Example sentences of "it [be] [art] way " in BNC.
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1 | She bought textbooks , studied in bed at dawn , and went every night to evening classes given by a frockcoated seer who spoke about calculus as though it were a way of life . |
2 | Brutal it were the way he knocked the other feller about . ’ |
3 | It 's a way of saying to yourself , if he really loves me , he 'll stop doing that because I want him to ’ , Roz says . |
4 | ‘ It 's a way of getting it out of your system . ’ |
5 | The vast majority of black people go to church ; it 's a way of life that goes way back . |
6 | For other people , who are already working , but get a certain number of weeks paid holiday a year , it 's a way of enjoying a change of scenery , becoming fit , and earning some extra money . |
7 | It 's a way of life . ’ |
8 | It 's a way of life . |
9 | He believed it 's a way of ensuring only the best survive , as they would in the wild . |
10 | ‘ I suppose you feel it 's a way of making sure it never happens again . ’ |
11 | It stands for Local Exchange Trading System , and it 's a way of overcoming your lack of money without the incompatibilities of barter . |
12 | It 's a way of bringing together and mixing people , with lots of opportunities for candid camera shots of folk with their everyday guards down . |
13 | ‘ It 's a way of future proofing our investment in the existing technology . ’ |
14 | ‘ It 's not a sport at all , it 's a way of life , ’ he explains , unable to avoid the cliche . |
15 | But it 's a way of life which Julie admits can bring stress and strain to a partnership . |
16 | It 's either money , thought the Captain , he does n't need to work , or else it 's a way of disarming people . |
17 | I live there and I walk around on it all the time , it 's a way of life for me now . ’ |
18 | It 's a way they have . |
19 | It 's a way of as a Council taken the position that we ought to be spending your money effectively , right . |
20 | It 's a way of getting from A to B in winter — and autumn and spring , too — in the far North where the snow lasts from November to late April/May . |
21 | But this er er er if they 're not fund holders that they er er er and then it 's a way out for er . |
22 | You have to keep on , it 's a way of life , and not being interested all that time — I ca n't see it . ’ |
23 | negative and excluding people , but I also think that labels can be very , very positive and very , very important and that 's , I think that 's why erm , people thought up the word feminism and yeah , okay we have to think about the word and we have to think about what it means for us so yeah , a lot of pe , er people do n't want to call themselves feminists because the label has such negative connotations , but it does also mean very positive things , it 's a way of bringing people together , it 's a way of supporting each other , it 's , you know it 's , brings solidarity to the movement and people need labels . |
24 | negative and excluding people , but I also think that labels can be very , very positive and very , very important and that 's , I think that 's why erm , people thought up the word feminism and yeah , okay we have to think about the word and we have to think about what it means for us so yeah , a lot of pe , er people do n't want to call themselves feminists because the label has such negative connotations , but it does also mean very positive things , it 's a way of bringing people together , it 's a way of supporting each other , it 's , you know it 's , brings solidarity to the movement and people need labels . |
25 | It 's a way of remembering complicated |
26 | It 's a way of re making things |
27 | Perhaps it 's a way of admitting that things ca n't ever bear the same certainty again . |
28 | It 's a way down the back . |
29 | It 's a way of calling up demons , a curse as well as a warning . ’ |
30 | It 's a way to go , I think . |