Example sentences of "[conj] [art] way " in BNC.

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1 Because one has only learnt to get the better of words For the thing one no longer has to say , or the way in which One is no longer disposed to say it .
2 ‘ Anyone who does n't believe the White House was was deeply involved … does n't understand the magnitude of the President 's obsession with Noriega or the way Washington works in these areas , ’ said Larry Birns , director of the respected liberal think-tank , the Council on Hemispheric Affairs .
3 The German Ideology represents , therefore , a first foray into anthropology , which is important more because of its attempt to isolate such general problems as the relation between property and the State , the growth of consciousness , and the way material circumstances produce mental concepts than for specific formulations about the nature of pre-capitalist systems or the way the evolution of society had taken place .
4 He seems not to have thought , for example , about the future role of the Communist party or the way in which elections — of which he is a living symbol — might shape a future Soviet Union .
5 ‘ That you do n't like my face or the way I talk or the way I work ? ’
6 ‘ That you do n't like my face or the way I talk or the way I work ? ’
7 Is this an example of the way of negation or the way of eminence ?
8 Recognise and write about some of the techniques and conventions of presentation in non-literary and media texts , and the effectiveness of their use in specific instances — eg structure of news stories , or the way television programmes and newspapers match style and content to targeted audiences .
9 Whilst standardised scales have the advantage of producing data in a form which simplifies the process of analysis and facilitates comparisons with other studies , they can not take into account the whole range of factors which may influence an elderly person 's mental state at any one time , or the way in which he or she answers questions .
10 But supposing X-rays were normally displayed back to front or the way one looked at the person ?
11 This did not matter , since it was the topics that counted , not the order of them or the way they were introduced .
12 That means actually copying their hand movements or the way they are sitting and doing the same .
13 The presence of both wet and dry sand in the same tray might prompt comparison of what each type feels like or the way each behaves .
14 Sometimes the layout of trees seemed familiar , or the way a particular branch overshadowed the path .
15 To understand the primitive way of life , or the way of life of a society far removed from our own , it is necessary for us to extend our way of life into the orbit of the form of life of that society , rather than bring the form of life of that society into the orbit of our own .
16 The vow of chastity within the Indian tradition takes the form of brahmacārya , which means literally , conduct conducive to the attainment of Brahman or Truth , or the way of life which leads to God .
17 or the way in which the wine is made .
18 ‘ Perhaps they are learning a little more about airmanship or the way they should behave at 40,000ft and above from the medical point of view .
19 After each flight we were picked up on little points , such as our positioning or the way we were holding the glove : too high or too low , the wrong angle .
20 Many times it appears to be used so that other qualities of the work — the wide assortment of materials it might be constructed of , say , or the way it is attached to the wall — can take centre stage , much in the way that a black and white photograph allows you to concentrate on matters otherwise obscured or de-emphasized by colour .
21 It is important to appreciate its complexity for we might then be less likely to generalise its demands , or the way we decide between them , on the basis of the ( by now familiar ) too narrow diet of examples .
22 It is beautifully painted with scenes of the dead person 's funeral along the sides , and scenes of Elysium , or the way to Elysium , on the ends ; smiling goddesses in plumed head-dresses ride along in a chariot drawn by a griffin on one end , and by a goat on the other , presumably ready to convey the human soul to Elysium , to live ever after with the gods .
23 In these systems we have good descriptions of their anatomy and of the physiological properties of the major types of nerve cells but , at the cortical level , we do n't have good explanations of what the systems do or the way they do it , except in the broadest terms .
24 There are no strict rules about the use of these colours or the way in which they are worn , so it is usual to find a great deal of variation in clothing styles between regiments from the same place .
25 However , it is not clear whether this distinction applies to the type of phenomenon or the way in which it is being explained .
26 " Yes , I 'm sure you are , " Katherine said slowly , something about the expression in her son 's eyes or the way her daughter lifted her paper a little higher to hide her face , making her suspicious .
27 Frankly , however minor the item in the programme , you ca n't be too careful what you say or the way you say it .
28 They can also educate in the way they handle reference requests ( whether they supply the answer , for instance , or the way of finding the answer ) ; and they can be valuable stimulators of book use and enquiry by giving readings , quality advisory services and reading lists , and knowledgeable enthusiasm .
29 Perhaps , I can then proceed to manipulate these numbers , and use the findings to put forward more precise proposals as to the level of budget , or the way in which the budget should be deployed — in different media , over different periods of time , etc .
30 Such a scheme clearly directs attention to certain research problems , the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes amongst the white population , or the way in which the religious beliefs of ethnic minorities impede adaptation to the British education system .
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