Example sentences of "way that [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 2 | For instance , he examines the development of dolls from 3000 BC , via the 18th century mechanical automata , through to the possible future delights ( or horrors ) of pornographic robots which entertain their human companions in ways that might well be measured in kilocuddles . |
| 3 | But America 's top shops are learning to apply their bar-code data in ways that might surprise a good many customers who shop more often than Mr Bush — and that signal big changes ahead for store managers , as well . |
| 4 | In her essay ‘ Sculpture in the Expanded Field ’ , 5 art historian Rosalind Krauss explored ideas about categories in ways that might be useful to this discussion about textiles : ‘ over the last 10 years rather surprising things have come to be called sculpture : narrow corridors with TV monitors at the ends , large photographs documenting country hikes … categories like sculpture and painting have been kneaded and stretched and twisted in an extraordinary demonstration of elasticity , and display of the way in which a cultural term can be extended to include just about anything ’ . |
| 5 | In some ways that might be good news , some ways it is n't . |
| 6 | A very strong impression , even now , is of a lack of diversity in the planning and delivery of activities in ways that may not be in the best interests of the children . |
| 7 | There is a need to distinguish between a child 's mental representation and the different ways that may be used to realize that mental representation pictorially . |
| 8 | She had shown Cheryl little ways that would help her to remember the semaphore letters and she practised signalling with her . |
| 9 | What is quite clear is that after the death of Lanfranc the English monks felt free to assert themselves in ways that would have been impossible while Lanfranc lived . |
| 10 | A division of labour , for example , might have been different in ways that would have affected the system of education . |
| 11 | In the longer run , a measure which drew the line between voters and voteless was bound to increase the consciousness of the latter in ways that would encourage an upsurge of working-class political aspirations . |
| 12 | However , thanks partly to the arrival of the sound film , this small measure was to change the nature of the British film industry in ways that could hardly have been foreseen by the legislators , and enable it to ‘ project England ’ more effectively than it had ever done before . |
| 13 | Human activities , now , are upsetting this dialogue , and we will look at how we are changing the atmosphere , ever so slightly but none the less crucially , in ways that could endanger all of life . |
| 14 | Hunters do not portray the hunt in ways that could be construed as aggressive , either in the hunter 's emotional state or in his attitude to the prey . |
| 15 | They had their pagan deities , and worshipped them in ways that could be quite riotous . |
| 16 | The bondholding may help the firm get its foot in the door to win the business ; and once it is inside , the firm will be tempted to propose a restructuring of the company 's debt in ways that will benefit its own holdings . |
| 17 | To influence government policy in ways that will benefit their members . |
| 18 | Social workers can help by understanding the demanding nature of residential care , and by building bridges in ways that will be explained . |
| 19 | Our purpose should be to provide visitors with experiences which will enhance their knowledge , enjoyment and appreciation of the work carried out here in ways that will make them wish to support us , but not overwhelm us . |
| 20 | Suppose he notes that Elmer is likely to use the inheritance in ways that will benefit the community more than any use Goneril and Regan are likely to make of it . |
| 21 | Delivering the Drew lecture on ‘ Government and the Arts ’ at the Central London Polytechnic , Mr Fisher pointed out that when Mr Luce announced three-year funding for the arts in November 1987 , he had said the figure could not be reviewed ‘ unless the situation changes substantially in ways that can not be foreseen today ’ . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Process redesign may have generated more hype than light , but at its core is the imaginative use of today 's computing power in ways that can be peculiarly useful to banks . |
| 24 | Strident in tone , punitive in outlook , and personalizing issues in ways that can cause great distress to individuals , the tabloids are the stocks of the modern age . |
| 25 | In order to test the rival theories , it is necessary to define maturity , volume and price volatility in ways that can be measured . |
| 26 | Opinions on a whole range of theoretical issues were polarized in ways that can be related to positions taken up in the struggle for control of the social framework of science . |
| 27 | New technology affecting the storage and dissemination of information will change the collection in ways that can only be guessed at . |
| 28 | A Greenpeace spokesman commented : " The dictates of free trade lead to competitive pressures on companies , which seek the lowest costs in ways that can be harmful to the environment . " |
| 29 | We may be meant to think that time is simultaneous , in a way that may owe something to the simultaneity propounded , ‘ perhaps ’ , in Eliot 's Four Quartets , where ‘ History is now and England ’ ; or that it is cyclical , a turning wheel , with human depravity paling into insignificance as the wheel turns into modern times . |
| 30 | It can hold couples together in a way that may seem to the outsider against all reason . |