Example sentences of "[pron] [be] ways in [pron] " in BNC.

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1 However , the association between homosexuality and femininity is not necessarily insulting to either ; on the contrary , as Kaja Silverman shows , there are ways in which it might be just the reverse , especially when we contest the stereotypes of both .
2 There are ways in which you can soften it .
3 On the other hand , there are ways in which such a picture is much less than wholly reassuring .
4 It must be stressed that the doctor 's advice should be followed ; but there are ways in which you , under the guidance of the community nurse , can help to improve the conditions which affect many residents :
5 There are ways in which parents can encourage their growing children to make right choices in life .
6 My reason for mentioning queues , however , is that there are ways in which a human queue might be stabilised which are unlikely to operate among animals .
7 To justify his view that there are ways in which things might have been different while at the same time avoiding voluntarism , Poulantzas argues that there are two sources of valid counterfactuals .
8 As Jonathan Zeitlin has pointed out in a similar context , there are ways in which the product of an industry can affect the margin of manoeuvre of both employer and trade union .
9 They are beyond the visible spectrum but we do not have to make our observations with the naked eye and there are ways in which y-rays can be detected to form an image pattern .
10 There are ways in which mutation and natural selection together can lead , over the long span of geological time , to a building up of complexity that has more in common with addition than with subtraction .
11 There are ways in which current decisions affect future output : for example , by reducing the stock of natural resources , via a lower rate of technical advance , and by decreasing the stock of capital .
12 Although Building Regulations are mainly concerned with the construction of houses — and proposed changes in construction — there are ways in which they affect the home plumber , too .
13 Do not allow the civil service to say that there are ways in which it can not be done .
14 There are ways in which Sylvia still feels implicated in the abuse : she talks of ’ my sexual relationship with my father ’ ; ’ sharing a house and a crime ’ ; and ’ forgiving my father so I can forgive myself ’ .
15 Yet there are ways in which other more practical considerations can be brought into consideration .
16 However there are ways in which determined managers can enter this " hermetically sealed " process .
17 What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside .
18 What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside .
19 Equally , My Lords it is very important that we should try and see if there are ways in which we can meet the anxieties of Noble Lords .
20 Um y'know er there are ways in which ch abusers will characterise their activity as sort of fundamentally loving and gentle .
21 With regard to the first lies my group has come to the conclusion that there is a way in which the employment development budget can be augmented to specifically reserve at least the part of the current posish provision provided by the cooperative development erm we stand by our opinion that there are ways in which that service can be more efficiently administered that this is a sensible way forward .
22 So we get involved quite a lot in looking at teaching in various parts of the university where people want us to , very often involving the students as well as the other teachers in looking at a particular course and seeing if there are ways in which perhaps it might be taught differently or in a way that worked better .
23 She could never share his contentment , but there were ways in which to please and help her .
24 For example , when the Lucas workers were asked if there were ways in which it would be possible to protect workers on the North Sea oil pipelines from the hazards experienced there , they were conscious that their initial reaction was typical of the existing forms of science and technology : they thought of designing a robotic device which would eliminate the human being altogether .
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