Example sentences of "ways [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These admit various ways of accommodating the sacred to the profane ; i.e. behaving more or less like a rational economic man . |
| 2 | Whether one defines a conductance or introduces a friction term they are just two different ways of expressing the empirical fact that the electrons ' velocity does not go on increasing indefinitely in response to a driving electric field . |
| 3 | Each of the ways of expressing the no-arbitrage condition considered in Chapter 4 allows for compound growth , but not for continuous compounding . |
| 4 | John 's address stressed that the Council was to be pastoral rather than dogmatic , thus distancing himself from his advisers , and endorsing the view , condemned by Cardinal Ruffini , that the task of the Council was not to proclaim new dogmas but to find new ways of expressing the old ( see Abbott , p. 710–19 ) . |
| 5 | So do Humpbacks have ways of expressing the same request for the repetition of a pleasurable sonic experience ? |
| 6 | Many ways of expressing the same thought |
| 7 | Unlike [ 9 ] , these sentences do not treat the two events of shutting and clicking as separate things : in this respect , as in other respects , [ 12 ] and [ 13 ] are just different ways of expressing the same sense as [ 3 ] . |
| 8 | Each of these immunities is of great importance , but the fact that they are all important and that they are all concerned with the protection of citizens against the abuse of powers by those investigating crimes makes it easy to assume that they are all different ways of expressing the same principle , whereas in fact they are not . |
| 9 | ‘ Each of these immunities is of great importance , but the fact that they are all important and that they are all concerned with the protection of citizens against the abuse of powers by those investigating crimes makes it easy to assume that they are all different ways of expressing the same principle , whereas in fact they are not . |
| 10 | Since the basic hypothesis of the ethogenic approach to the understanding of social action is that the very same social knowledge and skill is involved in the genesis of action and of accounts , by recording and analysing each separately , we have two mutually supporting and reciprocally checking ways of discovering the underlying system of social knowledge and belief . |
| 11 | Different financial incentives change the nature of the educational experience and are not merely alternative ways of financing the same service . |
| 12 | On the one hand , GCSE requires them to develop new ways of teaching the traditional two-year subject course and , in so doing , preparing pupils with the skills required for an external exam . |
| 13 | There are many ways of seeing the same picture and what follows is offered as a useful framework rather than any kind of definitive blueprint . |
| 14 | They have devised several ways of producing the required magnetic field , including a slotted busbar ( such as might be used in a power station ) around which the fibre can be wrapped . |
| 15 | They found ways of evading the restrictive sumptuary laws . |
| 16 | There are many ways of telling the Divine Drama . |
| 17 | The three metaphors of management are ways of translating the rational-scientific public model/ideal . |
| 18 | Work out ways of splitting the incoming crowd and directing them where you want them to go . |
| 19 | There are several ways of considering the relative levels of prosperity in different regions . |
| 20 | DEC has never used a Western Research Labs-designed computer architecture , although the unit was originally set up to find ways of building the fastest possible computers . |
| 21 | Some women find ways of diminishing the demonic power of the ex . |
| 22 | For its part , the Iraqi air force concentrated on finding ways of bringing the makeshift terminals at Sirri and Lavan within range of aircraft based near Basrah . |
| 23 | I am keen to support any initiatives aimed at discussing ways of encouraging the economic regeneration of the area . |
| 24 | The North-South Military Subcommittee held its inaugural meeting on March 13 , with both sides proposing ways of implementing the non-aggression elements of the December accord . |
| 25 | But to say the truth , madam , let a man love reading never so well , when once he comes to know this tawn , he finds so many better ways of passing the four-and-twenty hours , that 't were ten thousand pities he should consume his time in that . |
| 26 | Various thoughts on a particular problem therefore gave rise to a variety of images , which might appear to contradict each other , but which either simply revealed the complexity of the problem or displayed several ways of stating the same answer . |
| 27 | Experiments have been made with other ways of attaching the printed pages to the external case . |
| 28 | When speakers are looking for different ways of accomplishing the same goal ( in Coveney 's example , successfully requesting information ) they are not limited to the various possibilities in the linguistic system for constructing formal interrogatives . |
| 29 | Impressive rock scenery , deep pools and silvery cascades ; the ravines of the Peak District have a lot going for them as interesting ways of reaching the high moorland , suggests Jerry Rawson |
| 30 | We discussed the effects of bingeing , vomiting , laxative abuse and dieting , ways of breaking the binge-vomit cycle , weight and metabolic rate , and nutrition , calories and meals . |