Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] in [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 2 | From the start , they had worked together like brothers , with respect and affection , and Coleman 's grief was in no way lightened by a suspicion that the killers might have fingered Asmar through him . |
| 3 | Suffice it to say that the applicant asserts Mr. Tee was in no way concerned with the running of Winchester 's business . |
| 4 | The delight of the Gloucester supporters was in no way diminished by the fact that Barnes had missed three easy kicks at goal , any one of which would have wrapped up the game for Bath . |
| 5 | He thought he might because evening prayer on Good Friday was in a way a funeral service . |
| 6 | The fact that the efficiency of rivets was in no way improved by capping them with precious metal provides another indication of the limitations of material factors in accounting for technical innovation . |
| 7 | But the problem was n't even helped there because you see he could n't get up the stairs easily , because the wardrobe was in the way . |
| 8 | The ship 's cat was in every way appropriate to the Reach . |
| 9 | The other difference was in the way in which the association was organised . |
| 10 | We have recently received a claim from a class member who had an accident in a class and as the teacher was in no way responsible that claim had to be refused . |
| 11 | The outcome of this process was in no way predetermined . |
| 12 | ‘ Ba , ’ she said , ‘ did you not say Wilson was in the way of being in touch ? , |
| 13 | This left the throne to be fought over by thirteen competitors and the kingdom vulnerable to the ambitions of Edward I. Wars resulting from territorial ambitions were in no way unusual . |
| 14 | I actually slept the entire night , because I thought goody , as soon as the divorce goes off , the sooner I 'm on my way out of the ar oh Rocky , Rocky your head was in the way it was your own silly fault |
| 15 | The head was in the way anyway . |
| 16 | Although her schools were the centre of her life , her view of public affairs was in no way restricted . |
| 17 | assured him that his marriage prospects were in no way diminished ’ . |
| 18 | An accomplished traveller , linguist , and student of natives ways , unmasker ( in 1924 ) of a Mahdist plot to eject the British from Northern Nigeria , Palmer was in every way Clifford 's idea of what a colonial administrator ought to be . |
| 19 | ‘ They called it degrading interspish — ’ Her tongue was in the way again . |
| 20 | In reality , the party and government leaders were in no way dependent on the assembly ; parliamentary approval was formal and automatic . |
| 21 | Ours were , in general , rather less well qualified than students in the established departments , but their attainments were in every way comparable . |
| 22 | At the trial of the action in 1979 Reeve J declined to take into account the supervening spinal disease and awarded damages on the basis that the plaintiff had been capable of light work , not on the basis that he had been incapable of work since 1976 in consequence of a disease for which his employers were in no way responsible . |
| 23 | The amount was , however , considerably less than previously , and the guardians were in no way deterred from their intention to develop a workhouse infirmary . |
| 24 | But he could not give supporting fire to protect the civilian drivers because women and children were in the way . |
| 25 | Air and ground crews did well and it is quite clear that the OCU effort was in no way inferior to that of the operational Canberra PR squadrons . ’ |
| 26 | In general the silent cinema made its greatest impact with adaptations of literary classics and , as we have seen , critics in 1914 thought that the films of John Barleycorn and The Jungle were in no way inferior to the original novels and felt in particular that the low-life settings were entirely convincing . |
| 27 | Those secret letters were in a way Judith 's lifeline . |
| 28 | The financial demands made by Rome were in no way oppressive , for in an average year the early Tudor kings were exacting two-and-a-half times as much money from the English church as was the pope . |
| 29 | Where flows are heavy , segregation would be the norm ; elsewhere integration with vehicular traffic in calmed areas would be perfectly acceptable , provided that safety was the principal criterion and that directness of route was in no way compromised . |
| 30 | Although this text was in no way officially commissioned , it was to be the fount of the canon law . |