Example sentences of "[prep] a way that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monthly payments will then be made for maintaining the lands in a way that preserves their wildlife and scenic beauty . |
| 2 | It encourages individuals to make a personal pledge to change their lives in a way that minimises their impact on the environment — each of the eight pledges shown here will make a real difference . |
| 3 | Some LEAs ( notably ILEA ) have tried to present examination results in a way that relates them to the ability of the school 's intake . |
| 4 | In addition , many of them can be tied into Personal Construct Theory in a way that allows its associated Repertory Grid Technique to be used both as an investigatory tool and as a means whereby the perception of art might be enhanced . |
| 5 | This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives . |
| 6 | This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives . |
| 7 | I want to make the volume of the space tangible , so that it is understood immediately , physically , by your body ; not that the sculpture is a body in relation to your body , but that the volume , through the placement of the two sculptural elements , becomes manifest in a way that allows you to experience it as a whole . |
| 8 | And in the afternoon , at the time he was drowned , her mother would call her inside and bolt the door , and they would kneel together and say the rosary for the soul of the father she had never known ; and when all those Hail Mary 's had been said , and the Glory Be 's and the Our Father , and they had made the sign of the Cross together , her mother would pull out the silver Madonna she always kept hidden at her breast and press her lips to it in a way that said everything you needed to know about love and death and being a woman . |
| 9 | And it had made him feel big in a way that had nothing to do with macho trappings . |
| 10 | But Newley sings it in a way that personalises it . |
| 11 | Nevertheless he did not base his decision upon section 25 , but held that the sellers ' lien was defeated because the sellers , who knew in advance of the sub-sale , had assented to it in a way that indicated their intention to forego the lien . |
| 12 | As a result it was accepted by the 1630s that English colonies could take most decisions for themselves , and this meant they developed the institutions which , over the course of time , grew in a way that enabled them to become self-governing and then independent by stages which could be so small as sometimes to be imperceptible . |
| 13 | So far as Pitt was concerned , America came first , but he was as delighted as anyone when the English force protecting Hanover won a distinct success against France at Minden , which might have been decisive if Lord George Sackville had not disobeyed an order to charge in a way that exposed him to conspicuous , though not permanent , disgrace . |
| 14 | When you see her being bossy , you can intervene in a way that lets her see that the other children need a chance to say what they want to do . |
| 15 | So , in their own interest , the firms should be very careful that the finger is not pointed at them , that they are not seen to have acted in a way that abuses their power and cuts across their independence and integrity . ’ |
| 16 | They should help small farmers , but not in a way that discourages them from getting larger or farming better : there must be no farming poverty trap . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're a terrible man — ’ she managed to croak as he touched her in a way that transported her back at once to the heaven of the previous night . |
| 18 | The frescoes , for example , show many elements that are borrowed from Minoan Crete , but handled in a way that turns them into distinctively Theran compositions . |
| 19 | Otley said , holding me close and nibbling my ear in a way that drives me wild . |
| 20 | The drawing room , dining room and library combine elegance and homeliness in a way that suits our century admirably . |
| 21 | There are people in the Civil Service who can talk in a way that fascinates her . ’ |
| 22 | He cuddled her and felt the bump in a way that made her uneasy as to the propriety of it and asked constantly how this baby was to climb out . |
| 23 | Francis was trying to divide his attention between the little moving pictures and the Doctor 's argument with the dreadful Lacuna woman , but he had seen the blond girl smile in a way that made her face look almost unattractive , and he had heard her whisper savagely . |
| 24 | He smiled again , in a way that made her heart turn over . |
| 25 | He came back to her in a barely controlled rush , gently parting her legs , his mouth and hands caressing her body in a way that made her move sinuously against him , and which wrenched a low moan of need from his throat . |
| 26 | She flicked him a perfunctory smile , seeing the mockery lingering in his dark eyes in a way that made her itch to reach out and slap him . |
| 27 | He glanced down at her , his dark eyes crinkling at the corners as he smiled in a way that made her heart turn a tiny somersault . |
| 28 | He smiled in a way that made her heart stop beating . |
| 29 | He curled his arm round Claudia 's waist , smiling at the receptionist in a way that made her assure him she would keep his secret . |
| 30 | Marc was still gripping her wrist in a way that made her feel like melting against him . |