Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | What is important is that they should not draw our attention towards them by appearing in some way wrong , inappropriate or misconceived . |
| 3 | When the senate came to enquire er into the audit performance of Price Waterhouse er the British partners of Price Waterhouse claimed that they were an entirely separate organisation , have no obligation to give information to the er t to the senate and nothing was effectively passed on , er so an enquiry was conducted there without our partners , er Price Waterhouse 's partners in this country , cooperating in any way . |
| 4 | John Pullen , of London Zoo , said : ‘ There 's no way a chimp could understand which company to go for , it has to be complete luck — but then what I understand of trading in that way sounds like complete luck half the time . ’ |
| 5 | Some Goblins become very wealthy by trading in this way and the tribe 's King becomes exceedingly rich . |
| 6 | The only formality required of a person who wishes to commence trading in this way concerns the naming of the business . |
| 7 | Well Done , all those Teachers and Class members who have been contributing in many ways , and keep it up in 1985 . |
| 8 | It worries me that turning a blind eye to the deliberate starvation of these patients is portrayed as contributing in some way to the high ethical standards of the nursing profession . ’ |
| 9 | If you would be interested in contributing in some way please telephone . |
| 10 | The plus factors included the kicks that those people got from driving in that way . |
| 11 | There were racetrack express buses , I found , going from the city to the Downs , so I went on one at about six o'clock and strolled around at ground level looking for some way of conveying to Bill Baudelaire the water samples which were now individually wrapped inside the nondescript plastic carrier . |
| 12 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 13 | And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening . |
| 14 | As Wilson mentions , she had recently had a harrowing shock , so it is possible that she was hallucinating in some way and that , by chance , her hallucinations corresponded approximately with historical reality . |
| 15 | Unconsciously she reached out and laid her hand on his arm , wanting in some way to offer comfort for a pain that was still hurting despite the passage of time . |
| 16 | They pointed out in their judgment that they did not wish to be taken as approving in any way the retention of corporal punishment . |
| 17 | For what it is worth , I have been saving in this way for years myself . |
| 18 | Drawing on Habermas ' analytical framework , we can say that in developing in this way , institutions of higher education are expanding the scope of their self-reflection and , in the process , are increasing their own self-understanding . |
| 19 | — Continue pausing in this way until you feel completely confident that you can follow the main points of the programme . |
| 20 | The second one is erm a bottom up study which is based on today 's commitments but projecting them forward into the timescale in which we will have the aircraft and looking in that way to see how many and and in what way we would need them . |
| 21 | He too approached the task of talking about God very much from our side , the side of the believer or the theologian , exploring the meaning of theological statements for those who made them , and seeking in that way to disclose their authentic basis and character . |
| 22 | Those are the ground of appeal and counsel for the local authority and the guardian , whilst not seeking in any way to defend the approach of the justices , asked the court to utilise the provisions of R.S.C. , Ord. 55 , r. 7(7) to dismiss this appeal notwithstanding the defective nature of the findings of fact and the reasons . |
| 23 | To develop more positive images of ageing in this way is not a contrived attempt to pursue attitudes which are unreal , but an effort to seek redress to the current imbalance created by ageism . |
| 24 | This section ( 1 ) disqualifies persons in certain trades from acting in any way as a member of a board , ( 2 ) disqualifies a person holding a disqualifying interest in a company from taking part in proceedings in which the company is an applicant or an objector , ( 3 ) disqualifies an employee of a licence holder under the Act , and any person engaged in a business dealing with alcoholic liquor , including the directors , officers and employees of companies engaged in such businesses from acting as a member of a licensing board , ( 4 ) disqualifies a member of a board , who is the owner or tenant of premises , from acting in the granting of a certificate in respect of those premises , ( 5 ) makes it an offence to contravene the section , ( 6 ) declares , subject to the proviso ( that the grant of a new licence is not liable to objection on the ground that one or more of the members of the board who granted it were not qualified to act ) , anything done in contravention of the section void , and ( 7 ) exempts members of a committee to determine the distribution of licences in a new town from disqualification for being members of a board by reason of their membership of the committee . |
| 25 | acting in any way with a view to stabilising the market price of any investment |
| 26 | A third State is affected by a treaty as a matter of fact when the treaty necessitates it acting in some way in response ( even if its preferred response is to do nothing ) . |
| 27 | You may well be better off without him instead of living in limbo , not knowing what he 's thinking or why he 's acting in this way . |
| 28 | Proteins acting in this way are called ‘ enzymes ’ ; their method of working is described on p. 61 . |
| 29 | Step 7 List the rewards ( or pay-offs ) that seem to encourage ( or discourage ) the behaviour by answering the question : ‘ What is the reward for acting in this way ? ’ |
| 30 | What do you gain from acting in this way ? |