Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unusual terms may need to be given special prominence , or be highlighted in some way , otherwise they may not be incorporated in the contract ( Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 348 ) . |
| 2 | The conference in 1968 on the transmission of schizophrenia , reported by Rosenthal and Kety , brought together researchers from each camp , and is probably the time at which all sides came to agree that both genetic and environmental factors must be implicated in some way . |
| 3 | The central ‘ pitch ’ should not , however , be altered in any way . |
| 4 | Would his ‘ status ’ be altered in some way by this new scene , perhaps simply by the change itself ? |
| 5 | Could the organization be altered in some way to avoid the need to recruit , yet still obtain the same on the job results ? |
| 6 | I hope that I did not give the impression that a Bill could be amended in any way at all as that is not so . |
| 7 | Thus he seems to be arguing from within a position which holds that aggression is an innate attribute of sufficient strength that it needs to be redirected in some way for it not to manifest itself in interhuman relations . |
| 8 | Although it is not clear that subjective risk can be biased in this way theories of driving which stress a schematic or conceptual representation of the environment ( e.g. Dubois , 1991 ; Fleury , Mazet & Dubois , 1988 ; Groeger , 1988 , 1989 ; Riemersma , 1988 ) might suggest that biases in the perception of the environment would indirectly lead to biases in subjective risk , either because risk is an important aspect of such schemata or because subjective risk would result from the inconsistency between the environment and pre-existing schemata . |
| 9 | ‘ The distribution of the lividity can only be explained in that way . |
| 10 | Thus it is often argued that statutes punishing cruelty to animals can only be explained in that way . |
| 11 | In practice , however , from about 5 o'clock in the morning onwards changes occur that can not be explained in this way . |
| 12 | Though many poltergeist influences can be explained in this way , what of those which happen in empty , uninhabited properties ? |
| 13 | But with cats it seems to be too common to be explained in this way . |
| 14 | Many aspects of adult cat behaviour can be explained in this way , the relics of kittenhood remaining with our pets until they are old and senile . |
| 15 | In other words , can all creativity be explained in this way ? |
| 16 | The errors which occur could be explained in this way . |
| 17 | A few borings indicating greater thicknesses might be explained away as going diagonally through detritus on the outer flank of the reef , but there are now too many for one to conclude that the results can be explained in this way . |
| 18 | In a similar case of a montane forest , between 56 tree species in several families , this time in Jamaica , there was , again , only slight interspecific temporal separation in the use of animal pollinators and dispersal agents , thus ‘ niche ’ separation in this sense is slight and the coexistence of the 56 species can not be explained in this way . |
| 19 | Empirically based hypotheses were subject to revision ; for , as he put it himself , the facts might be explained in another way as yet unknown to men . |
| 20 | Now then I was going to ask one simple question and that is , has anyone thought about keep sending postcards to people , er if the , erm reply is going to be delayed in any way , because at least then the person if there 's sufficiently good reference will be able to , phone up and say look you know , yes I 'm not happy , it seems to me that that would be a way forward on that , erm . |
| 21 | Considerable indignation was expressed by one constable when recalling an incident at which a colleague was assigned by a headmaster to merely the non-examination classes , feeling that their work in schools should not be marginalized in this way . |
| 22 | 1 How does the story describe the character of the Cassowary ? 2 What is the Bower-bird like ? 3 What makes the Bower-bird decide to trick the Cassowary ? 4 Do you think the Cassowary deserves to be tricked in this way ? |
| 23 | Going a step further , the idea that conflict may be hidden in this way suggests that those who are relatively powerless may be unwilling or unable to translate their interests into claims on public policy . |
| 24 | Polymer dimensions can be calculated in this way if an assumption is made about the best model . |
| 25 | It is good advice for there is no substitute for the sort of general information that can be gathered in this way . |
| 26 | Although capillary fittings can be ‘ dry assembled ’ and the position of pipes marked , they ca n't be adjusted in this way after installation . |
| 27 | Petrographic methods have provided some indications because the grain-size of the white marble from some quarries is very distinctive , but not all quarries can be distinguished in this way . |
| 28 | At sites where a number of periods of occupation overlie one another , the archaeologist has to identify and record very large numbers of what are referred to as contexts — divisions of the excavated material that can be distinguished in some way from their neighbours . |
| 29 | You have to be punished in some way , and you know as well as I do that your case lacks substance . |
| 30 | He should not , therefore , be regarded in any way as an up-market embalmer , but a serious scientist , extending his knowledge , and private curiosity , in perfecting a way to arrest the post-mortem decomposition of the human body by the balanced use of chemicals , spices and herbs . |