Example sentences of "means of [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did this over two weeks , but there was no means of knowing the energies of the neutrons , the essential information that would tell them whether they were from the fusion of deuterium and be the final proof . |
| 2 | Nothing in the system tells the operator when he has reached the desired temperature ; he can influence the temperature but he has no direct means of knowing the result . |
| 3 | Within Thailand , the mothers of sought-after baby primates , such as gibbons , are shot out of trees as a means of capturing the young . |
| 4 | But why chose this as a means of capturing the hearer 's attention ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Is Community Economic Development merely a means of shifting the responsibilities for unemployment , deprivation etc. , onto the deprived themselves or is it an acceptance that government economic policy has failed so-called deprived areas and that something new is needed ? |
| 7 | To locate edges in images all you need is some means of calculating the rate of change of intensity of the image and locating the points where that rate is maximal . |
| 8 | a means of calculating the amount of enlargement or reduction necessary to accommodate a photograph within the area of a design . |
| 9 | Use of a logarithmic form of ( 2 ) in estimation provides a convenient means of calculating the elasticity of the asset demand with respect to wealth and testing for homogeneity of degree one in wealth . |
| 10 | Another misconception is that a planning appeal is a means of settling a ‘ dispute ’ between applicant and authority and that therefore the issues to be considered are only those raised by the planning authority . |
| 11 | My Government will encourage all sides in South Africa to pursue peaceful means of constructing a democratic , non-racial society . |
| 12 | Dr Paisley told campaigners : ‘ I have campaigned very hard indeed for the retention of acute services in local hospitals as I believe that is the best means of serving the needs of local communities . ’ |
| 13 | The Spanish Government argued that the quota system was established by Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 in order to conserve fishery resources , not to provide a means of partitioning the markets and establishing barriers to the free movement of persons within the Community . |
| 14 | In this way the Association " might really be the means of exercising a not inconsiderable leverage on educational performance and educational arrangements . " |
| 15 | This is where counsellors can often take the opportunity of expressing some of their own thoughts , feelings and experiences as a means of legitimizing the subject for discussion . |
| 16 | It was ready for the further development of Capitalism as the means of assuring the exponential increase in production which the Industrial Revolution was making possible , the phenomenal expansion which for the next forty years was to be centred on a Britain uniquely the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth . |
| 17 | Misrepresentation as well as undue influence is a means of abusing the confidence that may be expected to arise out of the relation . |
| 18 | Neglectful silence is , of course , the most perfect means of maintaining the powerful integrity of the institutional boundaries against any criticisms . |
| 19 | The honours system developed in medieval Britain as a means of maintaining the strict hierarchy necessary for monarchical rule : a place for everyone and everyone in their place . |
| 20 | A means of maintaining the recording system during the intervention . |
| 21 | Most instrumentalists agree with Marx that parliamentary processes are meaningless charades , significant only as a means of maintaining the key ideological illusion that there is effective popular control of state policy-making . |
| 22 | The closure of the Talbot works in Linwood in Scotland , announced in February 1981 , with its resulting localised mass unemployment , is a pointed reminded of the limitations of cheap loans or grants as a means of maintaining the allegiance of capitalist enterprises to given investment projects . |
| 23 | This view regards conflict as a means of maintaining the status quo , as a useful basis for evolutionary — rather than revolutionary — change . |
| 24 | He regards it as a way forward for the museum and a means of providing a window for many more people on Britain 's scientific and technological expertise . |
| 25 | Graphs and charts are really important as a means of providing a simple , clear guide to progress . |
| 26 | During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , the humanist " revolution " in educational ideas led to a privileging of classical literature as the means of providing a liberal education , although this was later considerably transformed into a narrow disciplinary process tied to the maintenance of social distinctions . |
| 27 | The recording need not be a video recording but video is perhaps the most effective means of providing a basis for feedback sessions . |
| 28 | Earn outs were particularly popular in the 1980s especially where the vendor worked as an employee of the purchaser in a service-based business after completion as it is a means of providing an incentive to the vendor where the profits may depend heavily on the skills of the employees . |
| 29 | Although I do not have a magic wand , I hope to be able to establish some means of providing the physical back-up that you would like to receive from the Society and to start the ball rolling I am compiling a list of all the ways in which you have been supported or would like to have been supported , in the past plus suggestions for the future . |
| 30 | Transition curves were temporarily eliminated from the pure geometric shapes of the twentieth century : in part , as a reaction to Art Nouveau but also as a means of getting a firm grip upon design . |