Example sentences of "way [prep] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NIO wants to know what has sparked the increase and ways of bringing it to an end , said the source . |
| 2 | ‘ I have ways of getting myself to the kitchens , ’ said the Bookman . |
| 3 | For instance , they discovered how useful honey was in the treatment of wounds and it was thanks to people 's participation that the best ways of applying it to particular kinds of wounds were developed . |
| 4 | ‘ I have ways of bending him to my will . ’ |
| 5 | His keen instinct gave him a deep understanding of his environment and his innate intelligence led him to devise ways of altering it to his advantage . |
| 6 | Actually the ganglion cells are responsible for preprocessing the information in sophisticated ways before relaying it to the brain , and in some ways the word " interface " does n't do justice to this . |
| 7 | He had this way of drawing her to him and she always seemed to go . |
| 8 | But I feel that I am now in the way of bringing him to me since I have a house and am no longer in service and need only to arrange to have him brought over . |
| 9 | While one would have liked to have thought that the injustice of B's situation would of itself have been enough to persuade the Court of Appeal to strain to find a way of bringing it to an end , the Convention considerations ought to convince a future court that it has the duty to do so . |
| 10 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
| 11 | He might even find a way of turning it to his own advantage . |
| 12 | She could n't ask Aunt Sarah or Uncle Nick to help ; there was no way of explaining it to them without sounding crazy . |
| 13 | Yes , he 'd bring Ma to the fête , by way of introducing her to the new life . |
| 14 | We always had to get up little plays and things and do concerts that were absolutely ghastly , but it was a good way of introducing one to it , I suppose . |
| 15 | This section discusses ELT video materials under these headings as a way of relating them to the roles we can give video in the classroom . |
| 16 | And doing that record was a way of validating myself to myself . |
| 17 | For those who have a problem and feel very isolated , these groups are a valuable way of re-introducing themselves to society . |
| 18 | Those on the brink of buying are mostly waiting until the election is out of the way before committing themselves to a new house , but City financier Christopher Moran thinks they are all wrong . |
| 19 | Despite what may have appeared as the rejuvenation of an all-but-lost career , Solly is still a long way from committing himself to the marathon . |
| 20 | ‘ Revenge ’ is well on the way to taking us to that point where we want to be , ’ explained the one-time axe-wielding , fire-breathing bassman . |
| 21 | Erm , now , the the third thing was about the training program , just to reiterate where we are on this , that if a request is made for personal development training in the current year , if you remember we , if we identify training needs that that we as management identify , that people need in order to do there present job , and then that takes absolute priority and we should get on and do those , but we get a large number of requests where people erm are , saying that they like to do things which they do n't need to do , but which they think will better equip them , and if they 're , if we 're getting any new requests this year with an expectation that further expenditure will be sought in the next financial year , that 's ninety four , five , then that request will be refused , in other words we ca , we do not see our way to committing ourselves to any |