Example sentences of "way [prep] [v-ing] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The photograph would , Rose believed , be a tactful way of hinting that she did n't intend being around so much . |
| 2 | It was a way of acknowledging that they had left school and would shortly start a more grown-up life . |
| 3 | As described by one character , this catch-all phrase is ‘ a short way of saying that they do n't claim to find either the ultimate cause or the ultimate cure , but they do know exactly how it functions , and can prescribe accordingly ’ ( 149/151 ) . |
| 4 | In this case , it is another way of saying that we wish to be governed neither by elected representatives nor by our own countrymen . |
| 5 | This is another way of saying that we need some good way of defining exactly what we mean by true braininess . |
| 6 | Perhaps the charge that attitudinism makes ethics peculiarly irrational is merely a way of saying that it denies that there is such a thing as objective ethical truth . |
| 7 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 8 | All that is a way of saying that I found , and still do find , the conscious act of sitting down to meditate — in the accepted way of the word — an exceedingly difficult act . |
| 9 | Hegel believed that a substance was exhausted by the sum of its predicates , which is another way of saying that he identified the categories of the German language with those of abstract thought , and those of abstract thought , in turn with those of Mind or Geist . |
| 10 | When we squeeze the Devil out through the front door , we unwittingly let in all sorts of secular ideologies that masquerade as Christian ones ( which is just another way of saying that he comes in again through the back door ) . |
| 11 | In Uzzell 's opinion , ‘ companies now want their investment in computers and telecommunications to relate to business volumes ’ as a way of ensuring that they get value for money . |
| 12 | The new product offers slimmers an easy way of ensuring that they do not exceed their daily calorie target . |
| 13 | We st we still want to achieve land reform because that ultimately is , is going to be the only way of ensuring that we end feudalism and the proper benefits go to the poor . |
| 14 | Obedience is part of the maker 's instructions , and there is no guaranteed success without it ; for obedience is a God-created way of ensuring that we learn the right habits of living in our early years . |
| 15 | Thus , a new influence came into Medau work , and Senta Medau began a collaboration with Dr Schmitt 's colleague , Dr Frederike Richter , that resulted in a way of working that they called Organgymnastik . |
| 16 | While you 're in hospital , a guaranteed additional daily income will go a long way to ensuring that you do n't come out of hospital with financial worries . |