Example sentences of "are [verb] in [adj] ways " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polyester fibres are treated in various ways to produce fillings which can trap a great deal of air . |
| 2 | Both intention and dishonesty are questions for the jury , but are treated in different ways . |
| 3 | Here , attention was drawn to the dominance of a sub-culture of child abuse expertise into which many professionals working in the field are socialised in different ways . |
| 4 | Japanese has two suffixes , -wa and -ga , the functions of which are explained in different ways by different linguists but which are said to mark , among other things , topic and non-topic respectively . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) Sensory Setae — Very frequently the setae of certain parts of the body , particularly the appendages , are modified in special ways and become sensory in function . |
| 6 | Animals live in populations that are dispersed in characteristic ways in the environment , ways that can usually be interpreted as a function of the behaviour of individual members operating as strategies for survival and reproduction . |
| 7 | Every social worker has a responsibility to stand up for their own profession , to accept criticism humbly when it is due , and to explain why things are done in certain ways . |
| 8 | Compounds are written in different ways ; sometimes they are written as one word , e.g. ‘ armchair ’ , ‘ sunflower ’ , sometimes with the words separated by a hyphen , e.g. ‘ gear-change ’ , ‘ fruit-cake ’ , and sometimes with two words separated by a space , e.g. ‘ desk lamp ’ , ‘ battery charger ’ . |
| 9 | However , even a rudimentary enquiry into the problems discussed above shows that they are connected in obvious ways . |
| 10 | Other types of blown vinyl are made in similar ways , and may include metallic-type paper surfaces with a slightly reflective sheen . |
| 11 | ( 1982 , 1986 ) , in an extremely thorough investigation of the relative positions of young workers in contrasting local labour markets , define a number of different recruitment strategies in which qualifications vary in significance , are used in different ways and are almost invariably of secondary importance relative to other factors . |
| 12 | It contains similar rhythmic elements , but they are used in different ways . |
| 13 | Not only do the questions differ , the one asking about " factual " information , the other about attitude or belief , but also the answers are used in different ways . |
| 14 | One is that differences in accounting methods between countries mean that p/es are misleading , because earnings are measured in different ways . |
| 15 | You do n't have to be a historian to know a pretty flower when you see one , and although this is not intended to be a text book — there is more than enough literature available to fulfil that function — I do suggest that your enjoyment of roses can be enhanced by knowing just a little about the many different kinds , and such matters as why they are cultivated in certain ways , why they are pruned , and so on — and to see a strange word , and know what it means ! |
| 16 | Furthermore , it is the responsibility of formal carers to ensure that the least attractive and approachable of the old people , if they need help , are not neglected by informal care systems or , if that is unavoidable , that they are helped in other ways . |
| 17 | A vast number of debt summonses are issued in the county courts each year leading to judgements which are enforced in various ways . |
| 18 | Consequently ‘ they have senses that are affected in different ways ’ , and perceive things differently . |
| 19 | Forests at high elevations and trees more than 60 years old appear to suffer worst , but different tree species are affected in different ways and at different rates . |
| 20 | ABOVE Various types of buried features and finds are detected in different ways by magnetic surveying ( above ) and by resistivity surveying ( below ) . |
| 21 | In most of the accounts of animal abuse , be they in factory farm or primate laboratory , even the more sensitive monkeys are portrayed in similar ways : comatose , agitated , even neurotic , often with serious injuries , but not necessarily in pain . |
| 22 | Ethnomethodology depicts conversation as discourse constructed and negotiated between the participants , following pre-established patterns , and marking the direction they are taking in particular ways : with pauses , laughter , intonations , filler words , and established formulae . |
| 23 | Such a framework would note that the speaker or spokesman can be distinct from the source of an utterance , the recipient distinct from the target , and hearers or bystanders distinct from addressees or targets , and that sometimes such distinctions are grammaticalized in non-obvious ways ( see Levinson , in prep . ) . |
| 24 | This example demonstrates what we mean when we say that choices are never totally ‘ free ’ but are influenced in complex ways by the socialisation process and by practical constraints . |
| 25 | If these odours , operating on an unconscious level , can have such profound effects , it is likely that our lives are influenced in other ways by the human scent . |
| 26 | Problems are categorized in elaborate ways and rules devised to determine how the organization should respond to the arrival of any new problem falling into one or another of the existing categories . |
| 27 | When translating , the probabilities are combined in various ways and the highest scoring combination selected . |
| 28 | And this also makes possible the minor type of conceptual relativism in which texts are construed in different ways . |
| 29 | It is common for funding to be split between books and periodicals , since these two types of material are acquired in different ways , and in this case book finding is almost always further subdivided by subject . |
| 30 | While I do not want to detract from the bilinguals ' versatility or the value of their multicultural experience , I will argue in this chapter that in fact monolinguals have broadly the same range of linguistic " powers " as bilinguals have , though sometimes these are manifested in other ways . |