wordsworth was unwilling to admit that the visionary gleam was entirely self-deception , and was trying to have it both ways . |
| 26 | They can not have it both ways and , at the moment , by making such demands they are unwittingly pushing the game towards professionalism . |
| 27 | Sarah has tried it both ways . |
| 28 | Apparently one can not have it both ways . |
| 29 | Mannheim 's relationism seemed to his detractors like a hollow promise , an attempt to have it both ways . |
| 30 | You ca n't have it both ways . ’ |