Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should think about half way through |
| 2 | Constanza agreed with much of what he had to say ; but he did not know of any way of not letting down Anna either . |
| 3 | He knew what it was — tank sediment kept getting into the fuel pipe that fed the generator — but short of a total drain and cleanout , he did n't know of any way to cure it . |
| 4 | So you better count along that way for how many ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Although used to the scorn of pop stars , I was saddened that The Smiths should act in this way ) . |
| 7 | In normal development , the cells may act in this way so that the developing baby is not attacked by the mother 's defence system . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But this would not count in any way against language 's being innate . |
| 10 | It is most important that comfortable relationships exist in people orientated businesses , and you will profit in more ways than one if you feel happy to return and use the facilities over and over again . |
| 11 | Be steadfast and make a pledge to yourself that you will no longer compromise in any way . |
| 12 | Mature people do not behave in that way . |
| 13 | If a statement is unfalsifiable , then the world can have any properties whatsoever , can behave in any way whatsoever , without conflicting with the statement . |
| 14 | Yet many otherwise mature adults will often behave in this way , mainly because of failure on a long-term basis to deal with anger properly . |
| 15 | By the same token it is usually middle-class men who ultimately are in the position to make substantial gifts , although when women can behave in this way , they do . |
| 16 | If a proper level of justice is provided in prisons , then it is less likely that prisoners will behave in this way . |
| 17 | Yet it is difficult to see why employers in all countries would behave in this way if it was not to their advantage . |
| 18 | Because some of the systems that exhibit chaotic behaviour are so simple , it seems strange that the realization that they can behave in this way is only recent . |
| 19 | ( Human populations can behave in this way . ) |
| 20 | That would give the electricity supply industry the free run of the distribution network , while consumers could signal in any way they liked on their own mains wiring without bothering anyone . |
| 21 | We are of course aware that educational levels may be important at some stage , but we do not pre-classify in this way because we do not assume beforehand that we know the sociolinguistic structure of the speech community : this is what we are trying to find out ! |
| 22 | It is not just that there survive undeconstructed residues of , say , Romanticism and modernism , or that the constructed forms echo still within the deconstructed ( although they clearly do survive in these ways ) ; it is also that they exert an influence in and as their newly deconstructed state . |
| 23 | Do you think that I would ask you to risk your reputation , if I could think of another way ? ’ |
| 24 | Deputy Assistant Commissioner Tony Speed stressed : ‘ Do not come to central London if you can think of another way of celebrating New Year . ’ |
| 25 | Can you think of another way of turning the engine without using the turntable ? |
| 26 | After the interview I mentioned as casually as I could that as a result of blocked sinuses I had lost my sense of smell ( with the exceptions of petrol , laundry and excrement ) for years , and could he think of any way of restoring it ? |
| 27 | until one day they could n't think of any way that you could may improve it . |
| 28 | If you can think of any way in which you can reduce the impact of your job on the environment , whether it is minimising or recycling waste , increasing energy efficiency or substituting materials with less hazardous alternatives , then let your manager know . |
| 29 | If you can think of any way in which you can reduce the impact of your job on the environment … let your manager know . |
| 30 | Can you think of any way , by which vital results could be identified and used , and I think it 's a very difficult question , that one . |