Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] means " in BNC.
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| 1 | Machine-readable dictionaries are being considered as another means of query expansion . |
| 2 | I say " a book in which this unequivocally does not happen " because the happy ending which the reader insists on does not need by any means to be a simple , pure , unalloyed happy ending . |
| 3 | On 23 January 1980 Carter finally committed the United States to the security of the Persian Gulf region by proclaiming that : ‘ any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary , including military force . ’ |
| 4 | The casual labour problem was too sizeable to be solved by these means and it was unsuited to the temporary needs of unemployed skilled men . |
| 5 | She could not think of any means of doing it without involving Andrew . |
| 6 | Edward , whose joyful encounter with Joan de Warenne had given him a further reason for wishing to gain his freedom , sought for some means of contacting his mother . |
| 7 | Perhaps people who depended as much on mammoths as the hunting bands of south Russia or central Europe did during the late Ice Age sought by such means to identify with their gigantic and awesome prey . |
| 8 | I I think if you 've got a moderately or well differentiated tumour and i it 's solitary and it 's small and they 're clear at three months tell them to stop smoking by all means . |
| 9 | It can indeed be argued that the strict Calvinists who controlled England during this period were attempting by such means to bring about a cultural revolution ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 10 | We were n't convinced by any means . |
| 11 | Our case shows that , with carcinoma of the gallbladder , rupture of the gallbladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy must be avoided by all means , even if the umbilical incision has to be sufficiently extended to facilitate easy removal of an intact specimen . |
| 12 | Not all of the ‘ helpable ’ were willing to be helped by such means . |
| 13 | Parents are encouraged to make their own arrangements where possible , and are helped by such means as the admission of younger children to day nurseries . |
| 14 | FURIOUS Saddam Hussein vowed yesterday to ‘ confront with all means available ’ the US-led allies ' no-fly zone over southern Iraq . |
| 15 | It seemed to Wetherfield to follow that where a creditor had proved his debtor 's means , he might have him committed to prison , and that he could then levy on those means , if tangible and available , to obtain payment of what was owed him . |
| 16 | Not all marriage problems can be aired by any means , and some are best resolved privately . |
| 17 | It goes without saying that once the primary structure has failed there must be provision for the failure to be detected by some means before the redundant structure itself is weakened by continuous flight loads . |
| 18 | When it slammed behind him she let out a long , shaky breath and felt blindly for a chair , afraid she 'd collapse without some means of support . |
| 19 | Putting these together , it would mean that a life-saving service would not have by any means the highest priority if the lives saved were few or were ones of mere existence . |
| 20 | Travelling by any means was forbidden in the Algerian Sahara from the end of May to September , while walking would , in any case , be impossible after March . |
| 21 | And that is surviving by any means necessary . ’ |
| 22 | The development of participative popular democracy both ‘ at work ’ and in a broader social context — in itself a distinction the sharpness of which socialists wish to reduce by such means as Marx 's ‘ polytechnic ’ education and the creation of closer links between industry and community . |
| 23 | Someone in the Works and Buildings Department , haunted by the thought of these urinals gushing pointlessly at regular intervals all through the hours of darkness , Sundays and public holidays , had hit on this means of reducing the University 's water rate . |
| 24 | ‘ Ask by all means , so long as you understand how limited my freedom may be to answer . ’ |
| 25 | Might he have been despatched by those means , other than useless lawyers , which were considered by Sandra when she wrote the list ? |
| 26 | So we must at least conclude from this that the purposes for which ordinary people wanted political democracy , or the vote , have not yet been completely fulfilled by any means . |
| 27 | He , his wife and seven children were left without any means of support … and so on and so on . |
| 28 | Publish by all means . |
| 29 | But criticize by all means . |
| 30 | No part of this brochure may be reproduced by any means without written permission from Redwing Holidays Ltd . |