Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by means [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A charge against him by the Privy Seal for usury was apparently avoided by means of a £12,000 bribe . |
| 2 | Interaction is entirely conducted by means of display pages : |
| 3 | For all of them the Passion focuses the terrifyingly destructive forces in human nature and signals the one way by which they are to be rendered ultimately ineffective — a way not isolated in history , but constantly repeated by means of the game of faith . |
| 4 | How this network operates is most easily explained by means of the phasor diagram presented in figure 8.12(b) . |
| 5 | These spaces are normally ventilated by means of airbricks set in outside walls below the level of the damp course , but these can easily become blocked , cutting off the air flow beneath the floor and allowing rot to develop . |
| 6 | When a directive is implemented in the United Kingdom it is normally done by means of delegated legislation . |
| 7 | It 's extremely doubtful whether , in these days of computer technology , information is still best conveyed by means of lectures . |
| 8 | Approval is normally signified by means of a separate box on the form of acceptance . |
| 9 | The procedure is best illustrated by means of a numerical example : we choose A to be the matrix of ( 2.10.2.16 ) . |
| 10 | Moreover , the fact that characters may be successfully interpreted by means of these linguistic approaches presents a strong case for characterisation once again being regarded as a legitimate object of the critic 's attention . |
| 11 | Such data is usually collected by means of surveys and other formalised methods . |
| 12 | This softening is usually done by means of the base-exchange process or some variation of this , giving water of near-zero hardness . |
| 13 | This kind of commentary is usually produced by means of an interview , although again the interviewer 's questions will often be edited out so that the commentary sounds like continuous speech . |
| 14 | Primary data is usually obtained by means of questionnaires and structured interviews , administered by trained personnel . |
| 15 | This is most usually expressed by means of a subordinate adverbial clause , with although , however , even so , etc : Although we won the war , some say we lost the peace . |
| 16 | The special nature of computer software and the fact that software is usually acquired by means of a licence have several legal implications . |
| 17 | Do plants , then , also communicate by means of airborne pheromones or in some other , perhaps more subtle fashion , as well ? |
| 18 | Totally sheltered as the vitriolic stuff teemed down , I walked swiftly away — on a line provided by Posi , watching me through the ship ceptors that she had temporarily borrowed by means of her call-beam . |
| 19 | Monitoring the progress of projects is often done by means of project review meetings of which the minutes form a record of achievement and decisions . |
| 20 | Monitoring the progress of projects is often done by means of project review meetings of which the minutes form a record of achievement and decisions . |
| 21 | Break-up bids are often financed by means of a leveraged buyout . |
| 22 | For instance , in Chinese definiteness and indefiniteness ( which reflect given and new information respectively ) are typically signalled by means of word order : |
| 23 | In written language , marked information structure is often signalled by means of typography or punctuation devices . |
| 24 | Devotion in the Middle Ages was often expressed by means of penitential journeys to famous shrines . |
| 25 | The area underlain by marble was accurately delineated by means of closely spaced specially drilled deep boreholes , and the resulting maps have allowed the town planning authorities to modify their layouts . |
| 26 | At this point the sons are painfully and traumatically initiated — that is , they are subjected to brutal assaults , frightening experiences , are deprived of their mothers and all normal support and , usually at the climax of these experiences , are symbolically castrated by means of some customary mutilation ( very often the rather close equivalent represented by circumcision , but otherwise by knocking out of teeth , pulling out of nails , loss of fingers , etc . ) . |
| 27 | Sailplanes are often launched by means of half a mile or so of wire , reeled in by a winch . |
| 28 | The access to seats is well arranged by means of staircases built between the walls and by passages between the seat ranges . |
| 29 | Primary data is most frequently collected by means of surveys , based on questionnaires or interviews . |
| 30 | that past consideration is no consideration ) is frequently evaded by means of the fiction that the promise made subsequent to the consideration merely fixes the amount due under an earlier promise deemed to exist contemporaneously with the consideration . |