Example sentences of "way [verb] [noun] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Miss Claybury , the most successful way to treat insanity is with kindness , ’ James told her when she insisted that a particularly deranged woman of middle age should remain chained by the ankle to her bed . |
| 2 | The easiest way to monitor change is by weighing regularly . |
| 3 | There is an important strand in English thought , which is traceable to Hobbes 's idea of civitas , and which believes that the only way to preserve society is by acknowledging a perpetual sovereign power . |
| 4 | Particularly for the concepts of accountability outlined in Divisions I and II of table 2.1 , an important way to communicate accountability is through the provision of financial , and related , information — financial accountability . |
| 5 | Most significant things , from marriages to murders , happen between people who know each other well , so the best way to reach people is by word of mouth in the right places . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps Terence is right to say that the most creative way to use psychedelics is in your own home , lying down in silence , ’ he continues . |
| 7 | Another useful way to use punishment is in combination with positive reinforcement . |
| 8 | I discovered only last year that he quickest way to forget problems is by leaving terra firma several hundred feet below you — the less firm — the more terra … |
| 9 | It has led some people to argue that the only sensible way to study learning is by examining it in the ecological conditions to which it is adapted ( Johnston , 1981 ) . |
| 10 | Penn 's role was that of a rookie cop who believes that the only way to fight violence is with violence . |
| 11 | The only way to protect property is by the construction of bollards and barriers , but that requires the consent of landlords and planning authorities . |
| 12 | On the other , he claims on the letters page ( Letters report ) that my suggestion — that the way to revitalise socialism is by rank and file activity at the grassroots — is no way forward because 97 per cent of workplaces employ fewer than 20 people . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most obvious way to build strength is by training with weights . |
| 14 | The way to eradicate threadworms is for the whole family ( apart , possibly , from pregnant mums ) to take de-worming treatment , either an over-the-counter medication or the rather more effective prescribed preparation from your doctor . |
| 15 | There is no such thing as bad publicity , and sometimes the only way to force change is to be anti-social and become a problem which eventually the authorities have to deal with . |
| 16 | Southern California has decided that the way to control pollution is by law . |
| 17 | The way to analyse ideology is through a theory of communicative action . |
| 18 | The cheapest way to fatten beef is on grass , and for this rather special conditions are required . |
| 19 | They declared that the ‘ only way to defeat apartheid is by broadening the base of anti-apartheid forces ’ . |
| 20 | The relevant difference to maximize for those legislators who see maximizing their district 's private benefits as a way to seek re-election is between and , which occurs at project size ON in the diagram . |
| 21 | And while it 's said that central government intervention would ‘ not be appropriate ’ , campaigners feel the only way to improve matters is through legislation . |
| 22 | Colour co-ordinated plant arrangements and an easy way to propagate begonias are among the bright ideas suggested by Carol Kurrein this month |
| 23 | The best way to make money is to be a ! |
| 24 | An easy way to impress novices is by quoting the latin names of various sea creatures . |
| 25 | If you plan to use the loft space for storage , the only safe way to gain access is by means of a properly fitted loft ladder . |