Example sentences of "in a [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most serious problems over credit use — sometimes an extreme manifestation of one of the general problems , such as the relationship between ignorance , high-cost credit use , and over-commitment ; sometimes something quite distinct — are too rare to show up in a quantifiable way in a sample survey such as ours . |
| 2 | Humanism has resulted in a hedonistic way of life which is turning out to be anti-intellectual and irrational — consider the works of Francis Bacon — or Sid Vicious . |
| 3 | Their new entertainment was thought of as a slightly hysterical activity organized in a gypsy-like way by men who were , in Bosley Crowther 's phrase , ‘ hobbled by no preconceptions of the canons of propriety and good form ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Members of the secret police and wardens behaved in a correct way towards me , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Until the mid or even the late 1950s these comparisons were made mainly in a discrete way in the belief that advantages shifted from time to time between one country and another [ Postan , 1967 ] . |
| 6 | A new apprentice to the smith was treated in a symbolic way like the young colt . |
| 7 | She had the same tall grace and was equally good looking in a gentler way with great soulful eyes . |
| 8 | Fenella , who understood in a vague way about mill wheels and how they had to rotate continually to provide power , saw with horror that the slaves inside the steel mesh cages were forced by the motion of the wheels to tread endlessly forward to keep the treadmills revolving . |
| 9 | They are in a vague way in debt to society or the state . |
| 10 | We also consider that requests for assistance should come through the Deputy Director Operations as arranged and not be dealt with in a haphazard way between unit commanders who are presumably not in the full operational picture . ’ |
| 11 | It was much smaller than she 'd imagined , just a country house , she thought , which had been added to in a haphazard way over the centuries . |
| 12 | Plugs or outlets too , are often fitted in a haphazard way around the room , with the result that when a lamp is placed where it seems most needed , it frequently has to trail a dangerous mess of flex or wire with it . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) In other words , although farm modernisation policies have actively encouraged non-viable or older farmers to retire from farming , many in the poorer areas have not done so , living on in a traditional way for extremely low returns . |
| 14 | The children in the formal classrooms were taught in a traditional way by teachers who were backed by decades of formality . |
| 15 | The true self must be understood as engaging in the world in a specific way as part of a community . |
| 16 | ‘ The whole superstructure of the society considered is thus implicit and present in a specific way in the relations of production , i.e. in the fixed structure of the distribution of the means of production and economic functions between determinate categories of production agents . ’ |
| 17 | In the US system these networks appear as ‘ iron triangles ’ , where special interests work in a unified way with Congressional committees and relevant federal agencies to skew policy towards solicitude for their concerns . |
| 18 | The trade unions did not respond to events in a unified way until the summer of 1969 . |
| 19 | At the ‘ top ’ are the Town Boys , a group of older boys and young men who , while not waving banners or making the most noise , are nevertheless treated in a deferential way by other subgroups . |
| 20 | It makes meaningful an analysis of the level ( or levels ) of ideology and relates it in a non-reductive way to the economic base — the mode of production . |
| 21 | Hyaenas , having spent the day skulking aimlessly in the thickets or strolling in a leisurely way across open ground , now become transformed into determined hunters . |
| 22 | However , we know very little in a systematic way about the circumstances under which this is considered a desirable option , or the terms under which young people live in a relative 's household . |
| 23 | The relations philonymy , tautonymy and xenonymy are connected in a systematic way with paradigmatic relations , and with presuppositions and encapsulations . |
| 24 | But no general account of methodology can reasonably assume that the investigator is a native speaker or has native speaker-like intuitions , and for an outsider at least identification involves finding evidence that a linguistic unit varies in a systematic way between speakers , or between different speech styles of a single speaker . |
| 25 | The maddening thing is that once it is realized that the environment is a mutually reactive system , it becomes extremely difficult to isolate and discuss specialized points in a simple way without at the same time being tempted to discuss every interaction and interrelationship which exists in the system . |
| 26 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 27 | Carol said : ‘ As it is being funded by European money , projects have to be developed in a suitable way for a transnational application . |
| 28 | In particular to ensure that land that is restored to agriculture , forestry or amenity uses can be managed in a suitable way for a period after the restoration itself is complete to ensure that it returns to a proper level of productivity by an ‘ after-care ’ condition . |
| 29 | He looked so tall and reliable and gentle and wise , and always greeted her in a kindly way with a little bow and a murmur . |
| 30 | Regarding the winning Hands On feature in March Woodworker , despite the well-intended editorial footnote , I do feel it was a mistake to include Bill Wiseman 's fascinating but appallingly dangerous hold-down device , and to then endorse it in a recommendatory way by awarding it special recognition . |