Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [vb pp] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if no decision has been taken either way , then the court should be free to decide on the merits , making the best decision for the future , though of course taking into account strategic consistency . " |
| 2 | ‘ If artists have the right to fail , Glasgay ! does not , ’ says D'Angelo , whose modest £65,000 budget projection has been kept that way by trying to involve many indigenous grant-aided bodies in the year one programme . |
| 3 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 4 | Sex having been invented this way ( and later used to help the individual to develop disease resistance and the species to evolve more quickly ) a new problem arose : when an egg and a sperm fused during sex , a battle ensued between them to monopolise the resulting offspring . |
| 5 | The splendid and spirited pictures in the early printed herbals had been done this way , but as increasingly detailed and accurate illustrations were demanded , plates etched or engraved on copper became the norm . |
| 6 | Maggie was tempted to that particular plot , for the story had been told that way so many times , and it is very hard , at moments of crisis , to re-cast the language and the shape of old stories . |
| 7 | However , such a scheme would never wash with the public — who wants their water supplies to have been treated this way ? |