Dic: in the way of, by way of

• Latvia is a country without much in the way of natural resources.
• Meetings held today produced little in the way of an agreement.
• The man with whom she maintains a relationship provides nothing by way of support.
• What do you have in the way of dress shoes?
• We have nothing in the way of raincoats.
• I realize this makes no sense to you – it is in the way of a private joke between my wife and me.
• Do you have anything in the way of house plants that don't need much light?
• They did little in the way of training.

1. PHRASE : PHR n, usu amount/n PHR n | You use in the way of or by way of in order to specify the kind of thing you are talking about.
2. as a kind of something; as a style of something.
3. (1) like something | (2) relating to something.

... Cobuild, http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+way+of