Example sentences of "[prep] a way [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Some LEAs ( notably ILEA ) have tried to present examination results in a way that relates them to the ability of the school 's intake .
2 This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives .
3 This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives .
4 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 .
5 But Newley sings it in a way that personalises it .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 ‘ 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 .
11 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 .
12 Otley said , holding me close and nibbling my ear in a way that drives me wild .
13 There are people in the Civil Service who can talk in a way that fascinates her . ’
14 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 .
15 Marc was still gripping her wrist in a way that made her feel like melting against him .
16 She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him .
17 Fran tried to step past him , but he just stood where he was , making no attempt to get out of her way while he continued to study her in a way that made her suddenly self-conscious .
18 Just for a second she met his curious gaze then looked away , feeling her heart pounding in a way that made her feel sick .
19 I 'd seen him earlier that night , here at the house , behaving in a way that made me very anxious to find out what he was doing here on Moila . ’
20 But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning .
21 He had a think , and blew his nose , noticing after a moment that her mind was fixed on his words in a way that made him feel quite light .
22 Intellectual reviewers took him up in left-wing papers because of his music-hall background and appreciated him in a way that made him wretched .
23 Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size .
24 The new literacy arising from compulsory elementary education meant that boys could read about a sport which was organized in a way that made it difficult to watch regularly .
25 In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women .
26 At that time , the physics course at Oxford was arranged in a way that made it particularly easy to avoid work .
27 She said please in a way that made it a special request of her own .
28 He smiled slowly down at her , his gaze centring on her mouth in a way that made it start to throb .
29 ‘ Barbarians stole the statues , ’ Nicolo repeated in a way that made it clear he would accept no argument .
30 Analysts said the statement was phrased in a way that made it difficult to confirm or refute .
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