Example sentences of "means [prep] [Wh det] [noun] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through project work , English becomes a window on the culture of the English speaking world , and a means through which learners can express their own culture . |
| 2 | And if there 's no work and if there 's no means by which people can get themselves you know those sorts of basic things but you know I 'm not gon na si I I could n't say that the whole structure is going to ch change becau but I think erm I hope anyway and I do believe really that er I mean I hope that we 're going to stay together as a support group in some sort of form and Yes and there 's no way that we 're not going to support other causes in the way that we 've been supported . |
| 3 | Money or government bonds provide alternative stores of value , a means by which individuals can hold their savings . |
| 4 | The modernisation school sees the media as , on the one hand , an aspect of modern society and , on the other , a means by which elites can modernise further . |
| 5 | Statutes are only one of the means by which governments can achieve their policy objectives and there are , surprisingly , relatively few things which governments can do only with the approval of Parliament as expressed in the passing of a statute . |
| 6 | These activities also provide an opportunity for developing effective working relationships with departments and for facilitating the means by which staff can develop skills that are specific to the needs of particular departments . |
| 7 | It is by no means certain that material rewards are the only means by which societies can induce their members to fill social positions as the theory seems to suggest . |
| 8 | It provides continuity , not by the imposition of the rule of a single class or caste , but by furnishing a means by which power can pass peacefully from one class to another without the upheaval or disorder of revolution . |
| 9 | The quality audit will be the measure of the calibre of centres ' internal quality systems and will provide the means by which SCOTVEC can decide whether a centre is ready to accept devolved responsibility for operating any of the quality elements . |