Example sentences of "[n mass] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | BBC1 accounted for almost 39pc of viewing in the last quarter of 1990 , but that figure had dropped to 34pc a year later . |
| 2 | Defences which may be available include : an Act of God ; the plaintiff 's consent ; or where the odour nuisance is a result of the act of a trespasser and the owner or occupier is ignorant of the nuisance , not having the means of knowing of the nuisance in time to prevent or abate its effect . |
| 3 | Even where the lessor does have notice of the partnership , a failure to change the lessees may result in an apparent holding out of the outgoing partner as a continuing member of the firm , if the lessor has no other means of knowing of the change . |
| 4 | 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 ; |
| 5 | This can be put to good use in soaring conditions as a means of getting into the lift when cruising at a high speed . |
| 6 | She had no means of getting into the end house , as the keys were upstairs . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Do we have any ‘ instrument ’ or means of getting at the truth ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Pascoe 's original position , behind the dinghies , had cut off the route to the storage hut and that other means of getting to the street . |
| 11 | Parachuting is just a means of getting to the ground , once you 're there , that 's when the real work happens . |
| 12 | Parachuting is just a means of getting to the ground , once you 're there , that 's when the real work happens . |
| 13 | Now in the absence of Dr and anybody else , yesterday , er myself , Ian , Nick er and one of the lab girls got together , we trialled all sorts of different er ways and means of getting round the high conductivity that was occurring er vis a vis a multi-purpose mix . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And although it may be one means of looking at the site , it is not an essential part of determining greenbelt function . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The first involves teaching the patient alternative means of dealing with the feelings of tension which precede cutting , and the second involves psychotherapeutic measures aimed at improving the patient 's self-esteem , and her ability to communicate feelings and needs . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Play and reading are concerned with preparation , with providing the means of dealing with the problems and opportunities of human life . |
| 21 | A study had been launched into the recording , reporting and presentation of criminal statistics , and research ‘ into the causes of crime and the effectiveness of the means of dealing with the criminals ’ was going ahead . |
| 22 | One is the move towards creating alliances , as means of dealing with the problems of rising resource costs just to stay in the game . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This precaution should in any event be taken , for decaying vegetation in water generates toxic gases which can be lethal for fish , particularly during winter when the pool becomes covered with ice and these gases have no means of escaping into the air . |
| 26 | Education , he believed , should offer a means of escaping from the alienation and poverty that bedevils that area ( Freire 1968 ) . |
| 27 | Mr Barnet was no more than a business acquaintance , but with true American hospitality he had taken pity on the young English couple who had no means of escaping from the city . |
| 28 | Countertrade is a means of escaping from the straitjacket of the world system when it pinches too tightly . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In those dispiriting circumstances it comes as no surprise to find politicians trying to offer a means of escaping from the encircling gloom . |