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

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1 Man needs to have some understanding of how this , and other atrocities , are possible as one of the major ways for avoiding them in the future .
2 Theory-builders have tried to peer behind it , but none agrees on what they see , nor on ways of telling which of their glimpses is true .
3 The NIO wants to know what has sparked the increase and ways of bringing it to an end , said the source .
4 The City and the County Councils have looked very seriously at the erm traffic study that the Oxford Preservation Trust commissioned , and they are working on it and working on ways of implementing it within the City centre .
5 There are several reasons for this concern with dementia sufferers and with finding ways of sustaining them at home .
6 In this second part we shall look at what is required of a spiritual director and suggest some ways of exploring it as a personal resource .
7 It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career .
8 ‘ I have ways of getting myself to the kitchens , ’ said the Bookman .
9 I 've tried a few ways of getting it off her … offering to telephone for her and so on , thinking she might improve if that was off her mind … ‘
10 Romero had in mind a much more ambitious script in which the zombies have more or less taken over , except in an island enclave where soldiers have trained them into an army and scientists are devising ways of using them as slaves .
11 Meanwhile , as well as searching for a director to replace its current chief , Bob Scheifler , the X Consortium is also examining ways of distancing itself from its home at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and developing some kind of marketing focus without falling foul of its not-for-profit status .
12 ‘ Each is only concerned to find ways of advocating it without getting it . ’
13 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 .
14 In this chapter we will discuss these questions and the preliminary answers we have , suggesting possible ways of answering them in the future :
15 In contrast , if you are white , and unless you actually subscribe to racist arguments , you will want to find ways of dissociating yourself from the views expressed here .
16 Participants will review the proposals outlined during the first such consultation , held in Buenos Aires in July 1990 , and discuss ways of putting them into practice .
17 ‘ I have ways of bending him to my will . ’
18 The Christian communities ( Comunidades Cristianas de Base ) were initially small study groups set up by local parishes to discuss social problems and to try to find practical ways of solving them through community action .
19 If it is only our climate which would prevent an expanded leisure industry from being successful , we should surely look at ways of doing something about it .
20 There are different ways of doing it with different people erm who do share it .
21 ‘ Local authorities will find ways of closing them despite their popularity , and they will have the power to do it because there will not be anything to protect the schools .
22 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 .
23 I 'd like you to play with that and just with twelve pennies until you 've found all the ways of arranging them like that .
24 Professor Buckley and his team will be examining ways of predicting which of the three strategies will be most appropriate to the needs and circumstances of any particular company .
25 Clark Gable , James Cagney and Bogart developed peaceful ways of ridding themselves of these nuisances .
26 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 .
27 either erm because redundancies are coming up , or Imperial trustees down , they were just got ridden of as a way of moving them off the trust .
28 either erm because redundancies are coming or as Imperial Trustees found , they were just got ridden of as a way of moving them off the trust .
29 He had this way of drawing her to him and she always seemed to go .
30 He has a way of drawing you into his enterprises , which is flattering . )
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