Example sentences of "ways [prep] [verb] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is needed are ways of expressing controversy courteously . |
| 2 | learning ways of pooling expertise rather than one-sidedly attempting to impart it |
| 3 | More traditional home grown ways of alleviating unemployment meanwhile have been outlined in each of the major parties ' manifestoes . |
| 4 | Ways of arresting decay also included covering eyes and mouth with carefully shaped pieces of jade and inserting jade plugs into other orifices of the body . |
| 5 | There are many ways of categorizing activities so as to ration your time properly . |
| 6 | And there were all sorts of ways of taking money away from the wealthy and stupid . |
| 7 | Japanese enterprises have not only developed some productive ways of organizing power internally ; they are also somewhat different in terms of their power ‘ around ’ the organization , to use Mintzberg 's ( 1983 ) phrase . |
| 8 | When animals are equipped with nasty horns , talons or beaks capable of inflicting great damage on a sparring partner , they should evolve ways of settling disputes peacefully . |
| 9 | The ‘ whole curriculum ’ approach adopts the latter position , starting from the learning activity intended for the class as a whole and seeking ways of effecting change so that individual pupils can participate without being singled out for ‘ different ’ treatment . |
| 10 | Any one of a very large number of ways of throwing rocks together would be labelled a mountain , and might have been named Mont Blanc . |
| 11 | Request his views on whether the meeting is making progress at the right pace and whether he has any ideas on ways of moving things forward . |
| 12 | Various ways of studying water strongly suggest that it is in a similar category — that is , it is a fluid containing clusters of water polymers of varying sizes which are continually changing and reforming . |
| 13 | Finally , we looked for ways of making secondments as effective as possible from the outset . |
| 14 | Dr Wolfe , working with colleagues at the Plant Breeding Institute and Dr John Barrett of the University of Liverpool , is now devising ways of making things even more difficult for the pathogens . |
| 15 | Other ways of making life more interesting for the housebound are the occasional holidays in the homes of various members of the family ; also offering to help them to entertain their friends in their own home to more than just a cup of tea , by arranging to take a pre-cooked , easily served meal round to them beforehand . |
| 16 | windows , icons , menus and pointers — are different ways of making programs more user-friendly . |
| 17 | Local records offered one of the key ways of making history more " relevant " . |
| 18 | You are n't forced into unnatural ways of doing things just to satisfy DOS 's illogical structure and impoverished workarounds . |
| 19 | It is to be hoped that this will not deter commentators from making their contribution to the debate , particularly against the background of recent corporate scandals over which auditors have been criticised , often unfairly , and against a backcloth of rapid change in the ways of doing business generally . |
| 20 | There were gentle ways of playing Bluebeard too . |
| 21 | But I mean there are huge ways of er you know very very different ways of giving service really . |
| 22 | There are better ways of curing inflation surely than killing the patient . |
| 23 | There were ways of treating prisoners properly , and of recognising that they had certain claims upon their captors ; there were also rules about the taking , sharing , and disposing of booty and pillage ; there were signs of formal war , such as the unfurling of banners or the setting off of a cannon at the start of a siege , which informed all those present that a certain legal situation now existed , hostilities having been formally declared . |
| 24 | It is based on a conviction that religious ways of interpreting reality simply must be mistaken because they appear to conflict with , or be irrelevant to , cherished and successful scientific paradigms . |