Example sentences of "a way [conj] cause " in BNC.
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| 1 | If girls deviate , they tend to do it in a way that causes far less disruption than boys , such as pretending to write when they are bored . |
| 2 | But others have failed to find such quantitative increases , and suspect instead that in the course of translocation , the alene is altered in a way that causes a qualitative change in its product . |
| 3 | Mill sets about resolving the situation in a way that causes him to become embroiled in a world of sex , violence and corruption . |
| 4 | The reformulated law makes it plain that an offence is committed if the defendant conducts himself in a way that causes his victim to anticipate that the defendant is about to use unlawful violence . |
| 5 | Therefore there is a logical tendency to preclude from view the social reasons why people are using the land in such a way as to cause excessive soil erosion , and so most conservation policies do not address them at all . |
| 6 | To reap the full benefit of the extra quality , the playback VCR or camcorder should be connected to the colour TV set or monitor via a special ‘ S ’ connector which splits the playback signal in such a way as to cause the brightness and colour components to be processed separately . |
| 7 | But a context normally also acts in such a way as to cause a single sense , from among those associated with any ambiguous word form , to become operative . |
| 8 | It was to be alleged that the respondent had pushed the father of the two brothers so violently that he fell and cut his head and that he dragged or threw their sister in such a way as to cause bruising to her arm and neck . |
| 9 | Their conclusions may be formulated as follows : if A conducts mining operations on his own land in such a way as to cause water to flood his neighbour 's mine and the inundation is due to mere gravitation , A is not liable ( or at least he is not strictly liable under Rylands v. Fletcher ) , but if the flooding is due to A 's accumulation of the water ( e.g . |
| 10 | Technically , an assault is either the application of force to the person of another , or the threat to apply it in such a way as to cause the other to fear or apprehend that he is about to be subjected to force . |
| 11 | 3.7.4 in such a way as to cause no [ material ] obstruction to or interference with the carrying out of the Works |
| 12 | ‘ … left to itself the market will function in such a way as to cause great harm to the interests of young people , companies and taxpayers alike . ’ |