Example sentences of "a useful way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judiciously patting junior on the head when mum is watching may be a useful way of doing it . |
| 2 | It may consist in a rejection of the notion that there are identifiable stages , or that talking of stages is a useful way of visualizing evolution . |
| 3 | In Japan the government tends to see academics as a useful way of influencing public opinion : how handy if they can be persuaded to open public discussion of a policy change the politicians want to make . |
| 4 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 5 | This is a useful way of maintaining water temperature which may be augmented by heating devices . |
| 6 | In a nearly cloudless country such as Egypt observation of the sun was a useful way of telling the time and it is therefore not surprising that the earliest known solar clock has been found there . |
| 7 | On a point of library housekeeping , the simple stratagem of date stamping items left upon tables is a useful way of keeping some sort of check on the use of reference books . |
| 8 | Bringing a group of patients together is a useful way of getting patients currently content with one injection a day to enquire why they are not having two injections a day as are the other patients they have met . |
| 9 | Bar charts are a useful way of looking at sets of figures . |
| 10 | It is an ideal opportunity to play constructively together and a useful way for everyone to make new friends . |
| 11 | As well as providing a useful way of looking at people 's response to the Earth through the physical structures which have survived , and as a way of interpreting legend , the Spectrum of Response is also a framework into which we can fit our own relationship to the landscape . |
| 12 | A useful way of keeping candidates to the order which suits you , apart from giving them an idea of the sequence of questioning at the top of the interview , is to preface each group of questions with an explanatory sentence or two . |
| 13 | For some people it is a useful way of letting the bank take the strain of dealing With bills , others prefer to handle their own budget . |
| 14 | The previous owner had parked a large , old-fashioned caravan at the back and the Canadian had made no difficulty about letting this to Neil for two pounds a week , seeing it as a useful way of having someone to keep an eye on the property . |
| 15 | STEPHEN BROADBENT from Gloucester reminds us of a useful way of getting the best of both worlds . |
| 16 | Work a row of buttonhole stitch top and bottom of band , often a useful way of working in the cast-on , cast-off end of yarn . |
| 17 | Such a technique can be a useful way of bringing two or more parties together when there have been serious misunderstandings which have led to conflict . |
| 18 | In the middle , they can offer a non-permanent alternative to dado rails , providing a separation for one or two different wallcoverings , or a useful way of relieving small patterns . |
| 19 | It is a useful way of adding touches to garments made on the chunky machine . |
| 20 | Systems theory is a useful way of identifying complex entities , particularly those which have a functional unity and of talking about relationships but it remains at some level of abstraction from reality . |
| 21 | A useful way of describing a complex task is to separate it into sub-tasks and further separate these sub-tasks into even smaller units . |
| 22 | A useful way of considering this is to use the concept of the dependency ratio , that is the ratio of people who are out of the labour market in relation to those who are in it . |
| 23 | A useful way of finding out how much flash to use is to produce a normal test strip from your negative in one direction across the paper and a ‘ flash ’ test strip down the paper . |
| 24 | War and the resulting expansion of the army , together with the military traditions of the Scottish gentry , invariably , however , brought a flood of Scottish officers into the army , in spite of the poverty of many of them , and that in turn provided politicians with the necessary connections with a useful way of winning friends cheaply . |
| 25 | Men use video cameras and produce and film ‘ news bulletins ’ as a useful way of learning to work in small groups , to see how they present themselves and to gain confidence generally . |
| 26 | This form , printed on three sides of A4 paper , is a useful way of recording information elicited during the interview . |
| 27 | Taking five minutes in the morning , at the beginning of the day , to draw up a ‘ things to do ’ list is a useful way of planning time . |
| 28 | The three categories of passive , aggressive and assertive behaviour are a useful way of differentiating and describing interpersonal communication styles . |
| 29 | It is also a useful way of transmitting skills to other mental health professionals . |
| 30 | The Total Fertility Rate ( TFR ) is a useful way of expressing movements in current fertility ( figure 4.1 ) . |