Example sentences of "may [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may prefer a different way . |
| 2 | This example of one case discussion , lifted out of a sequence of weekly meetings , may appear a laborious way of achieving small gains , consuming time which teachers , pressed as they are , can little afford . |
| 3 | For many households , housing is the major available asset and it may constitute a central way in which wealth is transferred between generations . |
| 4 | You may favour a different way , but try them all and see . |
| 5 | Anti-Philistinism and anti-Arab sentiment may have a nasty way of feeding on each other . |
| 6 | Lastly , careful use of space in the table layout may go a long way towards helpful guiding of the eye . |
| 7 | For those contemplating a university course , graduation may seem a long way off — 1997 and beyond — and thoughts of what to do afterwards may understandably be equally distant . |
| 8 | This may seem a strange way of looking at it , since we are used to viewing the police and the military as our protectors ; but we can not avoid the conclusion that , ultimately , the police and the military maintain sufficient force to implement the decisions of the state . |
| 9 | All this may seem a curious way for a species to handle its genes . |
| 10 | This may seem a macho way to treat the hair but it is also a sure way for pulling the hair out . |
| 11 | Used properly , disciplinary procedures may prove a positive way of encouraging a member of staff to overcome shortcomings . |
| 12 | Sometimes , when a volcano erupts in the sea , massive carpets of floating pumice accumulate on the sea around it and may drift a long way from it . |