Example sentences of "a way [prep] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then I try to find a way of expressing the idea and there is n't one . |
| 32 | A ratio is a way of expressing the relationship of one figure to another , for example : |
| 33 | The only problem is that to make it a meaningful rule it would be necessary to find a way of drawing a line between humour ( forbidden ) and wit ( encouraged ) . |
| 34 | Gurney , who scored 205 goals in his fourteen years with Sunderland , worked out a way of drawing the centre-half with him while collecting the ball from the wing then suddenly laying it back to the centre for another forward . |
| 35 | Eventually National Socialism , which was deeply rooted in this national complex , was felt to be a way of withstanding the impact of unfettered foreign capitalism on German society , a way of organising the country 's own resources and of competing on more equitable terms — by force where necessary . |
| 36 | Dave Sprott , the northern dentist at 102 , whose carefully preserved northern accent had always seemed to Henry a way of criticizing the London suburb in which he found himself , suggested that they ‘ hire ’ St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 37 | A strategy using incentives is best restricted to ( and presented as ) a way of helping the child learn to do something which is very difficult , or as an appreciation of a special effort ( or sacrifice ) made . |
| 38 | It is then up to the teacher or therapist to help the parents accept that an assessment may be useful as a way of helping the child without necessarily providing a diagnostic label or a clear statement regarding the child 's future . |
| 39 | There were several reasons why Adenauer pursued such a line of argument : it might be a way of helping the new West German state to achieve equality in the international order ; it might placate West German annoyance over the role of the International Ruhr Authority ; and it might in time offer an opportunity for West Germany to regain sovereignty of the coal and steel producing Saar , which still remained in French hands . |
| 40 | In this context there seems to have been some unexplained change of thinking on the part of the Inspectorate because the eight areas of experience ( in Curriculum 11–16 ) were seen as a way of considering a common curriculum , presumably satisfying all aspects of the curriculum including ‘ education and society ’ and ‘ working life ’ . |
| 41 | The point of these examples is that using Creole to refuse a request is a way of building a particular meaning into the refusal . |
| 42 | Gandhi recognizes the weakness of an appeal to reason alone as a way of arousing a person 's sense of justice . |
| 43 | Here again , builders sometimes have a way of varying the internal party walls without telling anybody , sometimes plaintively observing ( as the troubles that ensue from this fall about their lawyer 's ears ) , " But the contract said the plan was only for identification , " and see head 6 above as to plans . |
| 44 | There is evidence particularly on the political right of a view that ‘ multiple citizenship ’ is somehow inconsistent with British citizenship , whereas what is needed is a way of combining a sense of belonging to the British , English , Welsh , Scottish or ( more problematic still ) the Northern Ireland community at the same time as feeling a sense of community with other groups . |
| 45 | It was predictable that the onerousness of the rating task held down response rate somewhat ( 33 per cent of a target population of 200 ) , but less predictably , great suspicion was aroused by the use of multiplication as a way of combining the two components of need for change . |
| 46 | However , the oven rejection of a class identity was related to a resentment against those who used , or were perceived to use , class as a way of belittling the ‘ ordinary person ’ . |
| 47 | For some Protestant thinkers , experimental science promised a way of reversing the effects of the original curse , a way of making a better world that might in some small way mirror the perfection of God 's heavenly kingdom , a way of restoring the world to a condition fit for Christ 's earthly rule . |
| 48 | Whereas to invade a pitch when a goal is disallowed may be felt magically as a way of reversing the referee 's decision . |
| 49 | If he could fix that sight , or even begin to do so , he might yet find a way of controlling the thing that had come to haunt him . |
| 50 | Unlike the continental European ecologists , Clements was working within a system that emphasized practical rather than pure research and saw science as a way of controlling the economy as a whole . |
| 51 | W was there a feeling when the this this saw table was acquired , d did you have any feeling that it was a way of controlling the wages ? |
| 52 | The software comp/decomp is then seen as a way of pushing the boat out for future Intel processors that will have video handling capabilities built into the main CPU itself . |
| 53 | It 's kind of a way of stealing the soul . |
| 54 | Classic ritual of the disappointing album : buy it at the Megastore ; go for coffee as a way of prolonging the moment of consumption , rip off the cellophane , remove the card inlay ( taking care not to tear it on the little perspex teeth ) and scan the lyrics ( Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa/My pony boy ’ — shit ! ) ; tube home ( further lyric-skimming ) ; feed it to the CD player , skip to the second track while still halfway through the first , sample that , move on , hop and jump to the end and start wondering about forthcoming birthdays — then back to the beginning in the hope that maybe it is , as we used to say , a grower . |
| 55 | More often it works as a way of postponing the cost to the successful assisted litigant until damages and costs are received from the opponent . |
| 56 | There have been general pressures towards greater ‘ commercialism ’ as a way of restructuring the public enterprise sector and of easing the problems of fiscal crisis . |
| 57 | Now researchers have found a way of using a gene which destroys cancer cells , but does not effect others . |
| 58 | We are inclined to think that this is a way of using the structure in principle , but that this is simply the sort of thing that no speaker is ever likely to want to say . |
| 59 | Jazz Chants for Children provides a way of teaching the rhythm , stress , and intonation of American English which will keep children enthralled . |
| 60 | If there is a break in recording during the lecture for any reason , you will also have to find a way of telling the viewer what happened in the gap . |