Example sentences of "it in a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The counselling process focuses upon self-image , and ultimately aims at modifying it in a constructive way . |
| 2 | A prolonged breather , during which he took a bar of chocolate out of his pocket and unwrapped it in a leisurely way . |
| 3 | It makes meaningful an analysis of the level ( or levels ) of ideology and relates it in a non-reductive way to the economic base — the mode of production . |
| 4 | To return to Griffith 's experiments , Griffith was not the first man to draw strong glass fibres but he was probably the first man to do it in a systematic way and to provide a plausible explanation of the results . |
| 5 | Now that we have video in the classroom the opportunity to focus on the visual is clearly there , so should we attempt to include it in a systematic way ? |
| 6 | Our early encounters with power may have deterred us from ever wanting to use it in a similar way ; having suffered from a cold , distant father or a smothering mother , and inevitably having attributed power to these parents , we may well decide that power is a negative force and not for us . |
| 7 | and I need to ensure that this experience erm well I I need to make sure that I will be evaluating it in a similar way as I went along . |
| 8 | And when your back to school get back and do it in a serious way . |
| 9 | I would do it in a nice way and then he might remember me and ask me out later . ’ |
| 10 | Regarding the winning Hands On feature in March Woodworker , despite the well-intended editorial footnote , I do feel it was a mistake to include Bill Wiseman 's fascinating but appallingly dangerous hold-down device , and to then endorse it in a recommendatory way by awarding it special recognition . |
| 11 | ‘ If somebody 's already used a break it just means you 've got to use it in a better way . |
| 12 | He or she is doing a certain thing and we interpret it in a certain way which elicits a given emotion . |
| 13 | Eva could be snobby , that was obvious , but if I saw something , or heard a piece of music , or visited a place , I would n't be content until Eva had made me see it in a certain way . |
| 14 | Erm Jim you , you , you need to present it in a certain way to your staff , and er after you 've considered that , if you do n't feel it 's workable then I think you need to talk to David and I . |
| 15 | If we give you that we can give you it in a certain way , but it is not necessarily meaningful . |
| 16 | It was held that he was not a trustee of the money for the brewers and therefore he was under no obligation to deal with it in a certain way . |
| 17 | If you look at it in a certain way , right , it shows your ignorance , I mean you 're over in England , right , for so long — I mean to say you should know what to chat in front of certain people , right ? |
| 18 | You have to read it in a certain way . |
| 19 | ‘ By doing this , we 're simplifying the process of using a spreadsheet , and doing it in a consistent way . |
| 20 | As well as selecting the relevant information you must arrange it in a logical way . |
| 21 | ‘ We can but of course it wo n't be as easy for us to get away once Maggie is gone , ’ she said it in a pleasant way that sometimes humoured him and sometimes could put his teeth on edge . |
| 22 | So we 're showing it in a peaceful way because in the end of course we can destroy by the ballot and not the bullet . |
| 23 | ‘ The more Ukrainian records I have bought , the more I have realised that we 're really only dipping into it in a superficial way . |
| 24 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |
| 25 | ‘ But — I 'm into it in a bigger way now . ’ |
| 26 | Not everyone experiences it in a heady way , but the chemistry of love can be gloriously overwhelming . |
| 27 | He scratched under his bag wig , knocking it askew , then straightened it in a fussy way , all the time fidgeting in his seat as if the bugs were biting there too . |
| 28 | ‘ She would have done it in a preordained way , of course , ’ mused Henry . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't mean it in a bad way , but teams are rolling us over . |
| 30 | I know when Carl was , was doing it in a modest way and he , he 'd seen this on , and he said it 's impossible that the way they do it ! |