Example sentences of "one way [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , ethnicity is one way of filling the empty containers of nationalism .
2 ( b ) The admissibility of illegally obtained evidence As we discussed in Chapter 2 , one way of controlling the activities of the police and of ensuring that they do not act unlawfully is to prevent the admissibility of evidence which is obtained by illegal means .
3 The workhouse — institutional rather than ‘ outdoor ’ relief — was one way of controlling the help given to paupers ; but demands that such institutions should pay for themselves had a hollow ring to it — many of the inmates were there because their skills were not needed in declining industries , so they could hardly be set to work profitably once they were taken within its walls .
4 Sitting down was at least one way of controlling the wobbly feeling in her legs .
5 One way of comparing the expected yield of an investment to its cost is to calculate the present value of the investment and to compare that with the present cost .
6 Figure 2 shows one way of displaying the interrelationships between the key topics , but there may be others .
7 ‘ It is one way of seeing the world as an aesthetic phenomenon .
8 Relationship matters , formerly considered in only a limited way as ‘ discipline ’ , Discussing the relationships of the librarian with the users is one way of discussing the role of the librarian , a way that keeps the reader in the forefront of the issue .
9 One way of regarding the problem of disseminating innovative teaching practices is to assume that teachers have some kind of mental picture of the paths taken by their pupils ' developing minds as they move through a topic ( topic x ) towards a state which may be thought of as ‘ understanding X ’ .
10 Such old-boy networks were one way of jumping the promotion queue , of obtaining sponsorship .
11 One way of using the seaweed would be to use some very fine towelling as the background to give a beachy feel to the picture , and incorporate some minute shells , as the material would absorb their shape , thus allowing the glass to lie flat against the plant material .
12 Alternative ways of increasing supplies include the time-honoured one of debasement : one way of meeting the increased demand for gold jewellery was to increase the proportion of alloy by decreasing the carats of the metal used , to reduce the thickness of the metal or even to resort to gilding silver or base metal .
13 One way of summarizing the results of European economic progress before 1914 is to group nations roughly according to their increase in wealth .
14 One way of summarizing the general points of the previous section is to say that there is a dynamic interplay between reason and non-reason .
15 School Internal Evaluation processes would be one way of involving the Board in a role of shared responsibility for quality education .
16 That 's one way of getting the joke , yes .
17 In-patient care can be one way of helping the parent and child learn to relate more appropriately .
18 Figure 2.5 shows one way of redefining the early Chicago School work .
19 One way of entering the teaching profession in those days was by being a Pupil Teacher .
20 One way of defining the middle classes is to try to understand how they kept themselves morally distinct from the lower orders .
21 One way of defining the spiritual aspect of ‘ self ’ is to say it is our purpose for living .
22 One way of tackling the reluctance to read might be the introduction of a hitherto unknown entity in France — the campus bookshop .
23 And even Mrs Thatcher 's detractors in the senior bureaucracy do accept that her anti-collectivist , commanding style is one way of tackling the overload problem , temporarily at least .
24 One way of tackling the conversion is to build a stud partition wall .
25 The notion of the health-promoting school which permeates all aspects of school life seemed to be gaining favour with many schools and may be one way of tackling the situation .
26 These previews are one way of introducing the store to the community and , without exception , everyone is fascinated to see ‘ behind the scenes
27 But this is only one kind of international dimension , only one way of understanding the geography of the international economy .
28 One way of understanding the world is to see it in terms of the relationships within and between a set of interrelated systems , as described in the opening paragraph of this chapter .
29 @FIRSTPARA = One way of understanding the processes which are involved in the formation of new dialects is in terms of Le Page 's concepts focusing and diffusion ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 ) .
30 One way of assessing the government 's radical intent is to examine its policies towards the provision of private health care .
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