Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] this way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although used to the scorn of pop stars , I was saddened that The Smiths should act in this way ) . |
| 2 | In normal development , the cells may act in this way so that the developing baby is not attacked by the mother 's defence system . |
| 3 | The effect is that matters disclosed in this way may not later be the subject of warranty claims . |
| 4 | Every village school in Eritrea is designed in this way so as to prevent detection from the air by the MIGs and Antanov bombers of the Ethiopian air force . |
| 5 | This has been especially evident in Peru and Chile , where goals have been fought for and won in this way . |
| 6 | The topic is approached in this way because scant academic attention has been paid to insider dealing in the corporate context ; furthermore , it is within this context that the Chinese Wall mechanism operates ; and finally , new rules have recently been promulgated by the SIB covering the misuse of inside information in the financial conglomerate context . |
| 7 | Is it in order that a new Member of Parliament who has not yet made his maiden speech should be attacked in this way by the hon. Member for Hendon , South ( Mr. Marshall ) ? |
| 8 | At the empirical level culture and nature can not be discriminated in this way . |
| 9 | It is probably safest for foreign learners to assume that stress will normally fall in this way on other compounds ; however , a variety of compounds receive stress instead on the second element . |
| 10 | There is now a considerable market value attaching to an accurate up-to-date and selective address list , and some of the largest collections of data in the private sector , running to thirty million entries or more in some cases , are amassed in this way . |
| 11 | Table 1.5 gives the figures for full-time , part-time and total degree enrolments in 11 subject groups between 1979–80 and 1986–87 , excluding the Open University where degree courses can not be grouped in this way because of the structure of foundation plus optional courses ( Open University 1989 ) . |
| 12 | Companies dispersed in this way will tend to use local firms more than they do today , reinforcing a trend towards small-scale enterprises . |
| 13 | Fleshy fruits , including figs are taken and over 100 species are known to be dispersed in this way . |
| 14 | When the light is distorted in this way , the star looks as though it is in the wrong position in the sky . |
| 15 | Ford estimates that in academic libraries as much as one-third of all items used are found by discovery at the shelf , and in public libraries about half the books borrowed are located in this way . |
| 16 | In the case of the Lorenz equations , several new phenomena have been located in this way { 10 , 35 } , and the technique is showing promise in other systems { 10 } . |
| 17 | Hardingstone had 22 male and no female shoemakers in 1841 but twenty years later 83 males and 43 females were occupied in this way . |
| 18 | Since this is the way we read , it is easier and more natural to work in this way . |
| 19 | On the basis of my professional acquaintance with some of the workers involved in the Kent and later Darlington projects , I can say that this appeared to be the result , and that there were real incentives for the workers to work in this way . |
| 20 | What is sad is that caught in this way , they are unable to see or use the opportunities for life-fulfilling experiences spread out before them . |
| 21 | Not all the birds that Gould caught in this way were subjected to an impromptu autopsy . |
| 22 | Your concern about the ability of commodity exporters to adjust in this way is understandable . |
| 23 | I had to come round this way this morning to get to Whitehall It 's just so chock-a-block on that new ro roadway . |
| 24 | We know that some at least will be cornered in dead-ends by ferrets , but not all the rabbits remaining underground will have been trapped in this way . |
| 25 | Tuna are sometimes landed when they try to swim through holes in fishing nets and get their teeth caught in the mesh ; once trapped in this way , they can be dragged on to the beach with the net . |
| 26 | The Fishing Temple at Sharpham in Devon has been let in this way for many years . |
| 27 | He was executed in 1535 , the first of seven Chancellors of the university to suffer in this way , and canonised in 1935 . |
| 28 | The author of the Anonimalle Chronicle , however , who evidently had some admiration for Gaunt 's achievement , believed that the army only began to suffer in this way when it wintered in Gascony . |
| 29 | She knew finally why she had stayed to suffer in this way , so she could explain to him and he would see . |
| 30 | We need to know for certain that if a person were to suffer in this way , the care will be there for them . |