Example sentences of "be [prep] [det] ways " in BNC.
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| 1 | In stressing this aspect , Marx and Engles were basing themselves in great part on the excellent description that Morgan had supplied for the matrilineal descent groups of the Iroquois , and , in his stress on the community aspect of descent groups , Morgan has been in many ways supported by later work . |
| 2 | ‘ But when you look at the legislation , which has been in many ways draconian for the situation which exists today , you have great difficulty in saying who is and who is not under the age of 16 . |
| 3 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 4 | They have been in some ways too successful . |
| 5 | At the end of the sixteenth century the ‘ crowned republic ’ of Poland had been in some ways one of the great powers of Europe . |
| 6 | Women of the first group are in many ways utterly dissimilar from each other , differing in language , religion and customs ( see tables 1 and 2 ) , but their roles in the peasant societies they have come from have a lot in common . |
| 7 | Islands are in many ways special : so much so that ecologists have coined the expression ‘ island biogeography ’ to describe their particular features . |
| 8 | Yet the more we look at our surroundings , the more we find that they are in many ways far above the average . |
| 9 | These are in many ways ideal , since they aim at comprehensiveness , are arranged in classified order , and give a good deal of information with each entry . |
| 10 | The main conclusion drawn is not only that modern scientific notions of time are in many ways puzzling and paradoxical ; even more important for Shallis is that the essential quality of our actual experience of time is left out of such treatments altogether . |
| 11 | Political attitudes towards press and radio in independent Tanzania are in many ways typical of those in newly independent African nations . |
| 12 | Centuries ago they created torsion powered and counter-weighted devices which are their equivalent of cannons , perfecting them to such a degree that they are in many ways superior to crude gunpowder weapons . |
| 13 | Humphrey ( 1976 ) has argued convincingly that animals are in many ways over-equipped for the inanimate environment , but the environment provided by other animals ( particularly clever ones ) is especially complex , difficult to predict and difficult to control . |
| 14 | The principles of the two applications of games theory are in many ways the same but their results point , in a sense , in opposite directions . |
| 15 | This is not to deny that the ending of a marriage through death , and through divorce , are in many ways very different experiences , nor that they may be handled differently in families , but the point here is that the idea that kin groups used to be much more stable over time than they are today has to be modified by historical evidence . |
| 16 | Mrs Whitehouse is concerned not only that television companies are using their influence to promote political causes but , as was suggested above , that they are in many ways responsible for the ‘ moral decline ’ which she has identified . |
| 17 | Although ( according to attitudinism ) ethical statements express attitudes rather than beliefs they are in many ways quite comparable to factual statements which express beliefs . |
| 18 | Although the RNLI has a unique appeal , the methods of attracting support are in many ways no different to those used by all the other major charities in the country . |
| 19 | Phrases such as ‘ sick man of Europe ’ ; ‘ Winter of Discontent ’ ; ‘ who rules Britain ? ’ — these phrases are in many ways too well known . |
| 20 | Indeed , in this latter case a casual and a short-term contract worker are in many ways indistinguishable , since , as we have seen in Chapter 1 , it is only after four weeks employment that a worker is entitled to a minimum period of notice . |
| 21 | Nizan 's literary and political activities are in many ways best understood as a contribution to what he would doubtless have designated as a " cultural revolution " . |
| 22 | The Twist family , taking part in their Prout Quest 33 Quicksticks , are in many ways exemplars of the composite ARC participant . |
| 23 | It is perhaps hard to see what Picasso found to admire that was common to both tribal sculpture and the work of Cézanne , two arts which are in many ways diametrically opposed . |
| 24 | Such open landforms are in many ways more satisfactory for study than , for example , the cultivated , boulder clay country of East Anglia , where natural forms are obscured by woods , hedges and buildings , or the tangled rain forest of the Amazon Basin . |
| 25 | Words are in many ways the tools of thought ; they are what the individual uses to formulate as well as express his ideas . |
| 26 | The forest routes are in many ways ideal for these activities because ( a ) there is little or no motor traffic , ( b ) the tracks are well maintained , and ( c ) the trees provide shelter . |
| 27 | The current reforms are in many ways a logical development and strengthening of the Griffiths management philosophy , but the nub of the reforms — the creation of the quasi-market — is a radical new departure . |
| 28 | The court , the enquiry and the investigation are in many ways similar , and all will include elements of reconstruction . |
| 29 | Information sharing , access , and security are in many ways the same issue viewed from different angles , with the emphasis varying according to how open an organisation is . |
| 30 | I think Cruttenden 's arguments are in many ways convincing , but one must recognise that if intonation is influenced by and reflects the grammar , it follows that it must be a help to listeners in interpreting the grammar of what they hear , and perhaps more importantly , if a speaker 's intonation is inappropriate in relation to the grammar , listeners will find it more difficult to interpret the grammar , and may be confused . |