Example sentences of "[det] means " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such awareness provided another means for the obsessive anxieties of the establishment to be counterbalanced from within , and as Jacobi ( 1967 : 22 ) suggests , created the potential ability to look truths in the eye and ‘ the courage to renounce what is no longer compatible ’ . |
| 2 | In essence , it was to be the War Cabinet of 1940 to 1945 by another means . |
| 3 | Ingestion is another means by which microorganisms gain entry to the body . |
| 4 | Though his Bill failed , the government has found another means to the same end . |
| 5 | Another means by which light may be shed on the problems concerning the modes of production and dispersal of metalwork would be to consider very distinctive examples . |
| 6 | Traditionally , a wealth tax has been considered as another means whereby the Treasury can raise funds . |
| 7 | ‘ Another means society employs to control hazard — to prevent a freedom of choice in its slaves — is to tell them that the past was nobler than the present . |
| 8 | This means that you can decide on your own care support . |
| 9 | This means you can get professional help any time of the day or night , and at weekends . |
| 10 | This means that around 70% of all those with AIDS in the UK live in areas served by ACET Home Care . |
| 11 | In practical terms this means that although letter-writing to governments regarding prisoners continues to be the cornerstone of the campaign work other methods have been introduced to enhance the effectiveness of the hundreds of thousands of letters that Amnesty members write each year . |
| 12 | I do n't think this means that there is no saying what he is getting at in these works ; opinions can and will be formed , and for the extent of the present discussion I have been attempting to express one . |
| 13 | Everyone who wants to act professionally should try to see as much drama as they possibly can — and this means in the broadest sense , watching television , cinema , visiting the theatre and looking at the actor 's work carefully and analytically . |
| 14 | This means they have been inspected by a team of professional experts and the standard of their work has been approved . |
| 15 | This means that there is usually only one ‘ show-case ’ production at the end of the year for agent and production managements to see . |
| 16 | This means that actors are expected to be able to control any regional or foreign accent which is natural to them , and deliver a text in what may best be called ‘ the classical style ’ . |
| 17 | This means that students then have the chance to present themselves as they would at a working audition , and this is often quite a good place to attract attention . |
| 18 | By this means , the association believes the cause of national unity will be furthered ‘ until a complete nationhood is achieved ’ ( Gaelic Athletic Association Rule Book ( 1970 ) , quoted Hickey 1984 : 40 ) . |
| 19 | This means that the yeast , encouraged by the warmth of the wort and the temperature of the brewery , works quickly and vigorously on top of the wort to produce alcohol . |
| 20 | This means that any of those experiments in plant association which prove to be unsuccessful can be scrapped without too many regrets . |
| 21 | This means that a patio of ample size will be needed , which could use a combination of pre-cast slabs and new brick paving , or , of you are lucky , some old bricks that may have been in the garden already . |
| 22 | This means that a large number of gliders will be rigged and brought out on the airfield . |
| 23 | This means that in rough air it is only safe to pull up hard if the speed is below the maximum launch speed . |
| 24 | This means that in most cases it is more likely to be a matter of relaxing the forward pressure to allow the aircraft to level out rather than pulling it out with a positive backward pressure on the stick . |
| 25 | This means concentrating on the tow and only taking your eyes off the towplane for a brief moment . |
| 26 | A note about effectiveness rates : where we say , for example , that a method is 98% effective — this means that each year , out of every 100 women using the method , 2 will become pregnant . |
| 27 | Sometimes this means that a single prohibited action or technique is enough to lose you the match even though no scoring technique has been made . |
| 28 | Finally , if the referee brings both fists together in the middle of the chest , this means that both contestants scored at the same time , so no awards will be made . |
| 29 | This means that your centre of gravity must always lie mid-way between both feet . |
| 30 | This means that you zig-zag from one side to the other , twisting your centre-line as you move . |