Example sentences of "by means " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | has brought together , accumulated and assimilated by means of the physical materials of his art a host of desires , intentions , and conditions coming from all regions of his mind and being . |
| 3 | Lilian , the older sister , errs by studying hard to become a money-minded businesswoman with a grudge and a smart flat , and by blackmailing her employer , also her lover , by means of an abortion . |
| 4 | Most of these schools are private , though parents receive assistance with the fees from a committee which is funded directly by the government and which allocates grants by means test . |
| 5 | Leguminous green manures , such as clover and beans , fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil by means of their root nodules , so making it available to plants later in the growing season . |
| 6 | Provided that there is normal acceleration on take-off , the pilot should have good aileron control and be able to stop any swing into the wind by means of the rudder . |
| 7 | It must be emphasised that to prevent or to stop a spin the wings must be unstalled by means of a forward movement . |
| 8 | Improve suppleness in the hip joint by means of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation ( PNF ) stretching plus ballistic mobility exercises . |
| 9 | Underline the follow-up by means of a loud shout to show that you have unified mental resolve and physical effort in the technique . |
| 10 | The selected ‘ A ’ squad then works together for the targeted event by means of a series of residential training sessions . |
| 11 | Haematomas may need draining by means of a minor procedure carried out in the surgical unit of your local hospital . |
| 12 | Chronic knee injury can be managed by means of leg extension exercises on a multigym . |
| 13 | The clock is attached to the table on which it will stand by means of a padlock and plastic covered cable , which is located with the clock and out of sight . |
| 14 | Cramp the workpiece to the upper board and by means of a wood block ensure that it lines up with the edge of the top board . |
| 15 | When the first orders were placed the numbers of two-car units in the fleet were set by means of a number of calculations . |
| 16 | Most of the new terminals commissioned during the 1980s were funded partly by the government by means of a ‘ Section 8 Grant ’ , giving up to 60 per cent of the total cost . |
| 17 | Since Fokine broke away from the rigid categories of dance or mime , twentieth-century choreographers , following his example , have usually created a continuous design of expressive movement which interprets the story by means of mimed dance or danced mime ( see page 58 ) . |
| 18 | Nineteenth-century choreographers who adopted this style defined the characters by certain known habits and actions , and told their stories by means of conventional gestures during the scènes and pas d'action . |
| 19 | Attach a shallow-seal bath trap to the waste outlet , then connect to the waste pipe by means of a swept-tee |
| 20 | The bench table is clamped securely in position by means of two tommy bar bolts . |
| 21 | Compliance with the Building Regulations is enforced by means of site inspections during the progress of the work . |
| 22 | Let me try and bring this out by means of a single phrase in Stavrogin 's suicide letter . |
| 23 | And as I say , some absolutely precious quarry is being stalked by means of Lyamshin and Mrs Virginsky . |
| 24 | But below 10K it is possible by means of field-modulated microwave absorption ( FMMA ) and the Meissner effect ( magnetic field expulsion ) to demonstrate clearly the existence of a hitherto unknown superconducting phase within the material . |
| 25 | An increase in output current from the popular DAC 08 D-to-A converter is obtainable by means of this circuit , the current accuracy being better than 1% and offset current less than 0.1% . |
| 26 | If discourses articulate concepts through a system or signs which signify by means or their relationship to each other rather than to entities in the world , and ir literature is a signifying practice , all it can reflect is the order inscribed in particular discourses , not the nature or the world . |
| 27 | Dr Stehelin said he worked for Dr Bishop and Dr Varmus in their San Francisco laboratory between 1972 and 1975 , and was the principal signer of the first article in the scientific magazine Nature , in 1976 , that said a cancer virus was causing cancer by means of a gene it had captured from normal cells . |
| 28 | ‘ We identified the site by means of biolocation . |
| 29 | The maintenance of a firm currency has an important part in the battle against inflation , but if pursued uniquely by means of offering foreign holders of sterling an ever-increasing interest rate premium , the result will be severe damage to the British economy and the Tories ' chances of re-election . |
| 30 | Mr Lawson has frequently ruled out supporting the pound by means other than interest rates . |