Example sentences of "[verb] in a [adv] [adj] manner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , women 's development planning is approached in a more aware manner and the two approaches used aim to give the women control . |
| 2 | It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight . |
| 3 | The world has distorted this , and unfortunately many Christians have responded in a very reactionary manner causing many to throw the baby out with the bath water . |
| 4 | Obviously he behaved in a highly suspicious manner today , but a guilty conscience can inspire one to do strange things . |
| 5 | The Labour party in its two minority governments in 1924 and 1929 — 31 , despite some minor foreign policy successes , failed to pass any much-needed radical social legislation and Ramsay Macdonald behaved in a constitutionally impeccable manner . |
| 6 | All liners are installed in a broadly similar manner , those made from polythene being spread out on the lawn in the sun for an hour or two before installation in order to become more supple and mould to the excavation more readily . |
| 7 | In the inter-war period the two were often mixed in a totally unco-ordinated manner . |
| 8 | Your model will now behave in a perfectly normal manner , but the other way up . |
| 9 | Also , even bureaucrats , those Weberian embodiments of modernity , do not behave in a purely rational-legal manner , we shall find . |
| 10 | At first he considers that the conflict between literary values and contemporary culture can be resolved in a typically modernist manner , in that literature can be the means of subverting " conventional " views of life . |
| 11 | Extraction , energy generation and waste management processes are all considered in a reasonably comprehensive manner . |
| 12 | The essence of cyclic structure is similarly straightforward though it is pursued in a distinctly roundabout manner . |
| 13 | We are ‘ pluralists ’ in that we recognize that a large number of varied elements ( including a variety of interest groups with greater or lesser power ) are involved in the penal system and its crisis , and that these elements interact in a highly complex manner . |
| 14 | This message is presented in a slightly different manner by different writers . |
| 15 | At all times one is aware that the artist is also a composer — the conviction with which she untangles some of the more complicated , almost obscure pieces , has an unquestionable authority ( the enormous B flat minor Fugue from Book Two instantly comes to mind in this connection ) , whilst the famous pieces are often presented in a totally different manner — the A minor Prelude and Fugue ( Book One ) will surprise many as the Prelude is fearful and serious ( rather than light with the usual staccato touches ) , whilst the Fugue has clipped articulation at the end of each subject entry . |
| 16 | If you are new to the spectrum , and want your information presented in a fairly straight manner , then the Ian Sinclair book is for you . |
| 17 | ‘ The rudiments of newsletter writing and production are presented in a very personal manner , and as simply as possible , to guide you through various levels of journalistic skill . |
| 18 | In the next chapter too we shall see female prostitution presented in a morally adverse manner , in Chaucer 's Shipman 's Tale and its Italian analogues . |
| 19 | Hodgkin 's painting is typical of his mature , highly abstract work having a strong , surrounding ‘ frame ’ of red paint and an ‘ interior ’ formed out of bright colours applied in a highly direct manner . |
| 20 | It could be that teenage girls nowadays act in a more self-confident manner , and that this fuels notions that they are becoming more violent . |
| 21 | As a manager rises in seniority , he will find it necessary to behave in a culturally diverse manner to satisfy the requirements of his job and the expectations of his employees . |
| 22 | Feeling relaxed will help you to think in a more relaxed way and this will help you to behave in a more relaxed manner . |
| 23 | The Saab 900 T16S was conceived and shaped in a most uncarlike manner . |
| 24 | While the town house was completely enclosed in four walls on a rectangular plan to provide privacy from the streets , the villa was built in a less formal manner on a large ground plan and had terraced gardens overlooking the Bay of Naples . |
| 25 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 26 | Well , when it , when it is irrational it is operating either under the influence of the id or it 's overwhelmed by some external circumstances that it just ca n't understand the controls , therefore making all the wrong decisions and acting in a completely inadequate manner . |
| 27 | More simply , a crack on the head is what you get for acting in a perfectly natural manner . |
| 28 | The centre-piece was a perspiring bloke who was plainly at the end of his tether and at the other end of the tatty tether was a huge hairy bundle who 'd decided he was now one of the family and acting in a suitably demented manner ; noise effects included whoops , cheers , shrieks , curses , admonitions and deep explosive barks which provided punctuation in the manner of the cannon fire in the 1812 Overture . |
| 29 | I am acting in a purely professional manner . ’ ? |
| 30 | ‘ I am acting in a purely professional manner . |