Example sentences of "in [det] ways [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not of this world , you know , in some ways we 're so far apart . |
| 2 | In some ways they are more interesting , because less explored . |
| 3 | In some ways they are even better than our own , for a squid can distinguish polarised light which we can not do and their retinas have a finer structure which means , almost certainly , that they can distinguish finer detail than we can . |
| 4 | The reason why Hambledon and Ryedale get different standard spending assessments is not that they are similar but that in some ways they are dissimilar . |
| 5 | And in some ways they are quite right with this gown . |
| 6 | Erm in some ways they 're persecuted bu , but they tend to get pushed around from post to post . |
| 7 | Like my father , when he was , when my mother first started going with him he used to smoke cigarettes quite hea heavily erm and er when he had a cold or something like that he 'd say , oh I must have a fag it helps me bring the phlegm up so erm in some ways they 're almost perceived as having a like a cur curative er |
| 8 | The French proved to be a highly motivated and very brave addition to the ranks of the SAS , but in some ways they were a mixed blessing . |
| 9 | The inspectorate , who came into most frequent contact with the diversities of local procedures , were consistently interested in ‘ modernising ’ the selection system , and in some ways they were the single group most responsible for altering local authority activities . |
| 10 | In some ways I am self-sufficient , and I try to be always self-disciplined . |
| 11 | In some ways I am seen as beyond the pale , but it is the newer MPs who I feel most sorry for . |
| 12 | ‘ I am confident I am just as good as I ever was and in some ways I am probably better than ever . |
| 13 | erm in some ways I am . |
| 14 | ‘ You know , in some ways I 'm most frightfully sorry to leave . |
| 15 | ‘ In some ways I 'm not really the guy to be asking about all this , because Quo have such a one-off sound . |
| 16 | In some ways I was glad . |
| 17 | In some ways I was more reckless and exposed myself to danger because I felt we had to come out and prove that the Government was responsible for the deaths of all the students . |
| 18 | In some ways she was very unsuited to this life — indeed she has described herself as a ‘ misfit ’ in Baldersdale . |
| 19 | In some ways she was happy that she had no conscious memory of the details , but unless she was able to recall them she knew that there would be no case for the young man to answer and he would go free . |
| 20 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , you are , ’ said my mother , and briefly she smiled too because in some ways she was no fool . |
| 22 | She often found herself making excuses to avoid him though in some ways she was interested in him , even attracted to him . |
| 23 | In some ways he was a throw-back to another era when golfers swung the golf club rather than tried to hit the ball with as much power as they could command . |
| 24 | In some ways he was rather young and a bit hasty . |
| 25 | ‘ I think in some ways he was a very despairing man . ’ |
| 26 | He looked an ineffectual fool , and in some ways he was both ineffectual and foolish . |
| 27 | ‘ It means , in some ways you are the same , and in others you are different . ’ |
| 28 | He said , in some ways you 're older than I am . |
| 29 | In some ways you 're in limbo cos you 've you 've got nothing to aim towards . |
| 30 | ‘ In some ways you 're just like your father , Anna . |