Example sentences of "[n mass] of [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The means of salvaging something of the disposition is to recognize that so far as the daughter has benefited under her father 's will she may be obliged by a trust . |
| 2 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 3 | Seb realised immediately that Boz was seeking trouble as a means of purging himself of the anger and frustration that was bubbling inside him . |
| 4 | The gerbil does need to be examined properly and there are ways and means of doing it with the minimum amount of stress . |
| 5 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |