Example sentences of "it is [prep] [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 But the reason I begin with it is because it is in many ways a blueprint .
2 It 's er and it is in many ways the kernel of the of the concept .
3 It is in many ways , a retail management role , broadening your horizons far beyond the traditional catering disciplines and of course , enhancing your future prospects .
4 But it is in many ways an odd , unbalanced discography , one that would have puzzled Byrd himself , and which puzzles those who know the true length and breadth of Byrd 's achievement .
5 More empirically however , on the other hand , and drawing upon the work of Peter Bürger , Callinicos accepts the case for Modernism having contained a critical moment — a ‘ protest against the capitalist society to which it is in complex ways related ’ ( p. 53 ) .
6 It is in this way that the Roman catholic bishops of Ireland , as intellectuals organizing the beliefs of catholic nationalists , continue to be aligned to the forces of conservatism within the alliance , forces which in practice do not recognize important protestant civil rights in Ireland .
7 It is in this way that the singularity has been removed .
8 It is in this way that we are able to develop an appreciation of spatial order .
9 It is probably true to say that it is in this way , rather than in any other , that governments learn exactly where the limits of tolerance lie .
10 It is in this way that ideologies in the restricted sense first came into being .
11 It is in this way that Foucault can return to the possibility of doing historical work that has political force through his notion of genealogy , which means , as he puts it , ‘ that I begin my analysis from a question posed in the present ’ .
12 It is in this way that Oakeshott shows that governmental authority is distinguishable from the mere possession of superior power by the State .
13 It is in this way a world view , of which psychoanalysis forms an important part .
14 It is in this way that in our system ‘ common law ’ is subordinate to ‘ statute ’ …
15 It is in this way that foreign language teachers will begin to see the importance of their work for all their pupils , not just those who become specialised in language and literature study .
16 It is in this way that the apparent divide between literate and non-literate cultures simply disappears .
17 It is in this way that demand-deficient unemployment is created .
18 It is in these ways that The Roaring Girl begins to disclose how , because of the complex connections between sexuality , gender , and class , and specifically between sexual and economic exploitation , economic and political anxieties can be displaced into the domain of the sexual and conversely , the sexual comes to possess enormous signifying power ( though very different from that attributed to sexuality by the radical humanist ) .
19 If it is in any way meaningful to speak in terms of a ‘ cultural dominant ’ , then arguably the nouveau roman could not have achieved this without the support of like-minded critics .
20 He also notes that the fact that transcendental meditation changes one 's brain waves does not imply that it is in any way helpful ; he might have added that the brain waves during meditation show a remarkable resemblance to those of someone who is drowsy or even asleep .
21 ‘ Because we want to know if it is in any way connected to the prince 's state visit .
22 The fact that a rug is signed or dated does not imply that it is in any way superior to similar items that have not been inscribed , although it is fair to say that weavers rarely sign inferior examples of their work .
23 To suggest that it is in any way a radical new Tory revolution for the 1990s is far from the truth .
24 I do not think that it is in any way insulting to say that the epithet , ’ Clyde-built ’ , which was a badge of quality in the last century , was getting somewhat tarnished during the post-war years .
25 People often feel that it is in some way distasteful deliberately to use your behaviour to influence others and this also leads to the conclusion that manipulating behaviour is unethical .
26 It may be that the state of affairs in which everyone ( as opposed to just some people ) is guided by such a maxim is an impossibility , or it may be that it is in some way a thing that no individual can wish for .
27 Retributivism claims that it is in some way morally right to return evil for evil , that two wrongs can somehow make a right .
28 I do not accept the intervener 's argument that it is in some way undignified for the decision of a visitor on the basis of advice from an eminent judge to be subject to judicial review and that if certiorari is held to be available senior judges will not wish to give such advice .
29 Simon , a manager who , at 39 , is the oldest person questioned , says : ‘ The idea that people will think it is in some way impressive to be seen drinking low-alcohol muck is obvious nonsense . ’
30 I will point out , though , that it is in some ways a very conservative proposal , inviting a return to origins .
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