Example sentences of "[adv] as [art] means " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , it was the motor car which saved Huntercombe — not just as a means of travel but because the wealth of car maker William Morris , later Viscount Nuffield , secured its future when he bought it in 1925 . |
| 2 | This was the voice of a separate business activity , the credit industry , for which money-lending was conducted to make its own profit , not just as a means of increasing the sales of the company who employed it as part of its marketing . |
| 3 | The fundamental question , as posed by Foucault , is how is it that in our society sex is seen not just as a means of biological reproduction nor a source of harmless pleasure , but , on the contrary , has come to be seen as the central part of our being , the privileged site in which the truth of ourselves is to be found ? |
| 4 | Aside from the clear financial objective of an increase in the basic weekly rate to 7s 6d , the association was mainly concerned with the inconsistencies of the 1908 Act in so far as the means test mitigated against the ‘ respectable aged Britisher ’ . |
| 5 | The administration and the external political and administrative establishment may see participation as a political end in itself , as well as a means to building coalitions for the political good of their establishment . |
| 6 | As well as a means of ensuring that interoperability and compatibility between different vendors ' Tuxedo-based products , USL wants the club to clearly identify these products by stamping them with the Tuxedo brand . |
| 7 | However , as well as a means to drive volume sales , the deal is an obvious way for Sun to back into Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |
| 8 | In itself , the horse was both an arm and a sign of social distinction , as well as a means of transport . |
| 9 | Russian had indeed become more widely known ; it served as the language of administration and internationality communication , as well as a means of education and career advancement . |
| 10 | Grouping children was an organizational device as much as a teaching approach , a way of maximizing the opportunities for productive teacher-child interaction as well as a means of encouraging cooperation among the children and flexibility in curriculum . |
| 11 | As well as a means of publicising information this is a document of some importance administratively , since without it the register would be cluttered , to a greater extent than it is , with files of moribund companies abandoned by their members . |
| 12 | It is important also to remember that a post or pension given to a member could be a reward for past services as well as a means of securing future ones . |
| 13 | Material wealth is a means and not an end in itself — partners are interested in the quality of life for all , as well as the means of securing it . |
| 14 | Destruction and death have become the end as well as the means . |
| 15 | ‘ We have to remark that there is no doubt that our present Medical Officer , whose experience is greater in the treatment of patients in modern hospitals than in union workhouses , would naturally like to have the sick treated in the same way as in a large hospital , but taking into consideration cases under treatment , which are mostly chronic , as well as the means at the disposal of the Guardians , we can not recommend any sweeping alterations . |
| 16 | Books were the key to making sense of the world around me , as well as the means of transcending its realities , and my reading was obsessive . |
| 17 | That is not the only possible view , however : radical Marxist perspectives do not regard organisational goals as legitimate , and the goals themselves , as well as the means of achieving them , need to be overthrown in the interests of humanity . |
| 18 | In Between , Thru , and Amalgamemnon Brooke-Rose reappropriates for women the role of one whose relation to language is both active and passive , that of the producer as well as the means of production . |