Example sentences of "way that [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | She had shown Cheryl little ways that would help her to remember the semaphore letters and she practised signalling with her . |
2 | Our purpose should be to provide visitors with experiences which will enhance their knowledge , enjoyment and appreciation of the work carried out here in ways that will make them wish to support us , but not overwhelm us . |
3 | To influence government policy in ways that will benefit their members . |
4 | The bondholding may help the firm get its foot in the door to win the business ; and once it is inside , the firm will be tempted to propose a restructuring of the company 's debt in ways that will benefit its own holdings . |
5 | We may be meant to think that time is simultaneous , in a way that may owe something to the simultaneity propounded , ‘ perhaps ’ , in Eliot 's Four Quartets , where ‘ History is now and England ’ ; or that it is cyclical , a turning wheel , with human depravity paling into insignificance as the wheel turns into modern times . |
6 | The barrister behaved impeccably , and indicated repeatedly that he was not prepared to concede that he had ‘ offended against [ section 19A of the Act of 1985 ] in a way that would entitle your Honour to make an order . ’ |
7 | The right-wing intellectuals sought to influence postwar political culture in a way that would destigmatise their fascist ideas . |
8 | Ecology was a parallel move designed not to transcend field studies , but to transform them in a way that would make them genuinely scientific . |
9 | ‘ The expectations may be based upon some statement or undertaking by , or on behalf of , the public authority which has the duty of making the decision , if the authority has , through its officers , acted in a way that would make it unfair or inconsistent with good administration for him to be denied such an inquiry . |
10 | They should be able to grasp a total situation from the fragments presented to them and respond linguistically in a way that would benefit their business . |
11 | Frequently husbands and wives will attempt to arouse each other in a way that would suit them personally and this causes problems . |
12 | She flounced into the bathroom , and then tried to think how to flounce out again in any way that would get her past his indispensable face and into the bloody lift . |
13 | To wean himself away from concrete , physical sensation , the Jewish adept should learn to contemplate language in a way that would divorce it from meaning and physical reality . |
14 | It was Owen who took up the challenge of modernizing the argument from design in a way that would allow it to incorporate the innovative aspects of transcendental anatomy . |
15 | Lissa pressed her fingertips to the window-pane , as though in some way that would keep him near to her , but the ambulance moved off along the road and the fragile connection was severed . |
16 | I just … . it 's just that I wanted to tell her how sorry I am about … about what happened to your father and brother but , not knowing her , I did n't want to say it in a way that might upset her . |
17 | Anything else out of the way that might help us ? ’ |
18 | I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Esher ( Mr. Taylor ) that other countries are offering to help us to use their sovereignty in a way that will benefit us in the future . |
19 | If that does n't work , look again at the word , and say it in a way that will remind you of how it is spelled : say Wed-nes-day ; clim-bed , and pronounce the bits separately ; but remember how the word really sounds . |
20 | Initially , Aegon will find the additional in a way that will give them a 50 per cent stake in the non-with-profits business . |
21 | I have a mind , why ca n't I use it to some good in a way that will give me satisfaction if nothing else ? |
22 | I am going to offer you an approach to the subject , which you can all work out in your own way , a way that will suit you . |