Example sentences of "means [prep] [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The managed mixed economy and a highly developed system of collective social provision were the means for achieving these values . |
| 2 | With regard to description , computer analysis of text provides the means for identifying these expressions since their normality is a function of their occurrence as holistic units . |
| 3 | He has no means of influencing these processes . |
| 4 | ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ . |
| 5 | If we are to hold out any hope of a substantial improvement in the pay and conditions of the farm worker , therefore , trade unionism seems to offer a means of achieving these ends on only the largest farming enterprises , where plant bargaining above the AWB rates becomes a possibility . |
| 6 | In the ‘ rational ’ decision-making model , the policy-maker first specifies the objectives that he is trying to achieve , second musters all the evidence necessary for an analysis of alternative ways of achieving these objectives and , third , chooses the most cost-effective means of achieving these objectives . |
| 7 | The Race Equality Policy sets out six objectives for equality of opportunity through all stages of a barrister 's training and areas of practice and suggests means of achieving these objectives . |
| 8 | The contamination of land and water by such substances constitutes a pollution hazard that could be reduced by scavenging mechanisms which could provide a means of recycling these substances for industrial and agricultural use . |
| 9 | Their use of temporary workers provided a means of meeting these needs . |
| 10 | existing means of solving these problems [ for example , the Disabled Persons [ Employment ] Act 1944 ] have failed |
| 11 | The rarity of short-wave cones is concordant with earlier estimates , using direct and indirect means of identifying these receptors , but we have not ourselves seen any indication that the short-wave cones occur as interruptions to the regular foveal matrix , as has sometimes been reported . |
| 12 | In the course of this study , our understanding of the sources of methane ( particularly of methane in groundwaters ) , our means of identifying these sources , and our ability to model the mechanisms of movement through the ground , have all been found lacking in some important way . |
| 13 | Resistor R6 is a simple means of preventing these voltage fluctuations reaching the sensitive amplifier circuit . |
| 14 | In Chapter v I shall move on to ask whether the work done by Poulantzas suggests a means of overcoming these problems , and finally I shall consider how successful the theory is as a tool for furnishing explanations of the social world . |
| 15 | As a means of illustrating these relationships on a multi-country basis , the OECD ( 1979a ) has produced two scatter-graphs . |