Example sentences of "[prep] the way this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There 's little in Marshall 's CV to prepare you for the way this story , awash with sentimental pitfalls , is turned into a deeply stirring , full blooded drama .
2 If we can not really be sure about the way this Christianization of the urban population was brought about , we can , however , discern some of the anxieties that accompanied it .
3 There was something very handy about the way this story had come out .
4 Nathan felt uncomfortable about the way this man was looking at him .
5 After a brief description of the nature of the school and the order the staff attempt to impose , Stewart Butterfield lets the diaries speak for themselves of the way this order appeared on one day .
6 His own view of the way this field is structured posits two contradictory tendencies — on the one hand , music which affirms or accepts the social status quo ; on the other , music ( of the avant garde ) which refuses such affirmation .
7 We can , however , understand something of the way this land was used in more detail .
8 But ministerial aides said it was better to get the increase out of the way this week , rather than have it happen during the conference .
9 There are two problems with the way this view can be implemented .
10 From the way this lady spoke it seems to me like , like a that , that sort of er organisation , from the establishment .
11 There is an irony in the way this issue was raised by a housemaster reflecting upon his school and what the school should be doing for children :
12 I 'm not detached , remote , in the way this government certainly has become . ’
13 I am in no doubt that , having regard to the way this matter proceeded in front of the judge , it would not be right to refuse to receive this evidence .
14 On the way this time it rained , but despite his dragging cloak and the glum faces of the small train he took with him , Nicholas made the journey in a condition of numbness that amounted almost to happiness .
15 Wh what I 'd like to suggest , without going through it all again , is that perhaps we could agree to ask the Town Clerk to write to Planning Department and voice our concern at the way this matter is being handled .
16 Before looking further at the way this assumption was developed , it would be useful to clear up a confusion that may arise in the use of the category ‘ positivist criminology ’ .
17 Firstly , managers involved in R & D investment decisions will be interviewed to seek their views on factors which influence these decisions and whether they are affected by the way this investment is accounted for .
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