Example sentences of "a useful way [prep] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Such a technique can be a useful way of bringing two or more parties together when there have been serious misunderstandings which have led to conflict .
2 A useful way of considering this is to use the concept of the dependency ratio , that is the ratio of people who are out of the labour market in relation to those who are in it .
3 On a point of library housekeeping , the simple stratagem of date stamping items left upon tables is a useful way of keeping some sort of check on the use of reference books .
4 Raymond Williams 's terminology of ‘ dominant ’ , ‘ residual ’ and ‘ emergent ’ forms provides a useful way of mapping such qualities ( 1981:203–5 ) .
5 This provides the school librarian and teacher with access to expertise , suitable software and can be a useful way of gaining firsthand experience of using a microcomputer .
6 Systems theory is a useful way of identifying complex entities , particularly those which have a functional unity and of talking about relationships but it remains at some level of abstraction from reality .
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