Example sentences of "a [n mass] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of the discussion above , it is possible to present the objectives of investment planning and enterprise democracy not merely as desirable from a socialist point of view , but as potential means of tackling the basic problems reflected in the sorry history of party politics since the '60s : investment planning as a means of breaking through the conservative/speculative mode of calculation of the financial institutions and restructuring industry ; enterprise democracy as a means of transforming the ‘ veto power ’ of the working class into a positive influence over the direction and management of enterprises . |
| 2 | The Heart of Wales Line , famous for its beautiful scenic views , was promoted by , amongst others , the London and North Western Railway Company as a means of tapping into the industrial traffic in the Swansea area , with the final section of railway between Builth Road and Llandovery opening in 1868 . |
| 3 | Kent County Council , at least , has ben persuaded of the value of the Hybrid Bill and appears to favour it as a means of dealing with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link . |
| 4 | In these , he adopts a Kantian constructivist position which proposes certain basic categories through which alone the world may be apprehended , but recasts them as dynamic forms achieved only through a long process of interaction with the environment , in which the infant develops cognitive abilities as a means of dealing with the world . |
| 5 | Here , if one animal is attacked by another above it in the status-hierarchy , the attacked animal , rather than fighting back , instead directs its aggression against some inferior — a means of dealing with the situation which is open to all except the most subordinate member of the group . |
| 6 | This can be put to good use in soaring conditions as a means of getting into the lift when cruising at a high speed . |
| 7 | From the point of view of people seeking work , the kin group continues to provide a reliable and up-to-date information network and a means of getting to the head of the queue of potential employees . |
| 8 | Parachuting is just a means of getting to the ground , once you 're there , that 's when the real work happens . |
| 9 | Parachuting is just a means of getting to the ground , once you 're there , that 's when the real work happens . |
| 10 | I find it almost amusing to listen to several of my contemporaries tell me about that ill-fated occasion and how they found a means of getting over the Alps . |
| 11 | Cyclists who would use the path are most likely to be for recreation at weekends , as a means of getting from the city to the countryside . |
| 12 | Education , he believed , should offer a means of escaping from the alienation and poverty that bedevils that area ( Freire 1968 ) . |
| 13 | Countertrade is a means of escaping from the straitjacket of the world system when it pinches too tightly . |
| 14 | Harmony based on notes a perfect fourth apart ( ‘ quartal harmony ’ ) has been used by composers for almost the entire century , as a means of escaping from the old harmony based on thirds , with its complex systematization and expansion into the chromatic field . |
| 15 | In those dispiriting circumstances it comes as no surprise to find politicians trying to offer a means of escaping from the encircling gloom . |
| 16 | For Schroder-Sonnenstern , who lived in psychiatric institutions from 1919 onwards , drawing was a means of communicating with the world . |
| 17 | where there is a screenful of records at a specific classification code , there should be a means of skipping to the next or previous codes ; |
| 18 | As a means of reflecting on the significance of a given moment , of developing an understanding of the depths and layers of meaning any given moment or image might carry . |
| 19 | In brief , if schematic knowledge is in short supply on a particular occasion , then the more we need to invoke systemic knowledge as a means of compensating for the deficiency and if we are thereby able to convert symbol to index , then the act of meaning negotiation itself has the effect of extending or altering the schematic knowledge we started with . |
| 20 | Parliamentary sovereignty was felt to be compatible with the rule of law primarily because ‘ the commands of Parliament … can be uttered only through the combined actions of its three constituent parts ’ and that , ‘ unlike a sovereign monarch who is not only a legislator but a ruler , that is , head of the executive government , has never hitherto been able to use the powers of the government as a means of interfering with the regular course of law ’ . |
| 21 | C. , on the contrary , seems anything but reluctant to deal with time and history , using postmodernism 's freedom to challenge literary forms and structures as a means of integrating into the text a much wider challenge to institutionalized forms and structures of power within society at large . |
| 22 | Essentially , I am suggesting that what I am calling private metaphors were developed by managers as a means of coping with the dissonance between what is commonly accepted as being management theory and what they thought for themselves it ought to be in actuality . |
| 23 | Since the Socialists afterwards tried to make out that this was a personal and private effort by the head of the Cecils , it is important to record that Lord Salisbury merely acted as a means of conveying to the Queen the general view inside the Party . |
| 24 | Credit insurers such as ECGD [ the Government 's Export Credits Guarantee Department ] and Trade Indemnity PLC offer a means of insuring against the risks of non-payment . |
| 25 | This is so serious that for world championship flying , many gliders are now fitted with a means of cleaning off the leading edges of the wings in flight . |
| 26 | Their approach is not simply regarded by the older men as a reflection of youthful zeal and an extravagant sense of mission , but as a means of adapting to the difficulties , as young men , of presenting themselves as possessed of legal authority ( an interesting practical recognition of the importance of interaction in securing compliance ) . |
| 27 | It hurt like a series of slaps across the face . |