Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because he is in many ways an absolutely objective choreographer , he successfully exposes his deeply held views on society and its problems , in particular man 's inhumanity to man , through dance . |
| 2 | A character called Barny , an English hotelier , runs the Easo and he is in many ways our father figure in Benidorm . |
| 3 | Despite his inherited millions , he is in many ways anti-establishment , an anti-toff toff , agin the instinct of the mandarin and the power-broker to close ranks , irritated by Etonian complacency . |
| 4 | Samuel Whitbread came in for special praise ; he was ‘ essentially useful to all with whom he is in any way connected , resolute and firm … of energetic character … ’ . |
| 5 | I wonder if he is in any way related to the Paul Hamlyn ? |
| 6 | Well , this morning it 's our great pleasure to welcome three visitors to the session , one of whom I 'm not entirely sure is welcome because I understand that in fact he 's in some way a slight opposition in that he runs his own training course . |
| 7 | And Anglesey , I remember from Anglesey , he was from that way somewhere . |
| 8 | JH : Moving on to another great love of yours , Franz Schubert ; I have always felt that he was in many ways cut short in his prime , almost as thought he was on the verge of finding himself creatively . |
| 9 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 10 | Basil Rocke 's instincts were those of a countryman , as is most of his imagery , yet he was in many ways a very urban character . |
| 11 | He was in many ways the wrong choice in the harsh atmosphere of 1952 . |
| 12 | He was in many ways a remarkable Prime Minister , although there were obviously faults — and some grave faults — that history alone will assess in determining whether or not he ranks among the greats . |
| 13 | He was in many ways far ahead of his compatriots in his attitude to these original occupants of Tasmania . |
| 14 | Of this person she could form no idea other than that Hugh believed him to be the owner of whatever was in the sack and that he was in some way connected with the outlaws ' Camp . |
| 15 | Wordsworth contributed to the growth of ‘ Humanity ’ , the climate of opinion in which Shaftesbury was able to proceed with factory legislation ; and surely his attitude of reverence towards landscape formed public opinion , so that one now needs planning permission to site a factory and the line of a motorway has to be negotiated ; certain areas have become National Parks , and one can not help noticing how many of these were districts where Wordsworth lived or with which he was in some way associated ( see Gazetteer ) . |
| 16 | Nor is there much to be gained from explanations of Wordsworth 's ideas which imply that he was in some way different from ourselves . |
| 17 | Perhaps this came about in part because his idol and friend , Wordsworth — to whom he was in some way in thrall — had left the district to go to France and make a settlement with his French mistress and daughter as a prelude to marrying his childhood sweetheart back in England . |
| 18 | He was in some ways a sort of humanoid Winnie the Pooh ( the bear with very little brain ) without any of Pooh 's more lovable characteristics — although no one in their right mind would tell him so ! |
| 19 | Though he was in some ways a traditionalist , interested in painting epic scenes in a continuation of the grand European manner , he was also a modernist , an admirer of Picasso from whom he had learnt to analyse the rudiments of representation in order to embellish them , to make them rich or austere . |
| 20 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 21 | Not that he was in any way merry — I 'd merely triggered off his own insomniac hysteria and his laughter quickly subsided into a sort of drained whimpering . |
| 22 | Although Winter said nothing there was no evidence he was in any way party to events . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ There was no intimation from his doctor he was in any way suicidal . ’ |