Example sentences of "as [art] [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's no longer thought of as cranky or old-fashioned , as the press tries to make out , but as a much-needed way of helping to preserve this world by finding alternatives to chemicals and peat-cutting . |
| 32 | He had never wanted her to be given in marriage to Dom João , and had seen that gentleman 's non-arrival as a good way of calling off the match should Sara wish it . |
| 33 | Record companies consider this support quite economic because they view a band 's tours as a good way of promoting records . |
| 34 | The number of entrants was swelled by the servicemen who took part , ‘ volunteered ’ by their superior officers as a good way of keeping fit and in training , especially as some did it in their army boots . |
| 35 | The Legion was formed on 10 March 1831 by royal decree of Prince Louis-Philippe , who saw it as a good way of clearing Paris of undesirable elements and at the same time providing free labour to defend and build France 's new colonial empire . |
| 36 | It could only be assimilated to it if ‘ I disapprove of prostitution ’ were treated as a tentative way of saying that prostitution is wrong , that is , as a tentative expression of an attitude against prostitution rather than as an expression of one 's awareness of one 's own disapproval of it . |
| 37 | ANDF is based on UK Defence Research Agency technology and is conceived as a ground-breaking way of enabling software vendors to write , package and distribute one single version of an application to run unchanged on laptops , workstations , servers , mainframes , even supercomputers . |
| 38 | ANDF is conceived as a ground-breaking way of enabling software vendors to write , package and distribute one single version of an application to run unchanged on laptops , workstations , servers , mainframes , even supercomputers . |
| 39 | Historically this was created shortly after nineteen sixty one as a rough way of judging the submissions which had been made for sketch plan purposes on the basis of the nineteen fifty five circular . |
| 40 | Above all , it 's a relaxing therapy and she sees it as a major way of helping a runner ‘ warm down ’ . |
| 41 | In Japan the government tends to see academics as a useful way of influencing public opinion : how handy if they can be persuaded to open public discussion of a policy change the politicians want to make . |
| 42 | Men use video cameras and produce and film ‘ news bulletins ’ as a useful way of learning to work in small groups , to see how they present themselves and to gain confidence generally . |
| 43 | Most scientists do n't either , they just become familiar with manipulating their own abstract language as a useful way of organizing information . |
| 44 | The previous owner had parked a large , old-fashioned caravan at the back and the Canadian had made no difficulty about letting this to Neil for two pounds a week , seeing it as a useful way of having someone to keep an eye on the property . |
| 45 | After initially agreeing with Gaitskell , he had won the confidence of the chairmen by putting their case loyally and firmly , excusing his outburst later to Gaitskell as a necessary way of bringing the chairmen round to compromise . |
| 46 | Nothing decided in the present case is intended in the least degree to diminish the high importance rightly recognised to attach to the concept of the implied undertaking as a necessary way of underpinning the integrity of the discovery process ( post , p. 926F ) . |
| 47 | Certainly nothing that we decide in the present case is intended in the least degree to diminish the high importance rightly recognised to attach to the concept of the implied undertaking as a necessary way of underpinning the integrity of the discovery process . |
| 48 | Whereas people once felt that there must be a certain desperation in answering magazine ‘ lonely heart ’ advertisements or in going along to a dating bureau , nowadays these channels are seen as a practical way of finding a new friend or suitable lover . |
| 49 | Meanwhile , we must return to the point where we introduced rationality as a Weberian way of making precise the concept of meaning . |
| 50 | They also perceive a danger that their skills in recruiting volunteers will be seen as a cheap way of providing care . |
| 51 | Button badges were invented in America in 1896 as a cheap way of promoting candidates in a presidential election . |
| 52 | They also recommended drama as a powerful way of communicating appropriate messages . |
| 53 | Did he just get a kick out of being in control , and saw this as a clever way of controlling her , as well as Sarah Chester Fabrics ? |
| 54 | Foucault has even been accused of returning , in this work , to the concept of a totality in the episteme ; it has certainly been somewhat hastily assumed that the latter can be appropriated more or less as a new way of describing a historical ‘ period ’ . |
| 55 | During your schooldays , were you ever given any encouragement to look at photography as a possible way of earning your living ? |
| 56 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 57 | The idea of market socialism has appealed to economic reformers in Eastern Europe as a possible way of overcoming glaring problems of bureaucratic inefficiency and worker alienation evident in centrally planned economies . |
| 58 | And why are we telling them this if it 's not eligible for consideration as a possible way of depriving us of an cash ? |
| 59 | Tt erm the magazine , a magazine 's a good way of getting referrals I ca n't remember who it is , somebody who er Ken I think it is , er uses the magazines as a great way of saying erm you 've read that in the magazine , you 've found it useful , tell me what about the chaps at Excon , who , who else would you work with who would find it useful to have a subscription , some kind of subscription , who , who should be placed on our mailing list . |
| 60 | Some husbands , still angry with their mothers for childhood hurts , cheat on their wives as an expression of hostility towards women — and as a perverse way of getting even with their mothers . |