Example sentences of "means [prep] [Wh det] [noun] [vb mod] [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 | An area of particular interest is the means by which competition may motivate change . |
| 3 | It might be expected that the main means by which teachers would become acquainted with the concept of SSE would be through their own LEA scheme . |
| 4 | Whether the emphasis in mystical theology is on the interaction of those God-given human faculties which are understood as an image of his being and the means by which man may realise the love and truth manifested in the Incarnation , or on the essential unknowability of the transcendent source from whence that love and truth emanated in time , there is common ground between the two approaches in the sense of a dynamic with which man may engage . |
| 5 | These are four means by which firms may achieve dominant positions in markets ( Hay and Vickers , 1988 ) : |
| 6 | There is a further problem of distinguishing fair competition ( lower prices , better quality ) from anticompetitive behaviour , such as predatory pricing , which is the third means by which firms may come to dominate a market ( Ordover and Saloner , 1989 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Money or government bonds provide alternative stores of value , a means by which individuals can hold their savings . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was because the kingdom there 's the means by which God will fulfil his wonderful purposes for mankind , for humankind , it is this kingdom that will destroy all wickedness and will clear Jehovah 's name of the reproach that has been brought upon it . |
| 12 | Also it had to be a means by which children could assimilate knowledge through watching these serials , particularly the ones set in the past . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |