Example sentences of "act [prep] [det] [art] way [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given Hobbes 's view of egocentric human nature , according to which people always act in such a way as to produce pleasure and avoid pain , it is plain how they will behave in an ungoverned state of nature . |
| 2 | His decision is now being appealed and Mrs Hamilton was in court yesterday when it was contended that Lord Prosser had been wrong to interpret the 1976 act in such a way as to exclude any case where a claim was made in respect of a person who was born alive but who died from ante-natal injury . |
| 3 | His decision was appealed and the parents claimed that he had been wrong to interpret the 1976 act in such a way as to exclude any case where a claim was made in respect of a person who was born alive but who died from ante-natal injury . |
| 4 | The basic rule of liability was stated in Goodfellow : has the accused acted in such a way as to create an obvious and serious risk of causing physical harm and , having recognised it , gone ahead , or not given any thought to that risk ? |
| 5 | But a context normally also acts in such a way as to cause a single sense , from among those associated with any ambiguous word form , to become operative . |
| 6 | Any group that acts in such a way as to threaten to disturb the smooth running of the governmental organization is likely to be seen ( often rightly ) as a challenge to the status quo . |
| 7 | It is unfortunate that the team headed by Olive Tunstall feel the need to launch into a personal attack on Heim , however , saying that ‘ we consider that Heim acted in such a way as to reduce the credibility of the profession ’ . |