Example sentences of "a way [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The motorbikes clear a way but fans still jump into the road , running behind their favourites and pushing them . |
| 2 | For instance , the basic activity in ( 2 ) is painting the general ; but the sentence tells us more specifically that it is an activity carried out in a way that envisages the general as seated . |
| 3 | So far as Pitt was concerned , America came first , but he was as delighted as anyone when the English force protecting Hanover won a distinct success against France at Minden , which might have been decisive if Lord George Sackville had not disobeyed an order to charge in a way that exposed him to conspicuous , though not permanent , disgrace . |
| 4 | He smiled in a way that tightened every single nerve in her body , and added suggestively , ‘ But I 'm sure we can think of something to do to pass the time . ’ |
| 5 | It seems essential that the school should operate in such a way that all staff , including non-teaching staff , have the opportunity to think together about its work in a way that deepens understanding of aims and moves towards genuinely shared values . |
| 6 | He was also quick-tempered in a way that sent Frankie scuttling for cover whenever he raised his voice . |
| 7 | He smiled slowly , his eyes travelling over her in a way that sent a tremor through her nervous system . |
| 8 | They seemed to have darkened , smouldering in a way that sent hot and cold chills chasing each other through her body . |
| 9 | ‘ And do n't think of leaving , ’ he added , echoing her thoughts in a way that sent an icy shiver down her spine . |
| 10 | He smiled , his narrow lips curling in a way that sent an immediate shiver of unease along her veins . |
| 11 | He moved away from her and started the car , his dark eyes gleaming in a way that sent a delicious shudder tiptoeing along her spine . |
| 12 | These are generalized , universalized poems , which deal with love-situations in a way that transcends the limitations of poetry written to a special occasion or with a specific individual in mind . |
| 13 | The Geste brothers are stereotypes and may be laughed at with impunity : but Charles Wogan , as A. E. W. Mason saw him in Clementina , and the ingenuous John Ridd , self-revealing narrator of Lorna Doone , exemplify the intricacies of love and honour in a way that transcends period and social niceties . |
| 14 | A BRITISH company has successfully married a 400 W laser with a robot arm in a way that preserves the arm 's five degrees of freedom . |
| 15 | The solution is to divide the entire maturity spectrum into grid dates ( denoted ) and to allocate coupon payments between two grid dates in a way that preserves either the present value of the bond 's cash flows or the duration of the bond ( duration is defined in the next section ) . |
| 16 | Monthly payments will then be made for maintaining the lands in a way that preserves their wildlife and scenic beauty . |
| 17 | Can Joan Halton , within the safety of marriage , dare to protest in a way that gets the protest heard in a way she was not able to do with her mother ? |
| 18 | But I think perhaps , that in a way that becomes the main point is that , although it 's called The Porch Way , I mean , you know that 's fair enough because you can see it is a porch , it 's not clearly defined we we 've got this sort of two pillars here , and a little bit of green , so they 're losing a bit of shape of the porch er and this becomes the sort of erm main er point of the picture . |
| 19 | There are people in the Civil Service who can talk in a way that fascinates her . ’ |
| 20 | The only sensible question is how to meet this demand in a way that does not wreck the countryside . |
| 21 | It is doing so in a way that does not give wind a good name . |
| 22 | A Heron adviser said yesterday the asset protection measures had been put in place to prevent somebody ‘ charging in and acting in a way that does n't benefit all creditors ’ . |
| 23 | it isolates action as being of interest in itself in a way that does not occur either in dramatic playing or performing . |
| 24 | With a really good discussion leader the various members will all be drawn into the exchange of views and members can thus stimulate each other in a way that does not happen in individual interviews . |
| 25 | It may be possible , hypothetically , to imagine a use of a small nuclear explosion in a remote region in a way that does not necessarily involve indiscriminate harm to the civilian population or long-term damage to the natural environment . |
| 26 | Indeed , lawyers and others may operate in the belief that international law is an important , though not conclusive , element of the political relationship between states , or that law has an important ‘ symbolic ’ role to play — in other words , it adds credence to the political and moral case put forward by the peace movement in a way that does not depend on international law being ‘ effective ’ . |
| 27 | Chinese seems to express the information in these cases in a way that does not coincide with anything available in English . |
| 28 | Although the Labour Party as a whole has not taken a stand on the political position of the monarchy , Tony Benn has expressed the view that these two powers of the Crown should be transferred to the Speaker of the House of Commons because he stands apart from the political parties and is directly answerable to the Commons for the conduct of the chair in a way that does not apply to the position of the Crown . |
| 29 | Initial preconceptions are liable to prejudice the research in a way that does not affect the work of the naive stranger . |
| 30 | However , when planning we need to make sure that people are compensated for disruption in a way that does not put them at a disadvantage . |