Example sentences of "it a [adj] way " in BNC.
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1 | In many cases , it does not fit into the administrative systems of the parties , nor is it a usual way of doing business . |
2 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
3 | You only op open it a certain way . |
4 | And on top it was terrible , I used to try and comb it a certain way . |
5 | Vaughan loves to cook , but finds it a punishing way to make a living : ‘ People told me that there was no job harder than nursing , ’ recalls Vaughan , ‘ but they were wrong ! |
6 | ‘ Was it a long way ? ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ Is it a long way ? ’ |
9 | This will condense and form a fine dust much of which will return to the surface , most of it a long way from the impact . |
10 | You may find it a long way to come for a comparatively short meeting and I should also mention that we have a regular reporter who covers the meeting on behalf of the Courier and the Garstang Guardian . |
11 | People walked round it , a pram wheel caught it and dragged it a little way . |
12 | I moved it a little way away . |
13 | erm , she made me bend my head and I could only bend it a little way and she could see the spasms |
14 | And if you walk in pleasant surroundings , you 'll find it a good way to let go of stress , too . |
15 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
16 | Of course , we might put it a different way today : ‘ Can God be known , and is the Christian faith the answer to human needs ? ’ |
17 | Looking at it a different way , having decided not to attempt to save China by its efforts , there was only a faint hope that the US could save Vietnam by its example — as a successful democracy . |
18 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
19 | Let's see if we can do it a different way . |
20 | Although the majority of weakly electric fish , in both the African and the South American groups , give their electric discharges in discrete pulses and are called " pulse " species , a minority of species in both groups do it a different way and are called " wave " species . |
21 | oh I came , came to several conclusions , erm , one , one of the problems that the article faced me with , if it had been a simple outburst , if , if the , the Daily Telegraph had simply taken an advert out as opposed to maybe editorials then I may of had less a problem , because the problem with editorials is that they are believed , companies adverts are n't believed , well they 're partially believed , but an editorial carries a lot more weight and therefore when it 's written like that it tends to strike home much harder , therefore that , my immediate thoughts were that if were going to react , if we were going to find a way of cantering the problems we felt this had created , then we would not have to follow any normal course of action , we simply could n't put an advert out because nobody would have believed it , we would have to look at it a different way of actually cantering and that 's part of the reason for the time taking to think it through . |
22 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
23 | A certain national tabloid put it a different way today : Yanks 2 Planks 0 . |
24 | The reaction from the other side of the table is different because you are a woman , they expect you to do it a different way . ’ |
25 | do it a different way . |
26 | as much as anything , but it 's only cos you 're writing a letter , and you say oh hello you writing a letter to mum , he says no I killed her to come here , you do n't put your foot in it a big way , but after a while because you know nobody there is nice it really makes a lot of difference people |
27 | I 'm doing it a funny way this time . |