Example sentences of "way [prep] which it [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 However , the association between homosexuality and femininity is not necessarily insulting to either ; on the contrary , as Kaja Silverman shows , there are ways in which it might be just the reverse , especially when we contest the stereotypes of both .
2 Although only tentative conclusions can be drawn from such a small sample , the content of the completed schedules does demonstrate the type of information that they are capable of engendering , and the ways in which it might be used .
3 It was the fear of death and all the ways in which it might arrive : shooting , strangulation , suffocation .
4 This research aims to explore the nature of this impairment and examine ways in which it might be overcome .
5 Pressures and activities of this kind were a facet of the increasingly active discussion of problems of international peace , and the ways in which it might be preserved , which were preoccupying many radicals and idealists in western Europe during the last decades before the war .
6 In what follows I hope to lay a finger on some of that discography 's oddities , and suggest ways in which it might be enriched and enlarged during the next 70 years .
7 I will certainly consider the points that the hon. Gentleman made when I read Hansard and consider the ways in which it may be possible to dilute or circumvent the effect of independent arbitration in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggested .
8 There are somewhat similar ways in which it would be odd to express assent to a question to show that one shared the speaker 's wondering .
9 For example , when the Lucas workers were asked if there were ways in which it would be possible to protect workers on the North Sea oil pipelines from the hazards experienced there , they were conscious that their initial reaction was typical of the existing forms of science and technology : they thought of designing a robotic device which would eliminate the human being altogether .
10 The disparity of provision partly reflects the lack of understanding by teachers of the purpose of a school library , and ways in which it should be used in the curriculum , so that it is still regarded as a peripheral concern , a room open for pupils in the lunch hour and for English lessons for children to borrow books .
11 He added , however , that his Ministry is looking into ways in which it could legally ban their importation .
12 After TM examined the load pattern and ways in which it could be tailored to suit the supplier 's constraints , and after comparisons with similar local deals , the discount was increased to 25% backdated by three months .
13 John Beaumont , Receiver-General at the Court of Wards under Edward VI , showed two ways in which it could be done .
14 A scientific law or theory should ideally give us some information about how the world does in fact behave , thereby ruling out ways in which it could ( logically ) possibly behave but in fact does not .
15 The committee agreed that a single system was desirable , and suggested ways in which it could be implemented without excessive financial or administrative difficulty .
16 In view of the widespread and sometimes ill-founded criticism of the recent franchise round and despite the uniform excellence of the successful tenders , will my right hon. Friend nevertheless consider the possibility of providing a review system so as either to show up ways in which it could be improved in future or to demonstrate that an extremely good job has been done by the Independent Television Commission ?
17 As my hon. Friend knows , the TA already does do that on occasion , and I am interested in the ways in which it could be developed .
18 Such enormous cost in terms of taxpayers ' money , defendants ' and jurors ' time and livelihoods , and , in some cases , plaintiffs ' sanity , prompted Mr Justice Turner , the presiding judge in the Ward case , to criticise the current system of fraud trials and to suggest ways in which it could be improved .
19 Er , are those the only two ways in which it could be achieved ?
20 I do n't think that 's impossible , and I 've suggested one or two ways in which it could be done .
21 Ask about ways in which it can be made better .
22 The industry partnership is now exploring ways in which it can serve the pyramid schools as a whole rather than focus simply on the secondary stage .
23 ( We should be glad to have suggestions about ways in which it can be improved . )
24 An ever increasing flow of economic data has been matched only by the multifarious ways in which it can be interpreted and applied in relation to economic policy .
25 It clearly needs to be a part of the school 's work on developing its curriculum to consider the place of project work within this curriculum , and to plan ways in which it can be utilised to maximum advantage , especially as a vehicle for the teaching of information skills .
26 Perhaps an illustration can make this difference clear : faced with the word saucer to read aloud , there are only a limited number of ways in which it can be read , given the rules of English orthography .
27 There are two ways in which it can be a coincidence that a 's belief is true , and both need to be ruled out .
28 There are two ways in which it can be provided for in later reorganizations of the file .
29 However , it is clear that calcium has a multiplicity of effects within the cell , and there are other ways in which it can affect the synaptic membrane .
30 Such change will not come about by chance but it is now possible to describe the ways in which it can be brought about .
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