Example sentences of "means by [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , as you frequently remind me , I do not know enough of the wicked world in which I live — so one might consider the Clarion Cry a useful means by which to educate me . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe , if she appeared to be unruffled by his underhand behaviour , Luther would seek other means by which to destroy her peace of mind . |
| 3 | The Convention provides simple and certain means by which to serve process on a foreign national . |
| 4 | The peace movement can not ignore international law , not merely because many existing provisions tend to provide legal support for the claim that the use of nuclear weapons would be illegal , but also because , in theory at least , it provides the means by which states can bind themselves to restrict the manufacture , storage and use of such weapons ( non-proliferation treaties and regional nuclear-free zones are examples of this ) . |
| 5 | So there were a large number of new drugs , all purporting to quieten disturbed patients , and very little means by which to evaluate them property . |
| 6 | Without engaging in speculation , it can be said that relationships of this type might have acted as a channel for ideas and opinions and represented a means by which influence could be exerted . |
| 7 | How it would have helped to have had Clause 10 to guide me , and the means by which to make my protest public . |
| 8 | I ca n't describe to you the agony of being told — and then having no means by which to find out … |
| 9 | Professional rivalries often prevent a single person being the means by which services to meet individual needs are facilitated . |
| 10 | Civil society provides , perhaps , the key means by which deeprooted emotional drives can be realised . |
| 11 | Indeed the means by which record occurrences are related physically is irrelevant to the logical schema . |
| 12 | In the structural consensus view , these processes are vital , for they are the means by which to achieve social integration and moral regulation in society . |
| 13 | Those on the dark green or rights side of the debate voice varying degrees of absolutism with an equal amount of pride , because they feel that the stating of and defence of those absolutes is the only means by which to reform the system . |