constructive manner
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constructive
adjective
uk/kənˈstrʌk.tɪv/us/kənˈstrʌk.t̬ɪv/
If advice, criticism, or actions are constructive, they are useful and intended to help or ...
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manner
noun
uk/ˈmæn.ər/us/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofconstructiveandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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During each meeting of the course, he asked imaginative, relevant, fundamental questions in a most creative andconstructivemanner.
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We can then have space to debate historiographical issues in an informed andconstructivemanner.
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I am delighted that we did this in a highlyconstructivemanner, across the groups.
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I look forward to continuing to work with you in an open andconstructivemanner.
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Many magistrates have been using attendance centres in what they considered a useful andconstructivemannerby varying the number of hours.
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I give him credit for putting forward his suggestion in a most helpful andconstructivemanner.
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The legislation in another place will advance the issue in a whollyconstructivemanner.
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I am sure that that was meant in a helpful andconstructivemanner.
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He has in the past taken part in some of these debates in a rather better informed andconstructivemanner.
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We are firmly convinced that the summit will promote transatlantic relations in a positive andconstructivemanner.
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Negotiations are well under way, and are moving forward in a swift andconstructivemanner.
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We worked together in a thoroughlyconstructivemanner.
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However, it is important that those matters should now be discussed in a calm, sensible andconstructivemanner.
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I understand the concern that they have expressed in a positive andconstructivemanner.
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Those talks have gone ahead in a useful andconstructivemanner.
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I am grateful to him also for the thoughtful andconstructivemannerin which he approached the subject.
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These meetings are being taken forward in a positive andconstructivemanner.
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I intend to be extremely critical, but in as aconstructivemanneras possible.
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I wish that more of our proceedings could be conducted in such a good-natured andconstructivemanner.
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I hope that he will justify the deduction of £l·2 million in a moreconstructivemannerthan when he introduced the order.
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