Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see ourselves in this way is to gain a perspective rather than to advocate a policy , yet the relation of these two activities will inevitably remain in the background of our work . |
| 2 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 3 | Around the same time , I entered this competition — it was a kind of beauty competition , although it did n't describe itself in that way . |
| 4 | ‘ God fulfils himself in many ways ’ — because he does take history seriously . |
| 5 | On the contrary , by correcting himself in this way the author is making a particular point : that although the occasion might have been regarded as a performance by some , that although it might have in time become a performance , this description is not an accurate representation of the narrator 's memories . |
| 6 | Internally , rising damp will show itself in several ways . |
| 7 | His defence lawyer says the case is unique in French law in that the court accepted Kim might have stabbed herself in this way . |
| 8 | There is also a very important smaller group who have deliberately injured themselves in some way . |
| 9 | The membership of SDS grew rapidly from about 4000 in 1965 to some 100,000 three years later , and throughout this period it had much larger numbers of supporters who identified themselves in some way with ‘ the Movement ’ . |
| 10 | Edward had no idea of how to express himself in that way . |
| 11 | If danger threatens powerful muscles can snap the valves tightly shut , and once a bivalve has closed itself in this way it can be very difficult to force it open — it has ‘ clammed ’ up . |
| 12 | During the Cultural Revolution , for example , a woman could be severely beaten for attempting to adorn herself in any way and ‘ running after bourgeois ways ’ . |
| 13 | She gets a certain amount of amusement from describing herself in this way , but the verbal presentation of self has a serious purpose : |
| 14 | In the Sixties , women had that kind of confidence and wanted to express themselves in that way . |
| 15 | They 're sure to embarrass themselves in some way , |
| 16 | It may be argued that sexuality has a certain uniqueness which is absent from much property : sexuality is an intrinsic part of one 's personality , it is a mode of expressing that personality in relation to others , and it is therefore fundamental that one should be able to choose whether to express oneself in this way — and , if so , towards and with whom . |
| 17 | A subordinate class , such as the working class will , by definition , be low on economic resources and this will reproduce its subordination ; but it may also possibly generate a collective ethic to cope with adverse circumstances and so reproduce itself in this way according to a common cultural identity . |
| 18 | We have no record of Gillray defending himself in this way against charges of inconsistency , but an example can be given of another public figure of those times . |
| 19 | It was aimed at enabling Britain to remain a decisive player in Western Europe without committing itself in any way to supranationalism . |
| 20 | However , people 's capacity for perceiving themselves in this way is not innate ; it is acquired within a framework of established social practices which impose on them the role ( forme ) of a subject . |
| 21 | Do you reward yourself in any way for your success ? |
| 22 | ‘ It will be enlightening to see if his new-found honesty runs to incriminating himself in any way , ’ observed Amiss . |
| 23 | It would be tempting to assume that we have evidence here of some direct relationship with the Thynne family , Marquesses of Bath , at nearby Longleat ; that may be the case , but an equally likely explanation could be that the family was involved in nothing more than a slightly sycophantic attempt to ingratiate itself in some way with the local aristocracy . |
| 24 | I wondered what it was that could come between a husband and wife when their child killed herself away from home and in circumstances for which they could not hold themselves in any way responsible . |
| 25 | To see things differently means changing ourselves in some way , and most of us are reluctant to do this . |
| 26 | It 's his 'eart , you know , miss , so he should n't strain himself in any way . |
| 27 | In families that did not indulge themselves in this way a healthier climate prevailed ; children do not seem to have been unduly obsessed with death . |
| 28 | To see yourself in this way is a representation of the child 's move into historical time , one of the places where vision establishes the child 's understanding of herself as part of the world . |
| 29 | But erm during the week time , in the week you you you you used to enjoy yourself in many ways . |
| 30 | If you are out shopping , get tired , and are tempted by a cake and a cup of coffee , your overall health regime should not suffer because you decide to enjoy yourself in this way occasionally . |