Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially , the steel toecaps of industrial boots provided a good way of savaging your opponent . |
| 2 | When the children help , they sometimes suggest a different way of arranging things and even a small alteration can suddenly make a forgotten toy more popular . |
| 3 | However , these claims suggest a third way in which policing in Easton is ordinary . |
| 4 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 5 | He argues that ‘ points of light ’ provide a middle way between reliance on the welfare state and the belief that economic growth alone can cure deep poverty . |
| 6 | Perhaps so , but it seems to me that , if the experience curve is understood as reflecting the continued , planned desire for cost leadership as more is produced , the expression of the curve and the learning rate provide a useful way of monitoring cost-reduction possibilities and helping to formulate strategy . |
| 7 | Paramo 's Nevada jacket and Prima trousers provide a good way of beating the rain . |
| 8 | The next book must break new ground , provide new insights , provide a new way of looking , or perhaps even a way of re-seeing the familiar . |
| 9 | You 'll enjoy a new way of eating , based on natural , whole ingredients , with this diet plan — and you wo n't have to go hungry |
| 10 | So lawyer C took on a notoriously troublesome client — and indeed , found a satisfactory way of handling the client himself , as well as his many debts and difficulties ! |
| 11 | P&O Roadtanks Tanker Driver , Ian Newman found a novel way of training for the marathon |
| 12 | Liz Brookes , from the Dyslexia Institute , said : ‘ We have come a long way during the last year and progress is being made , but it is not enough . |
| 13 | AIR travel has come a long way at Aldergrove since the first wide-eyed civilian passengers flew there 30 years ago . |
| 14 | He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial . |
| 15 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
| 16 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
| 17 | The Social Democrats have come a long way since the early 1980s when , newly tossed into opposition , the party was crippled by defeatism . |
| 18 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 19 | Our cosmetics and toiletries have come a long way since the days when Elizabeth I used highly toxic lead powder to whiten and enhance her complexion ! |
| 20 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |
| 21 | MacMillan has come a long way since 1963 but Hermanas can still grip when done as well as this . |
| 22 | Fainting goats have come a long way since the days when farmers used them as decoys to protect herds of sheep from coyotes ( coyote arrives ; goat faints and is devoured ; sheep escape ) . |
| 23 | He had come a long way since his early days as a security guard with a small outfit , had climbed with Buckmaster . |
| 24 | We have come a long way since the idealism of Lord Devlin — and that was only twenty years ago . |
| 25 | Microscopy has come a long way since the 1670s when Antonie van Leewenhoek used his relatively crude instruments to see for the first time the bacteria that inhabit worlds normally hidden from the naked eye . |
| 26 | In the event , the announcement was premature ; but fusion researchers have come a long way since then |
| 27 | Of course , it 's come a long way since then — full colour on every page , two Megatapes each month . |
| 28 | We have come a long way since then , and one of the greatest stresses in the world today is loneliness . |
| 29 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 30 | ‘ Eric has come a long way since then , ’ said McAllister . |