Example sentences of "way [conj] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She had shown Cheryl little ways that would help her to remember the semaphore letters and she practised signalling with her .
2 The barrister behaved impeccably , and indicated repeatedly that he was not prepared to concede that he had ‘ offended against [ section 19A of the Act of 1985 ] in a way that would entitle your Honour to make an order . ’
3 The right-wing intellectuals sought to influence postwar political culture in a way that would destigmatise their fascist ideas .
4 Ecology was a parallel move designed not to transcend field studies , but to transform them in a way that would make them genuinely scientific .
5 ‘ The expectations may be based upon some statement or undertaking by , or on behalf of , the public authority which has the duty of making the decision , if the authority has , through its officers , acted in a way that would make it unfair or inconsistent with good administration for him to be denied such an inquiry .
6 They should be able to grasp a total situation from the fragments presented to them and respond linguistically in a way that would benefit their business .
7 Frequently husbands and wives will attempt to arouse each other in a way that would suit them personally and this causes problems .
8 She flounced into the bathroom , and then tried to think how to flounce out again in any way that would get her past his indispensable face and into the bloody lift .
9 To wean himself away from concrete , physical sensation , the Jewish adept should learn to contemplate language in a way that would divorce it from meaning and physical reality .
10 It was Owen who took up the challenge of modernizing the argument from design in a way that would allow it to incorporate the innovative aspects of transcendental anatomy .
11 Lissa pressed her fingertips to the window-pane , as though in some way that would keep him near to her , but the ambulance moved off along the road and the fragile connection was severed .
12 When I mentioned this to my father he said he had to drive up that way and would take me in the car and call back for me within a couple of hours .
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