Example sentences of "means [prep] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a liberal democracy government is held accountable to citizens by means of regular free elections , in which citizens choose between competing parties of politicians . |
| 2 | Gastric emptying was assessed on a different day after overnight fasting by means of 10 radioopaque markers ingested with a standard test meal . |
| 3 | Motility was then assessed in each patient by non-invasive tests : gastric emptying was measured by means of solid radioopaque markers , gall bladder contraction in response to cholecystokinin 8 stimulation by ultrasonography , mouth-to-caecum transit time by using the lactulose hydrogen breath test , and colonic transit time again by means of indigestible radioopaque markers . |
| 4 | Figure 18.4 shows , by means of five-year moving averages of deaths per million in England and Wales , how the disease has behaved over a long period in relation to other serious illnesses . |
| 5 | From this survey it is possible , by means of complex statistical analyses , to divide people up into groups whose attitudes and purchasing habits appear to be broadly similar . |
| 6 | Self-employment is by no means the guarantee of self-fulfilment , nor of the satisfaction of a need rather than the means of satisfying other needs . |
| 7 | Art is a human activity consisting in this , that one man consciously by means of certain external signs , hands on to others feelings he has lived through , and that others are infected by these feelings and also experience them . |
| 8 | It will be convenient to mark the distinctions I have been drawing by means of certain semiotic terms . |
| 9 | Then , Messrs. Gwynne 's proposal for equalising the strain on each individual rope by means of connected hydraulic rams is most satisfactory , as also is their suggesting for actuating the lift-up gates by means of hydraulic pressure utilising the engine for pumping up the accumulator . ’ |
| 10 | Then Messrs. Gwynne 's proposal for equalizing the strain on each inidividual rope by means of connected Hydraulic Rams is most satisfactory , as also is their suggestion for actuating the lift up gates by means of Hydraulic pressure utilising the engine for pumping up the accumulator . |
| 11 | Most effort in promoting cooperatives as a means of increasing small farmers ' market power has been devoted to organising marketing and the provision of services . |
| 12 | There is a view that marketing is not relevant to the needs of less developed countries , since these countries require means of increasing basic levels of output , not means of directing changes of production to satisfy a changing marketplace . |
| 13 | Adjustment was carried out from above water level by means of long driving tubes , operating down the centres of the columns . |
| 14 | In partnership with the Staple Inn Actuarial Society , we look forward to building on the success of the first year 's issues and to the increasing use of the magazine as a means of effective two-way communications . |
| 15 | Irrespective of the content of each novel , whether it is a tale of apprenticeship ( Antoine Bloye and la Conspiration ) , or of confrontation ( Le Cheval de Troie ) , the formal articulation of the content is achieved by means of two competing discourses . |
| 16 | Owen 's bridge , which is shown in figure 7.7(b) and is balanced by means of two variable resistors , is therefore very attractive for determining inductance . |
| 17 | According to de Klerk , its repeal now appeared possible " provided that this is accompanied by the adoption of temporary transitional measures toward the acceptance of a new constitution " ; Parliament and the existing constitution could thus continue to function by means of temporary legal provisions . |
| 18 | As we have said , it is well established in scientific circles that ants and many other creatures , too , communicate by means of external molecular signals known as pheromones . |
| 19 | Statutory authority for the supply of funds to meet expenditure is provided by means of annual Consolidated Funds Acts and by an annual Appropriation Act . |
| 20 | The data in Table 15.1 are simulated observations from a trivariate distribution in which the population means of all three variables are 55 , the standard deviations are 15 and the correlations are ρ yz = ρ xy = 0.5 and ρ xz = 0.25 . |
| 21 | As Mr Gladstone has pointed out , in the last few years progress has been far more rapid because improved education has created in all classes of the community an increased desire and appetite for literature which did not formerly exist , and that can only be supplied by means of such public libraries in which we are now met . |
| 22 | Using steady state vowels , which do not convey information by means of distinctive articulatory features , no laterality effect was obtained . |
| 23 | At enrolment , the dates of birth of the children and their mothers were assessed by means of detailed local events calendars , supplemented by any written documentation available . |
| 24 | This has important implications for the study of protein-protein interactions because it demonstrates how one protein can bind to all members of a class of highly variable proteins by means of secondary structural interactions and recognition of highly conserved residues . |
| 25 | Their prices are such that they are beyond the means of most first-time buyers . |
| 26 | Although beyond the means of most lower-echelon players , they are potentially lucrative magnets for get-rich-quick merchants who syphon illegitimate monies from their clubs through third parties . |
| 27 | Motility was then assessed in each patient by non-invasive tests : gastric emptying was measured by means of solid radioopaque markers , gall bladder contraction in response to cholecystokinin 8 stimulation by ultrasonography , mouth-to-caecum transit time by using the lactulose hydrogen breath test , and colonic transit time again by means of indigestible radioopaque markers . |
| 28 | Statistics on the relationship between income and consumption can be collected by means of three main types of empirical study : |
| 29 | By means of those five strokes , she had drawn her self-portrait ; with those five points , she defined her self and presented that self to everyone . |
| 30 | The IntelliServer connects directly to a TCP/IP Ethernet using BNC or AUI connectors and is designed to provide a cost-effective means of connecting serial printers , modems , personal computers running terminal emulators , terminals , and high-speed serial X terminals to a local net . |