Example sentences of "[vb -s] as [art] means " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brazil 's faith in debt/equity swaps as a means of easing the burden has been shared by many . |
| 2 | The closure of the Talbot works in Linwood in Scotland , announced in February 1981 , with its resulting localised mass unemployment , is a pointed reminded of the limitations of cheap loans or grants as a means of maintaining the allegiance of capitalist enterprises to given investment projects . |
| 3 | He sanctioned the use of cash limits as a means of control . |
| 4 | Primarily the Catholic Voice exists as a means of communication within the Diocese of Lancaster . |
| 5 | This major concession was undermined , however , as , with the approach of the November 1990 mid-term elections , Republicans within the House voted to oppose " new taxes and all tax rate increases as a means of reducing the federal budget deficit " . |
| 6 | Labour disputes , involving two of the public sector 's most powerful unions , marked a challenge to the government 's strategy of containing wage increases as a means of controlling inflation . |
| 7 | These are ‘ secondary ’ circuits in which capital invests as a means ( albeit temporary ) of restoring profitability when the primary circuit of industrial capital is in trouble . |
| 8 | This serves to further illustrate the mentality of past ages and acts as a means of measuring our own cognitive processes in relationship to those of that time . |
| 9 | In this book we are dealing with the second function ; application forms as a means of making an initial selection . |
| 10 | Exchange therefore appears as the means by which subjective values are overcome , and it thus the essential condition of all human relationships ( 1978 : 82 ) . |
| 11 | By this process , fashion emerges as the means for continuing those forms of social discrimination previously regulated by sumptuary rulings . |
| 12 | Using the intervallic interchange exercise from last month 's article — Gmaj7 to Ebmaj7th — I have written out four short melodic phrases which make use of chromatic approach notes as a means of connecting this single chord change . |
| 13 | He was impressed by the variety , originality and eclecticism of Nonconformist architecture : ‘ The grateful lesson , which , as the preceding [ discussion ] obviously shows , English Nonconformist architecture has given architects , serves as a means of liberation which , from the architectural point of view , deserves a thorough consideration . ’ |
| 14 | It serves as a means of transport , a temporary office for writing notes and making records , a refuge in bad weather , a place to eat lunchtime sandwiches , and a store for the equipment : the sample bottles , sampling buckets , boxes , crates , chemicals , inflatable booms , ropes , leggings , boots and waders , and various other pieces of protective clothing . |
| 15 | Regular or prolonged contact between two groups who speak mutually unintelligible languages may result in the formation of a pidgin — a language which is nobody 's native language but serves as a means of communication for a limited range of purposes related to the contact situation . |
| 16 | The three main opposition factions ( including the Khmer Rouge ) are also using timber exports as a means of financing their activities . |
| 17 | Thrush also arises as a means of unloading waste material from the body . |
| 18 | It is clear that many people are now using asylum claims as a means of evading immigration control . |
| 19 | Some Scottish fishing leaders are calling for revived seal culls as a means of boosting the local economy . |