Example sentences of "[prep] the way the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branson was fully aware that even if the Americans decided to grant permission , it was likely that it would not be given until a day or two before the flight — retaliatory treatment for the way the British government had delayed until the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute permission for People Express to fly into Britain . |
| 2 | The consequences or implications of that for the way the feminist movement is placed within the struggle in African countries has been very different . |
| 3 | THE MOST interesting thing about the way the Immediate label was run was the fact that , as this set proves , it really did n't have much more of an idea what was hot and what was not than the majors it was supposed to supplant . |
| 4 | Content to remain spectators , they can not reasonably complain about the way the political game is played by those willing to suffer its tedium and its tensions . |
| 5 | Yet Mr Walesa 's message — particularly his calls for massive investment to rebuild the Polish economy — has sparked a wave of largely half-muttered fears in the British union movement about the way the economic rebuilding of East European economies will unfold . |
| 6 | There are some good points made here and there ; Bly points out that fathers in US sitcoms are often portrayed as incompetent , in comparison with their wives , which says something about the way the American man sees himself . |
| 7 | These general points about the plurality of pressure groups are worthy of our attention since they suggest important questions about the way the British system operates . |
| 8 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 9 | But that completely misses the point about the way the academic mind works . |
| 10 | He thought about Hasan and the television , about the way the little boy placed his olive cheek next to the loudspeaker , caressing the wooden cabinet , while the Wilson family watched the evening news . |
| 11 | First-hand experience of the way the additional assessment is working in centres will also be offered . |
| 12 | The gate is probably indicative of the way the new wall looked when it was eventually completed by Azzone Visconti in the thirteenth-century . |
| 13 | As part of our continuing review of quality systems , we are completing an evaluation of the way the new system has worked in the first year . |
| 14 | And that is the erm absence of understanding it seems to us from the County Planning Department of the way the actual market works , and of the need for a local authority area erm in seeking to obtain employment for its people , the need for that area to be able to offer a variety of er employment land both in quality , size and location . |
| 15 | A proper understanding of the way the ordinary Scot lived in the past , and of the main forces affecting his standard of living , can only be achieved by careful investigation along these lines . |
| 16 | Tom 's mother was highly critical of the way the mainstream school was handling him but agreed to the assessment because she felt it might help him . |
| 17 | Engels asserted that members of social classes may be falsely conscious and fail to recognize their objective interests because of the way the economic system works . |
| 18 | One of the purposes of network meetings is to negotiate emotional space for people to face up to hard decisions , and to show the reality of the way the current situation looks to all involved . |
| 19 | Charlton was critical of the way the proposed sale of Martin Edwards 's majority shareholding to Michael Knighton for £10m had been handled . |
| 20 | It is also subject to all kinds of criticism ; not just listeners to Radio Four , but the employers of graduates speak disapprovingly of the way the English language is spoken . |
| 21 | In 1839 the government set up an inspectorate to further central supervision of the way the growing state aid was being spent . |
| 22 | I am not the only person who has had a tumultuous year , and I am immensley proud of the way the British face their problems and so often succeed despite them . |
| 23 | Nick Fitzpatrick , investment partner with the actuaries and consultants Bacon & Woodrow , said : ‘ Because of the way the discounted income stream is calculated this change will impact on the whole of the fund , reducing the notional value of assets by 6.25 per cent . ’ |
| 24 | It could put a different perspective on the topic ; it could introduce new information ; it could invite comparison of the ways the same subject can be treated in different media or from different points of view . |
| 25 | When she passed under the streetlight I could see her long , curly hair was red ; its rich hue glowed like fire , despite the way the artificial light stripped the colour from everything else it touched . |
| 26 | In fact , of course , such mistakes result from hasty and inexpert transcription from the real music — recordings and band parts — and are symptomatic precisely of the lack of importance of the score ; just as the tablature reflects a need to direct the player towards performance , as against the way the abstract symbolism of staff notation is focused on the needs of contemplative written composition . |
| 27 | Austin Donnellan went on trial at his own insistence because he said he was unhappy with the way the disciplinary committee at London University 's King 's College was dealing with the case . |
| 28 | But he is unhappy with the way the disciplinary inquiry was conducted and claims he will sue if his legal costs are not met . |
| 29 | Yes , there are other buttons and settings to use on the machine or carriages , but these deal more with the needle selection of the design , rather than with the way the actual stitch is formed . |
| 30 | It fitted in with the way the old witch had treated him . |