Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [verb] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a twin bridle has the advantage of easy trimming by means of shifting a Lark 's Head knot in the attachment ring , fore or aft . |
| 2 | Councillors , most of whom firmly believed that their representative should have close ties with the ministers of the crown , found in a candidate 's ability to place friends in local revenue offices and other patronage appointments , and equally , his ability to move political enemies out of such places in the district towns , an effective means of evaluating a candidate 's qualification for membership in the House of Commons . |
| 3 | A land lease was another kind of commercial favour which recurs , and this too could form a useful and persuasive means of keeping a voter 's loyalty , as in the attempt to augment the Argyll interest in the burgh of Stirling in 1756 by giving a tack of land in Argyllshire to Robert Campbell , a brother of the laird of Barcaldine , who was one of the merchants of the town . |
| 4 | The retention may also be used as a means of securing a vendor 's future obligations under the sale agreement or ancillary document such as not competing with the business or continuing to provide stocks and materials to the business . |
| 5 | Enormous emphasis comes to be placed on developing major new technologies and products — as the means of ensuring a company 's future , of developing new markets , and of achieving high profit levels . |
| 6 | The house surgeon received £3.3s.0d. for attending a coroner 's inquest on a patient who had died in the infirmary , and Samuel Whitbread , in his capacity as magistrate , exacted contributions from time to time : in August 1813 , for example , the infirmary funds benefited by £10 which had been received from John Schoner and William Edwards ‘ paid in atonement to stay of prosecution for disturbing the Methodist meeting at Biggleswade during Divine Service ’ . |