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

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1 And you can look at it one way , and say , oh I 've got , I 've got two rows here with six in , and space them out a bit so , or give him that so he 's got sort of , two rows with six in , and you say , oh from where you 're looking at it , it 's six rows with two in .
2 if you look at it one way are subsidising the very rich
3 If you look at it that way , it 's quite interesting , unique even . ’
4 Sloan Wilson did not sneer at it that way in his autobiography , What Shall We Wear To This Party :
5 Tom : ‘ We do n't really put on a big theatrical performance , so you do n't look at it that way , you just try and sing it in tune .
6 I 've never thought of looking at it that way before . ’
7 So therefore we 've got to look at it that way .
8 ‘ I suppose when you look at it that way , it could be considered that they have an influence by proxy , as it were . ’
9 Three sets of four okay and you can just turn that round and look at it that way now .
10 No I 've not looked at it that way .
11 ‘ I suppose you 'd call it that but I did n't look at it that way .
12 And then we could look at it that way .
13 ‘ She wanted to choose the family herself , ’ suggested Juliet , who had n't looked at it that way .
14 there are two , there are two ways you could look at it , either , either you could say , you could say yes or , in , in one sentence if you have any barrs on membership at all you are preventing competition , but that would be er a highly unreal statement to make , erm , and what you 're , what you 're saying is that if you look at it that way , the prevention restriction or distortion of competition must be some er malign or bad prevention restriction or distortion and er there 's nothing bad about having objective criteria which would indeed erm prevent erm these people from competing cos they ca n't get into this , into the sugar market , er it will prevent them from competing in the sugar market , but that 's not the sort of prevention article eighty five is talking about .
15 my height , I did n't even look at it that way er , he used
16 I mean if you look at it that way
17 Well yeah I I 've I 've whether he well I mean if , if he 's gon na do this seven page thing then I you know I you can look at it two ways .
18 But field staff fear that this might not be appreciated in head-quarters where senior officials might be unfamiliar with their routine strategies : ‘ One can say that because you have n't taken any stats in the last two years it 's because you 're a good lad , and people who you may have to take stats upon know that you 're around a lot , and they know that if they 're naughty it 's a two-edged thing , you can look at it two ways . ’
19 Look at it this way , said Chris 's friend , Richard Lees .
20 Look At It This Way is Justin Cartwright 's adaptation of his own satirical novel about London life in the late 80s .
21 ‘ Look at it this way .
22 ‘ Look at it this way , Billy , ’ he said in a condescending tone of voice .
23 You can look at it this way , she 's had her pound of flesh … ‘
24 ‘ Then look at it this way .
25 And if you 're still mired in sentimentality , look at it this way : the admission fees so far received from visitors to the carp pond have already enabled the Boy Scouts to build and maintain several church halls in the area .
26 And if you are a scientist , or infected by gastric doubt , look at it this way .
27 ‘ Look at it this way , Curtis : the boys discovered Riddle 's clothes tied in a bundle in a shack near Jordan 's cottage — right ? ’
28 let's , let's look at it this way , erm with a small pipe so much water gets out , okay ?
29 ‘ A foursome would be nice , ’ she mused , ‘ and look at it this way , we can be your chaperons . ’
30 Look at it this way : Track Two is now doing just what it was set up to do in just the situation they foresaw : a weak British government getting too close to Moscow .
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