Example sentences of "[verb] in [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most basic error , which I attempted to pinpoint in discussing the sense in which the cries , hoots , and gestures of animals are ‘ primitive forms ’ of language in Chapter 5 , is to confuse the predictive value of the effects of such behaviour with the conscious intent of a speaker to communicate in some way . |
| 2 | If the distinction between tacit and explicit collusion is to mean anything , it must also be shown that the ability to communicate in some way affects the likely existence and stability of collusion . |
| 3 | She touched a finger to Tallis , then to herself , trying to communicate in some way . |
| 4 | If any employee is threatened with violence in order that the assailant(s) may obtain money they are carrying in the course of duty , they must not act in any way likely to place themselves or others in danger . |
| 5 | Although used to the scorn of pop stars , I was saddened that The Smiths should act in this way ) . |
| 6 | In normal development , the cells may act in this way so that the developing baby is not attacked by the mother 's defence system . |
| 7 | The effect is that matters disclosed in this way may not later be the subject of warranty claims . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This has been especially evident in Peru and Chile , where goals have been fought for and won in this way . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If these three individuals are innocent of the charge that they contributed in any way to the Holocaust , then that innocence should be revealed in a trial . |
| 12 | Our thanks are also extended to the Police and Stewards on duty and to everyone who contributed in any way to the success of the evening . |
| 13 | When a vehicle is being weighed , the weigher should satisfy himself that all the wheels are on the plate and clear of the surround , and that no person is on the vehicle or the plate , or interfering in any way which might affect the weighing , and the engine must be switched off . |
| 14 | 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 ) ? |
| 15 | ‘ I mean , we 're not … committed in any way . ’ |
| 16 | Even in the case of married applicants for joint mortgages , the Equal Opportunities Commission ( EOC ) found that 36 per cent of building societies in their study discriminated in some way against a couple with a higher earning wife ( EOC , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | At the empirical level culture and nature can not be discriminated in this way . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | If you 've got an idea or a message to send it has to be encoded in some way then there 's various mediums or media by which it can be transmitted but it 's got to be decoded by the receiver for the idea or message to be understood , and there 's some kind of feedback mechanism potentially from the receiver to the sender . |
| 22 | Companies dispersed in this way will tend to use local firms more than they do today , reinforcing a trend towards small-scale enterprises . |
| 23 | Fleshy fruits , including figs are taken and over 100 species are known to be dispersed in this way . |
| 24 | His idea was that these have to be fused in some way in industrial societies otherwise such societies could not survive . |
| 25 | All the evidence seems to indicate that he had become a half-hearted Anglican — perhaps that was a safer way , after all , of establishing yourself as a respectable tradesman than anything which smacked in any way of revolt or radicalism ? |
| 26 | When the light is distorted in this way , the star looks as though it is in the wrong position in the sky . |
| 27 | For most people their tears are distorted in some way or another , often confused and strangled , not flowing freely . |
| 28 | You can appreciate by the remarks my agent made to me on the telephone ( words which I swear I have not amended or distorted in any way at all ) just how big and unpleasant a problem I have sitting like a gibbering troll on my innocent shoulders . |
| 29 | Our samples were no exception : Table 5.1 takes a loose definition of ‘ carer ’ and shows — for the three points in time — whether the dementia sufferer lived with someone who helped in some way to care for him or her , and if not , how frequently he or she was visited by someone on an informal caring basis . |
| 30 | First of all THANK YOU to everyone who helped in any way with the sale . |