Example sentences of "a useful way [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This analogy leads to the ‘ decision tree ’ , a useful way of structuring the multiple problems associated with development projects so that the expected value ( EV ) criterion can be used to help decide which branch to follow . |
| 2 | This analogy leads to the ‘ decision tree ’ , a useful way of structuring the multiple problems associated with development projects so that the expected value ( EV ) criterion can be used to help decide which branch to follow . |
| 3 | Could be quite a useful way of revising what we 've learned . ’ |
| 4 | Bringing a group of patients together is a useful way of getting patients currently content with one injection a day to enquire why they are not having two injections a day as are the other patients they have met . |
| 5 | STEPHEN BROADBENT from Gloucester reminds us of a useful way of getting the best of both worlds . |
| 6 | It 's a useful way of getting a perspective on the present , to realize that people think and feel in such different ways , in totally alien ways , that are completely unsympathetic , which is why feminism is an interesting development , because the ability to read something written in a totally patriarchal tradition , and to make the sympathetic adjustment , giving him his due , recognizing that he could n't have thought what you think , because people did n't think like that then … . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , for a new user a package can provide a useful way of getting experience with computerised systems quickly . |
| 8 | In Japan the government tends to see academics as a useful way of influencing public opinion : how handy if they can be persuaded to open public discussion of a policy change the politicians want to make . |
| 9 | Charles Handy redefined the term ‘ conflict ’ to offer a useful way of thinking about destructive and constructive conflict and how it might be managed . |
| 10 | It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun . |
| 11 | Although this technique was originally introduced to investigate the relevance of linear stability theory , it has proved a useful way of controlling flow development and ensuring that the same features are to be observed repeatedly at the same place . |
| 12 | It is also a useful way of transmitting skills to other mental health professionals . |
| 13 | Bar charts are a useful way of looking at sets of figures . |
| 14 | As well as providing a useful way of looking at people 's response to the Earth through the physical structures which have survived , and as a way of interpreting legend , the Spectrum of Response is also a framework into which we can fit our own relationship to the landscape . |
| 15 | A useful way of looking at the development of groups was made by B. Tuckman in 1965 . |
| 16 | Theridamas offers us a useful way of looking at Tamburlaine 's character when he comes to fight him in Act one . |
| 17 | Writing for children in other schools might be a useful way of developing the ability to do this , and certainly many schools have found this " experience-exchange " a very valuable means of increasing children 's motivation to improve both the content and the presentation of their writing . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Most scientists do n't either , they just become familiar with manipulating their own abstract language as a useful way of organizing information . |
| 20 | In a nearly cloudless country such as Egypt observation of the sun was a useful way of telling the time and it is therefore not surprising that the earliest known solar clock has been found there . |
| 21 | Men use video cameras and produce and film ‘ news bulletins ’ as a useful way of learning to work in small groups , to see how they present themselves and to gain confidence generally . |
| 22 | The opposition inherent in the terms active and contemplative is a useful way of delineating issues fundamental to the structure of the human personality and therefore of Christian society . |
| 23 | Such a technique can be a useful way of bringing two or more parties together when there have been serious misunderstandings which have led to conflict . |
| 24 | In the absence of a moral or social common ground which writers could assume with their audience , the hero as existentialist outsider proved a useful way of taking a critical stand without explicitly defending any given system or ideology . |
| 25 | In a business which is actually rather short of bureaucratic levels or visible forms of promotion , this title-mongering is a useful way of signifying at least some form of status , both to one 's fellows and , indeed , to clients . |
| 26 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 27 | The Total Fertility Rate ( TFR ) is a useful way of expressing movements in current fertility ( figure 4.1 ) . |
| 28 | A useful way of considering this is to use the concept of the dependency ratio , that is the ratio of people who are out of the labour market in relation to those who are in it . |
| 29 | Templates are not essential for the recipes in this book , but are a useful way of transferring more complicated designs and outlines from paper to icing or cake . |
| 30 | This is a useful way of maintaining water temperature which may be augmented by heating devices . |