Example sentences of "means of [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three groups represent errors of increasing complexity and difficulty of handling , such that those in groups 2 and 3 require intimate knowledge of the data , their structure and the algorithms used and some means of converting this knowledge into quantitative measures of impact . |
| 2 | All these provide indirect means of converting solar energy to forms of energy which are useful to us . |
| 3 | Licentiateship , Graduateship , Membership and Fellowship awards are available as a means of recognising professional competence to the highest levels . |
| 4 | After 1981 , the Securitate and other security forces were used as the prime means of settling industrial disputes and demonstrations . |
| 5 | The Italian parliament after protracted debate approved on Jan. 16 ( by 382 to 201 in the Chamber of Deputies and by 190 to 96 in the Senate ) a motion providing for Italian participation in an " international policing operation " to secure Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait ; the wording was significant in that Italy 's Constitution forbade recourse to war as a means of settling international disputes . |
| 6 | The SDPJ claimed that the bill , like its predecessor , was an attempt to nullify Article 9 of Japan 's Constitution which stated that the Japanese people " forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes " . |
| 7 | While such a statement has concern for a woman in her cultural context in India , to use it as a means of evoking emotive reaction to persuade people to give money in this country is to perpetuate the idea that a woman is not an independent human being and has to be sustained by a man , and that men only want ‘ pure , untouched , unviolated ’ women . |
| 8 | It is therefore in the interests of bureaucrats to go for increased staffing levels as a means of constructing such coalitions , and the implications of this clearly point to increased waste and inefficiency , since , having bid for a maximum budget , within that budget , instead of adopting the most efficient form of production and delivery of services , ‘ bureaucrats ’ can be expected to choose the most labour-intensive . |
| 9 | Technology has permitted firms to link together more closely the three basic means of serving foreign markets — exporting , local production and licensing — within more complex ‘ internal ’ markets . |
| 10 | But , increasingly , their own shops were also a highly successful means of serving this end ; many young couples were buying the lightweight fabrics , because they were so cheap , and using them for furnishing . |
| 11 | To do this the scale and scope of the development programme will need to go well beyond traditional means of spreading good practice within the NHS . |
| 12 | Anticipating industrial action the West Ham Trades Council established a committee to confer with the SCS on the best means of guaranteeing adequate supplies of food in the Stratford stores for the families of strikers ( SE 4 October 19 ) . |
| 13 | It should perhaps be noted that in spite of the shift from a gesellschaft to a bureaucratic administrative type of law and social regulation which has been outlined above , private ( essentially property-related ) interests continue to be well-served by the existing representative model of democracy , in spite of its imperfections as a means of exercising political control and accountability over policy-making . |
| 14 | And on the other side , subordinate groups have no other recourse than armed revolt if they are deprived of other means of exercising political rights ; or they may find themselves in a situation where their formal rights can only be made effective in practice by the use or threat of violence . |
| 15 | They provide a systematic means of unravelling complex patterns of interaction in multivariate response data . |
| 16 | a set of elements of quality control and quality assurance which will provide a reliable means of maintaining consistent standards in SCOTVEC awards ; |
| 17 | But , as a means of maintaining good swards , it is a good policy to mix sheep with cattle . |
| 18 | There has therefore to be an agency of repression , and a means of maintaining repressed experiences in the unconscious state . |
| 19 | The most effective means of maintaining healthy stock is by maintaining healthy water . |
| 20 | The extent of financial resources derived from membership subscriptions , competition entry fees , sponsorship , grant aid and other sources should be recorded , and means of maintaining adequate income identified . |
| 21 | Impressed by their officials ' strictures about the need for obeying government rules and directives as a means of maintaining some notion of good local government and the good opinion of Central Government , with a sense of loyalty and dependency towards their officials , and a feeling that their own integrity was at stake , they maintained the policy . |
| 22 | Many Braniel people owned cars and telephones , which they used as a means of maintaining important personal ties over long distances , and the capacity of these ties to influence their behaviour ( linguistic or otherwise ) is not clear . |
| 23 | Individuals who repeatedly take overdoses or injure themselves constitute a group for which there is a considerable dearth of information , both of the causes of this behaviour and means of providing effective help . |
| 24 | A " feedback loop " is the central means of control and timely , systematic measurement is the chief means of providing useful feedback . |
| 25 | Where high-quality digitizing is not justified , for example in cases where a ‘ picture ’ of a map is required simply as a background , then TV camera input is a cost-effective means of providing such a raster backdrop . |
| 26 | It was a means of providing controlled access to the unspoilt beauty of the Park and keep it that way . |
| 27 | The USA had negotiated compacts of free association with Belau , the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands as a means of providing limited self-government for these three elements of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands , a trusteeship comprising 5,000,000 sq km of the western Pacific , which had been administered by the USA since its establishment in 1947 . |
| 28 | It was that speculation and accompanying doubts about the ability of the private practitioner to meet this need which led to the rapid growth of interest in alternative means of providing legal advice . |
| 29 | The Regional Council also stated that joint boards were not the best means of providing major public services . |
| 30 | They can be valuable purely as a means of providing social companionship , activities of all descriptions , and intellectual stimulation . |