Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] means [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , it was by no means a majority view , even amongst the ideologists of the double standard . |
| 2 | This Board , whose role is by no means a formality , as it has to vet every one of the artists shown at the exhibition , is now made up of people who reflect the old groupings : seven Christian Democrats , six Socialists , two PDS ( formerly Communist ) , one Liberal and one Social Democrat . |
| 3 | ‘ By common consent his figures are by no means a reflection on the way he is bowling , ’ said chairman of selectors Ted Dexter . |
| 4 | He notes first that the ‘ permissive maternal uncle ’ is by no means a phenomenon unique to the BaThonga . |
| 5 | That I think recognizes a possibility , by no means a probability , but a possibility that Paul might move away from home and the more real possibility that in due course that Mr and Mrs might be unable to bear their part further as carers . |
| 6 | From their point of view living in physical isolation in a rural district is by no means a problem , not only because of the high level of local car ownership , but because they , unlike the planners , do not confuse the idea of social cohesion with the notion of geographical proximity . |
| 7 | Superior qualifications were , indeed , by no means a guarantee of preferment , on the testimony of David Scott himself , who admitted on another occasion that ‘ there was some altercation about the superior qualifications of the other candidates , but on my shewing the chairman the anxiety I had to provide for your friend , with his assistance I carried it ’ . |
| 8 | His second to Party Politics in the Grand National marked him down as a stayer , but he is by no means a slouch over shorter trips . |
| 9 | This is by no means a criticism , though , because they still score a considerable number of points for avoiding direct imitation of Fender 's favourite son . |
| 10 | I was not thinking of the fact that two New Zealanders were out for 99 , which is stupid and by no means a Test match first , nor to the fact that seven of England 's XI were born outside Britain . |
| 11 | Although he was by no means a radical , he felt that the government 's best chance of maintaining its authority was to give more ground — literally — than it was promising to do . |
| 12 | She was by no means a billionairess when she and IBJ began their relationship , but she did own a couple of restaurants in Osaka ; and IBJ was desperate to expand operations in that area . |
| 13 | As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . |
| 14 | First , because these interviews by Professor Ian Fells ought to convince producers elsewhere that talking heads are by no means a disaster recipe . |
| 15 | Here , he was not a particularly good teacher , but he was by no means a disaster . |
| 16 | Museum visits then , appear to have been by no means a matter of Sunday entertainment and relaxation . |
| 17 | For the moment let us focus on Said 's subsequent point that if Orientalism and anthropology derive from historicism , this is by no means a thing of the past : of more recent sciences , Said singles out in particular that of world history as practised by Braudel , Wallerstein , Anderson and Wolf , which he contends is still derived from the enterprise of Orientalism and its colluding companion anthropology , and which has refused to encounter and to interrogate its own relationship as a discipline to European imperialism . |
| 18 | Yet , by the time Sunday racing becomes a reality , the Jockey Club , though by no means a thing of the past , will undoubtedly be different from the unchallenged ruler of British racing it is today . |
| 19 | But when she came up against Australia 's Michelle Jaggard , a more experienced player but by no means a world-beater , she struggled even to get a game . |
| 20 | But this is by no means a tale of automotive Flat-Earthers . |
| 21 | But , that is by no means a certainty and for Martin 's parents , the anxious wait continues . |
| 22 | When he turned later to real opera , tragédie en musique ( see pp. 373 ff. ) , he was by no means a novice in dealing with French declamation . |
| 23 | It was by no means a period of stagnation . |
| 24 | It took 80 per cent of the seats in the National Assembly , with just 40 per cent of the vote — which is by no means a form of Proportional Representation ( PR ) , as favoured by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 25 | EPA Administrator William K. Reilly stressed that the findings were " by no means a crisis " because the agency survey only targeted households at high risk of elevated lead levels either because they are served by municipal water lines made of lead or have interior piping made of lead or copper with lead solder . |
| 26 | Canadian labour education is by no means a model of good practice , but if it is possible for unions with far weaker traditions of political affiliation and shopfloor militancy than in Britain to stray beyond the circumscribed perimeters of the workplace in their training , then it is harder still to accept the myopic parochialism of much current British practice . |
| 27 | Forces , being a smallish town and by no means a city , the passing of street pleasantries is not quite the folk art it is in villages but people still enjoy passing the time of day with their neighbours . |
| 28 | The state was by no means a constituent part of the productive relations , which economic theory has been called upon to study . |
| 29 | In the early period the death 's head was the predominant motif used in churchyard-based cemeteries , in which by no means every individual received a grave marker . |
| 30 | by no means every dismissal occasioned by the need to restructure the business or to make economies is due to redundancy . |