Example sentences of "[adj] ways in [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider the different ways in which the organisation and use of space becomes part of the language of drama : How do we make the distance between people meaningful ? |
| 2 | In this book , we assume that the similarity between the transformational process and our diagnostic test arises because the former was formulated in response to intuitions about the fact that the properties of many ( but not all ! ) adjectives could be considered valid for the E qualified in both the P positions in : ( 7 ) P E E P In any case , the test gives us two different ways in which the adjective French may be used with its noun , and the examples show that it does not always designate a property of the entity to which it appears to be attached syntactically . |
| 3 | Erm there used to be an agreed area of three miles then it went to twelve miles but that 's now in question because of the different ways in which the sea has been developed . |
| 4 | There are two different ways in which the existence of an alternative remedy can affect the availability of judicial remedies : it might entirely preclude the award of a judicial remedy , or it might give the court a discretion to refuse a ( discretionary ) remedy if it thinks that the alternative remedy is adequate . |
| 5 | All the letters suggest different ways in which the Bill can be improved , but if we accept this awful timetable motion tonight a Bill of nearly 100 clauses will have very limited time for discussion , and the guillotine will fall in Committee . |
| 6 | It is important to note at this point two very different ways in which the word " secular " can be used . |
| 7 | And , in respect of the admissions report , er as you will recall er Colin and others thought that perhaps more information might be useful or would like er to see different ways in which the computer reports er on the er information |
| 8 | The issue of interpretation concerns two different ways in which the property P may be related to the entity E. |
| 9 | Its focus is on changing patterns of repeat marriage between kin and close affines ; on variations in neighbourhood organisation and the relationships between town and country ; on changing reproductive ideologies and on the different ways in which the idiom of kinship is used to recruit political groups , to reinforce patronage systems and to determine succession to ecclesiastic and political office . |
| 10 | There are several different ways in which the loss can be assessed . |
| 11 | There are two clearly different ways in which the failure to recall such situations could be explained . |
| 12 | Adjacent parishes on the Midland clays sometimes had very different histories from each other because of the varying ways in which the ownership of land was divided . |
| 13 | The research aims to identify the principal ways in which the onset of hungness changes political and management processes within such authorities . |
| 14 | Greg son ( 1987 : 5 ) identifies eight separate ways in which the term has been used but considers that these fall into three broad categories , the first concerned with ‘ the scale at which certain social and economic processes operate and the way in which the local , in the form of particular places , might relate to this ’ . |
| 15 | We uncovered four quite distinct ways in which the curriculum in practice was defined and delivered : first , as areas or subjects ( mathematics , language , and so on ) ; second , as organizational strategies ( topic work , thematic enquiry , ‘ choosing ’ , etc. ) ; third , as generic activities ( reading , writing , collaboration , construction , drawing/painting etc. ) ; fourth , as a combination of two or more of these . |
| 16 | Elton , Gruber and Rentzler ( 1984 ) identify two additional ways in which the spot and futures prices may be brought back into line — swaps and trade-the-cheapest . |
| 17 | There were obvious ways in which the measurement could be stretched to the advantage of the shooter . |
| 18 | These , in essence , are the two alternative ways in which the biochemistry of memory might work . |
| 19 | Similarly , in Greenhaven Securities Ltd v Compton ( 1985 ) 275 EG 628 the review clause prescribed three alternative ways in which the rent was to be determined , two of them introduced by " if " clauses . |
| 20 | Conservatives ( and Christian feminists also to some extent ) seek alternative ways in which the female can be symbolized in the religion , ways which it must be thought are less than satisfactory , and which become increasingly unsatisfactory as that for which women stand in our society changes . |
| 21 | The practical value of the study lies in its aim to contribute to the development of a tourist/visitor industry using local resources in an area of economic and social need and to the provision of information useful for the assessment of the alternative ways in which the tourist industry might be developed and jobs generated . |
| 22 | Patience and impatience are one of the key ways in which the pressure that the program puts upon pupils can be adjusted . |
| 23 | They can not have done this only by dividing the language into neat areas , for the areas interact in complex ways in which the whole is not equal to the sum of the parts . |
| 24 | Considering the three /o/ words , it is clear that there are three different spelling patterns represented : It needs to be indicated that these three forms , plus the o of open , are the major ways in which the sound is spelled : in other words , when the pronunciation indicates the sound o , then it 's likely , depending on the position of the sound in the word , to be spelled like this : The oa is a medial spelling , but much rarer than o-e : boat , coat , float , goat , soap , throat . |
| 25 | The total number of possible ways in which the component molecules can be arranged on the lattice increases when mixing takes place and is equal to , but as the interchanging of a molecule of ( 1 ) with another molecule ( 1 ) , or ( 2 ) with ( 2 ) will be an indistinguishable process , the net number of distinguishable arrangements will be |
| 26 | As we show in the next section , the assumption that expectations of the general price level are rational severely restricts the possible ways in which the economy can respond to the assumed change in aggregate demand . |
| 27 | This gives the set of possible ways in which the molecule can be accommodated on the lattice . |
| 28 | We are positively exploring various ways in which the organisation can make information from the archive more generally available . |
| 29 | We must take account of the various ways in which the word " style " has been used in the past : but we should be wary of becoming slaves to verbal definition . |
| 30 | Various ways in which the term has been used by philosophers … |