Example sentences of "way [prep] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no foolproof way of determining if a Turkish knot has been used , but a fair indication can be obtained by looking at the back of the rug . |
| 2 | It was concerned with the story that Archimedes had found a way of discovering if a crown made for King Hiero of Syracuse was in fact of pure gold , as it was supposed to be , or had been adulterated with a cheaper metal . |
| 3 | As for communication , there is no way of knowing whether a cab radio would have made any difference in this accident , but I agree with my hon. Friend that it is desirable that cab radios should be fitted into locomotives and multiple unit fleets . |
| 4 | Most of the respondents answered this question in a similar manner ; it is perhaps disturbing that most companies feel they would have no way of knowing if a headhunter had abused their trust . |
| 5 | One way of telling whether a horse has completely eliminated the infection is to take follow-up nasal swabs . |
| 6 | We have no way of telling whether a simple Menuetto marking by Haydn or anyone else indicates that a movement is to go slow , fast or somewhere in between . |
| 7 | The program must have some way of establishing when a transput operation is complete , so that a further operation can be initiated or ( in the input case ) so that the input character can be processed . |
| 8 | He became ill , and eventually died from ‘ a twisted bowel ’ , which frequently is another way of saying that a horse died from psychological stress . |
| 9 | Like ‘ excessive profit ’ , ‘ over-priced ’ is merely another way of saying that a market is failing . |
| 10 | Mastery of mathematics , according to Cockroft , gives children a powerful means of communication , a way of representing , a way of explaining and a way of predicting . |
| 11 | We have also seen that there is no mechanical way of deciding whether a function is a public one or not . |
| 12 | ‘ It may well be that … the only absolutely sure way of ensuring that a guarantee or charge from a third party is valid is to insist on that party being independently advised . |
| 13 | One way of ensuring that a particular type of microcomputer is suitable , is to visit other schools , or school library services or teachers ' centres to find out whether a particular microcomputer will be suitable in the individual school . |
| 14 | Mr Mario Cuomo , New York 's governor , has led the way in showing that a politician can stand up to the capital-punishment lobby . |
| 15 | France , however , has gone some way to showing that a judicious space programme — based on modest goals and less than the highest technology of the era — need not be excessively costly . |