Example sentences of "have [vb pp] an [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , you 'll be pleased to learn , a Lincolnshire company has developed an inexpensive way of drastically reducing that particular hazard , as temporarily as necessary , for instance , while your children are young . |
| 2 | CRISIS has become an uncomfortable way of life for the National Health Service … racked by a row which is dominating all the others . ’ |
| 3 | A taxi driver with a passion for art has found an original way of keeping his passengers amused . |
| 4 | And although this could have been a problem with Platinum , Mr Nabakov feels he has found an acceptable way around it . |
| 5 | ( It 's true , of course , that Sir Fred Hoyle has been writing recently about Earthly plagues that have originated in space , but he has devised an ingenious way of converting this objection into a virtue . |
| 6 | This may have seemed an odd way of treating a friend , but if one knew Emily it would perhaps have caused no surprise . |
| 7 | Attempted suicide appears to have become an acceptable way of expressing distress among some people , and has therefore been likened to a fashion . |
| 8 | It is as if , once they had found an effective way of surviving and reproducing , and a relatively stable environment in which to go about their business , there was little pressure to change their way of life . |
| 9 | We have found an effective way to show the effect of different choices is to split the class into groups working with different bases eg. some using FIFO and some using average cost . |
| 10 | I merely note that other European countries have found an alternative way of living which , as it happens , for whatever reason , has resulted in their enjoying higher standards of living than on the whole do EEC members . |