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

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1 We are the only country anywhere , east or west , where lesbians and gay men are criminalised in this way .
2 We can not have a fair society , we can not have equality , West Belfast can not be working when the women of West Belfast are treated in that way — and when the women do stand up and fight and say ‘ we are not going to put up with this any more ’ , what happens is they then become threatened by the privatisation of their jobs .
3 However , it is not only the ‘ moral ’ as opposed to ‘ natural ’ qualities that are treated in this way .
4 This case raises concerns about the accuracy of audit data when patients are treated in this way .
5 Other words such as tacking , beating , heaving to are explained in this way .
6 Temples are revered in this way and it is not uncommon to observe a priest in prayer moving clockwise around a sacred enclosure , or a Stupa .
7 In solutions , which are stabilized in this way by secondary bonding , the LCST usually appears below the boiling temperature of the solvent but it has been found experimentally that an LCST can be detected in non-polar systems when these are examined at temperatures approaching the critical temperature of the solvent .
8 On the other hand , if two components are to relate in some way to provide a desired function , it must take place in an intersection zone ( which includes touching areas — zones of zero depth or wholly inserted spaces ) .
9 For most people their tears are distorted in some way or another , often confused and strangled , not flowing freely .
10 There is now a considerable market value attaching to an accurate up-to-date and selective address list , and some of the largest collections of data in the private sector , running to thirty million entries or more in some cases , are amassed in this way .
11 Some of Labov 's New York City variables are of this broader type , and the larger number used by Trudgill ( 1974 ) are mixed in this way : some of them ( such as [ h ] -dropping and ( ing ) ) are common to many varieties , whereas others have social meaning only , or mainly , for Norwich and Norfolk speakers .
12 Ford estimates that in academic libraries as much as one-third of all items used are found by discovery at the shelf , and in public libraries about half the books borrowed are located in this way .
13 They go on to say that large firms ‘ are constrained in some way [ in making these decisions ] by the requirement to make profits and serve consumers ’ , but it is nevertheless appropriate to stress that companies will usually have options about how to manage the impact of changed market conditions or technology : the company is not merely a passive instrument of the market .
14 You can link object with drawn lines that are constrained in some way or other .
15 Browsing through the thesaurus allows the user to move between ideas and concepts , on the one hand , and individual terms — either as an alphabetical list , or as separate records in which all the terms that are related in any way are displayed , along with the scope notes .
16 It has been considered that the simultaneous presence of ultradian and daily rhythms suggests that they are related in some way and possibly all come from the same body clock .
17 We could say that an animal is a group of things which are related in some way .
18 This part of the header describes all the modules which are related in some way to this specifying module ; up to 70 records are allowed but are not compulsory .
19 This part of the header describes all the modules which are related in some way to this specifying module ; up to 70 records are allowed but are not compulsory .
20 The risk that this might occur is why in general terms ‘ everybody ’ does not do this when interest rates are positioned in this way .
21 For example , we have withdrawal groups for music , not that their ordinary subjects are disrupted in this way , but it can be so organized on the timetable that they are withdrawn at a different period each week , and getting together , for example , to play in the school orchestra erm is of terrific value .
22 It is natural that they aspire to emulate their heroes when they are presented in this way .
23 The fact that monitoring and evaluation are built into this way of working adds to the efficient use of resources , particularly by breaking up activities and the focus of work in a long-term situation .
24 And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening .
25 If you are disabled in any way ( even if it is only a minor disability it could become worse as you grow older ) then you must view a flat from the point of view of your ease of movement .
26 Around 10% of the entire British population are disabled in some way or another , of which 20–25% are mentally handicapped .
27 I feel the two facts are connected in some way
28 The main growth in the service sector , however , has been in jobs which are connected in some way with information .
29 Most Japanese papers traditionally are made in this way , as are some printmaking papers .
30 So-called ‘ tins ’ are made in this way , and are not composed of tin itself .
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