Example sentences of "they [be] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rothstein argues that patron-client relationships are well suited to the peripheral capitalist development that has taken place in Latin America because they are a way of paring down the number of recipients of industrial gains , when these gains are few in number . |
| 2 | The most important effect of street remarks , though , is that they are a way of controlling public space and defining women as intruders within it . |
| 3 | Co-operative R&D ventures are interesting in this respect because they are a way of organizing the process of innovation which promises to minimize static inefficiencies without sacrificing dynamic efficiency . |
| 4 | On his daily visit to the laboratory to look at quality control tests on raw and processed materials , Graham added : ‘ Mills and sliphouses have never been the favourite areas of pottery factories — you either love or hate them — but for the likes of me they are a way of life . ’ |
| 5 | They are a way of saying , ‘ The world 's in pretty bad shape , Jesus , and pretty soon someone will come along and give us pain and suffering and woe . ’ ’ |
| 6 | Yes , I think that an insight feminists have had about soap operas , about the real contributions they make , is that they 're a way of starting conversations about important topics , either in the family or with colleagues at work or whatever . |
| 7 | They 're a way back about a hundred years here . |
| 8 | And they 're a way of getting a lot a lot of things in a in a in a space . |
| 9 | A means of costing them is a way of getting to know the enemy , and a first step in the identification of problems and management solutions . |