Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're a long way off retiring yet , Marlene . |
| 2 | They 're a good way of starting off your suntan before you go on holiday . |
| 3 | No that , I I just walk like that Sir , they 're suede , they 're a special way of walking . |
| 4 | Mr and Mrs T questioned whether family counselling might have been a better way of dealing with a very complicated situation , or at worst whether an interdict could be placed on the older boys in the W family . |
| 5 | In the fifteenth century it had been a practical way of making agriculture more profitable , in the sixteenth it was more likely to create a vagrancy problem as men were dispossessed from the land , and this indeed was a social issue which came to the forefront of public attention in the Tudor period . |
| 6 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 7 | Because invoice discounting does not involve banks of computers and armies of clerks to handle clients ' sales ledgers it has been a low-cost way of getting into this market . |
| 8 | Although it may have been a convenient way of getting her out of the country , this also indicates that Ælfgifu had previously enjoyed a recognised position . |
| 9 | In the 30-plus years since I started my CIT life as a student , I have found the many local and national meetings and lectures to have been a valuable way of giving and receiving information and help . |
| 10 | Such interviews provide an index of ‘ psychological malaise ’ but they are a long way from producing the more concrete statistics provided by medical consultation , prescription levels and mortality rates . |
| 11 | We are a long way from liberating the woman from the artificial status of woman artist , which only serves to segregate her further and prevents her working as an individual professional artist , regardless of her political stance — do we call a man a male artist ? |
| 12 | The new appointments demonstrate a commitment by the Saatchi brothers to restore the company 's fortunes and suggest they are a long way from turning their backs on the business they built . |
| 13 | That the social sciences are a long way from devising scales which even approximate to the temperature scale is not to be wondered at . |
| 14 | The only other sense man has had any success in recording and reproducing on its own is sight , although moving pictures and videos are a long way from fooling the human eye in quite the way sound can fool the ear . |
| 15 | Add to this cost the growth in government expenditure , and we are a long way in explaining why the real value of the tax threshold , or the level of income at which tax begins to be paid , has fallen during the post-war period . |
| 16 | middle-class people , rich people , go elsewhere ; they go and see their GP , they have a wider network of people that they could perhaps draw on ; and if they do n't they have the nine-to-five freedom from their children , the release from the pressures of having kids around ; they have boarding schools which are a legitimate way of getting rid of our children if you have the money to do it . |
| 17 | Templates are not essential for the recipes in this book , but are a useful way of transferring more complicated designs and outlines from paper to icing or cake . |
| 18 | Bar charts are a useful way of looking at sets of figures . |
| 19 | They are usually so mild that you wo n't be aware of them , but during late pregnancy they become more noticeable , and are a painless way of preparing the body for labour . |
| 20 | Themes are a splendid way of giving exhibitors a bias ; it challenges them to put on their thinking caps and at times they can find material with only a subtle connection . |
| 21 | Car boot sales are a great way of clearing out the attic , and making a few pounds into the bargain . |
| 22 | Evening classes are a good way of meeting people , adding to your skills , having fun , and learning at the same time , without the organisational demands that a club may make upon you . |
| 23 | Simulations are a good way of getting children reading painlessly in a real-life situation . |
| 24 | Meals are a good way of suggesting the passage of time in a movie . |
| 25 | ‘ Listening games are a good way of helping someone use their memory . |
| 26 | Baby carriers/slings leave your hands and arms free , and are a good way of transporting your baby in the first few months . |
| 27 | Babysitting circles are a good way of making sure you can get a babysitter when you want one , but they do involve some effort on your part — you 'll have to do babysitting in exchange ! |
| 28 | He believes that ‘ managed currency funds are a good way of protecting the purchasing power of sterling-based investors . |
| 29 | Height lines are a quick way of establishing a vertical scale . |
| 30 | It says two Darlington pubs the Hole in the Wall and Lascelles Park are operating well under the new leases and that they are a unique way of putting pubs on a proper commercial footing . |