Example sentences of "are [verb] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to know where you 're going if you are to plan the best way of getting there ! |
| 2 | Travel companies are featuring Japan more and more as a destination in their brochures , and more foreign visitors are encountering the Japanese way of hotels . |
| 3 | The leg raises are done the opposite way round , with the feet at the lower end of the incline bench . |
| 4 | Mud pools wait until you are looking the other way before plopping discreetly . |
| 5 | Make sure the three electrolytic capacitors are connected the correct way round as shown . |
| 6 | He 's convinced though they are heading the right way . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's awfully wild , ’ she said , ‘ but you are going the right way ’ — she was proceeding east and going into the storm at the time — and she thanked me for opening the gate . |
| 8 | Determined to be her Uncle 's guide Erika said , ‘ I think that we are going the wrong way , Uncle . |
| 9 | But the sort of criticism that says ‘ if we want to achieve X , I believe we are going the wrong way about it , what we ought to be doing is Y ’ , seems to me to be exactly the approach that is needed . |
| 10 | ‘ You are going the wrong way ! ’ |
| 11 | The vole , he says , appears to be coming perilously close to being endangered ; and this means that Britain 's wetlands are going the same way . |
| 12 | As a supporter of the lower divisions and non-League football , I am becoming increasingly alienated from the game at the top level and I believe many thousands of people are going the same way . |
| 13 | Finally , assuming that you have made it to the right starting line in plenty of time , wearing the right kit and your race number , and are facing the correct way when the cannon sounds , there is just one last piece of essential advice : do n't panic ! |
| 14 | Comparison of this drawing with the other ones in this planning section will reveal that the linking curves are facing the other way . |
| 15 | Now , thanks to hundreds , perhaps thousands of such requests , plus one or two boycotts , producers of cosmetics are learning the hard way that necessity is the mother of invention . |
| 16 | Take care that the tantalum capacitors C2/C3 , transistors TR1/TR2 and the diode D1 are inserted the correct way around as shown in the component layout . |
| 17 | The moment teachers feel safe enough to tell the truth ( which is often anywhere but in their own staffrooms ) , they rush to unburden themselves of feelings and symptoms such as those which I have described , and are surprised and relieved that other people are feeling the same way . |