Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century . |
| 2 | I have a bid to make for additional assistance , and I suggest that there are three means by which we could help people without work more than has been possible in the past . |
| 3 | We should regard negotiations rather as the means by which we could establish formal agreements between our state and Israel . |
| 4 | Let us look at a holy man in action , and the means by which he could exercise local power in a society where constitutionalism by no means ruled . |
| 5 | He found in its nature the means by which he could impart freshness , immediacy , spontaneity , imagination to his own vision as a writer . |
| 6 | It is worth noting that the Cuban revolution avoided a similar fate by incorporation of the Communists ; the Bolivian experience may well have been in Castro 's mind when he was assessing the means by which he could sustain his own revolution . |
| 7 | ‘ . The transformation of the industry would undoubtedly be both costly and painful but it was the only means by which it could ensure a future for itself . |