Example sentences of "[noun sg] by means of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Company offers employees the opportunity to buy Company stock by means of a Save As You Earn Contract — a scheme which has the approval of the Inland Revenue . |
| 2 | An alternative is that the pipes were carried across the valleys from higher ground on the far side by means of high ( and now completely vanished ) aqueducts . |
| 3 | It must then be levelled from end to end and side to side by means of a board and spirit level ( Fig 2b ) . |
| 4 | Fig. 2 ( b ) The pool must be levelled from end to end and from side to side by means of a board and spirit level . |
| 5 | The same goes for the inductive reasoning by means of which scientific knowledge is derived from the observation statements . |
| 6 | A much larger proportion of resources was earmarked for social development , and less emphasis was given to encouraging manufacturing investment by means of fiscal incentives . |
| 7 | There has been a high incidence of political succession by means of military coups d'état . |
| 8 | The student is invited to effect this reciprocation by means of the fourth variant , in which the largest diagonal element available is chosen as the pivot at each stage ; it begins with the bottom right-hand element . |
| 9 | In addition , all specimens were stained with Sirius red F3BA in order to do a quantitative morphometric analysis of the reticulin collapse by means of an automatic image quantifier ( Ramtek-9351 ) , as previously described . |
| 10 | It is linked to the preamp by means of a lockable multi-pin connector , which is a very sensible idea , as anyone who has suffered from the lead-as-tripwire syndrome will no doubt agree . |
| 11 | The mind has the power of distending itself into the future by means of anticipation and the past by means of memory . |
| 12 | Financing the bid by means of a rights issue or cash underwritten alternative has the advantage of increasing the equity base of the offeror and improving gearing . |
| 13 | After the Addison Act both of the minority Labour governments , in power in 1924 and in 1929–31 , extended the local authority house-building programme by means of further subsidies . |
| 14 | It is the theory that linguistic communication consists in conveying mental things — ideas — from one person 's mind to another person 's mind by means of things that can be heard or seen , things which if one accepts the theory , are called ‘ signs ’ or ‘ symbols ‘ . |
| 15 | Influenced by a learned correspondent , Girolamo Mei , a philologist and student of ancient Greek music and drama who rightly believed Greek music to have been monodic ( but seemingly supplied Galilei with thirteenth-century Byzantine melodies to Mesomedes ' hymns under the impression that they were ancient ) , Galilei argued that the polyphonic ‘ music of today is not of great value for expressing the passions of the mind by means of words , but is of value merely for the wind and stringed instruments , from which the ear … desires nothing but the sweet enjoyment of the variety of their harmonies … |
| 16 | Studying the history of other societies from their own perspectives and for their own sake counteracts tendencies to insularity , without devaluing British achievements , values and traditions ; vi ) to train the mind by means of disciplined study . |
| 17 | The motor drives the car 's single rear wheel by means of a chain . |
| 18 | By means of the Alexander Technique I have acquired an awareness of where my body is in space which means I am now able to control my muscle tension by means of my brain ; this is essential if I was ever to maintain a posture without straining my body unconsciously . |
| 19 | It is possible to blow small amounts of air into the urethra by means of a balloon-valve , and in this way see if there are any strictures in the anterior urethra . |
| 20 | Sometimes extravagant claims are made for the incapacitatory effectiveness of ordinary prison sentences , and it is argued that if prison sentences were longer this could produce a substantial reduction in crime by means of incapacitation . |
| 21 | Until the 1970s , at least , whites retained a virtual monopoly on skilled labour by means of a system of job reservation . |
| 22 | In cases of manumission , the slave in the first place had a dispensation from the normal prohibition on bringing suit against his master ; furthermore , after the Trajanic SC Rubrianum the tendency of the whole process before the praetor fideicommissarius was towards a declaration by the judge , and if the declaration was in favour of freedom then it was given effect by means of a fiction that the slave had actually been given direct freedom under the testator 's will . |
| 23 | At that time Mr Tony Benn was Industry Secretary and the Labour government was attempting to increase state involvement in private industry by means of the National Enterprise Board ( NEB ) . |
| 24 | The legal adviser helps to negotiate the firm 's contracts ( and may have to travel all over the world in order to do so ) , keeps it right on matters of company law and employment law , pilots takeovers , etc. , and may , on a wider front , advise on what is proper conduct within a system of self-regulation adopted within the industry by means of a Code of Practice . |
| 25 | Will my hon. and attractive Friend congratulate Perth and Kinross district council on the dynamic quality of its work in attracting vast benefits to Scotland and Scottish industry by means of its policy of twinning with Pskov in Russia and Haikou on Hainan island in China , this year bringing to Perth the most valuable exhibition of icons in the world ? |
| 26 | The fund , which was expected to begin operating in 1991 and would be administered by Norges Bank , the central bank , would be used to reduce the dependency on the oil industry by means of foreign investment and investment in non-oil domestic industries . |
| 27 | Mrs. Drummond took the Minutes and felt obliged to record in detail the instructions given to the ladies on how to cast a vote by means of placing a cross against a preferred choice , those ‘ with the greatest number of crosses being elected ’ . |
| 28 | The discussion in this section has developed the key points about inter-organizational practice by means of consideration of the rules-discretion dichotomy . |
| 29 | At the other extreme is the introduction of market principles into local authority practice by means of paid care schemes . |
| 30 | It is this balance of power with governors which perhaps most intensely tests the management capacity of a head in relation to other teachers , but at the same time the power of teachers themselves to convert policies which are handed down from above into classroom practice by means of adaptation , domestication or subversion should not be overlooked ( Shipman 1990:156 — 7 ) . |