Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] means of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ so far as is reasonably practicable as regards any place of work under the employer 's control , the maintenance of it in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks . ’ |
| 2 | The discussion in this section has developed the key points about inter-organizational practice by means of consideration of the rules-discretion dichotomy . |
| 3 | Since employment growth was relatively modest , the mass of means of production per worker more than doubled over the period . |
| 4 | A Public Health Acts Amendment Act in 1890 enabled every urban authority to introduce by-laws enforcing minimum standards of construction of sanitation and ventilation , etc. , for new housing and provision of means of access for refuse removal . |
| 5 | We have already seen that both the quantity of means of production in use and the output produced by their operation grew enormously . |
| 6 | It is not unusual for a researcher to ‘ trail ’ the main publication by means of articles in the learned journals . |
| 7 | Taxes Act 1988 , s739(1) states that the section is enacted : … for the purpose of preventing the avoiding by individuals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom of liability to income tax by means of transfer of assets by virtue or in consequence of which , either alone or in conjunction with associated operations , income becomes payable to persons resident or domiciled outside the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | The Cloud-author would not dispute this but , whereas Julian and the others communicate their experience of the being of the transcendent God in the inner self by means of focus on the combination of literal and figurative truths revealed in the story of the Incarnation and Passion , he is so concerned with the reality of a God who can not be " known " by intellect or sense , that he plays down these " means " . |
| 9 | If place is to be defined in terms of co-ordinates , the assumption that no particular can be in two places at once presupposes the ( logical ) possibility of a unique designation by means of co-ordinates of every single position in space , i.e. the possibility , in principle , of setting up an all-embracing co-ordinate system ; making it possible to differentiate unambiguously every point in space from any other from a given origin . |
| 10 | In both cases , assessors may need to ensure current competence by means of assessment on demand . |
| 11 | Viewed in this way it is clear why the separation of rules governing the use of means of warfare from those on the initiation of conflict has proved increasingly difficult to maintain . |
| 12 | This is a general provision and the person in control of premises may also have other duties under other enactments , for example with respect to means of escape in case of fire , and general fire precautions , and also with respect to public health . |
| 13 | It illustrates the revived importance of the depicted or inserted object by means of works by Picasso , Schnabel , de Chirico , Magritte , Warhol and so on . |
| 14 | Ramaema on May 13 announced the repeal of legislation banning political parties and was quoted as promising a restoration of democracy by means of elections by June 1992 . |
| 15 | Such efforts to engage with discourses on quality by means of notions like " taste " and " style " may be understood in terms of challenges issuing from the peripheries of the discipline , as well as beyond its boundaries , which called upon the leaders of English studies to provide an account of " literary quality " of at least equal force to those being generated outside the Review 's pages . |
| 16 | He also announced the cancellation as of Jan. 1 of the collection of RPT membership dues by means of deductions at source from all workers ' salaries . |
| 17 | The plaintiffs sought recovery of sums paid under such agreements by means of claims for restitution against the defendants , a Scottish local authority . |
| 18 | Whereas the majority of respondents from the six CCAB bodies favoured the principle of rationalisation by means of reduction of the number of bodies , 58 per cent of ICAS respondents did not . |
| 19 | Thus , paradoxical as it may seem , the rapid growth of means of production during the boom depended upon much scrapping of means of production . |
| 20 | Inhutani II intends to finance its 40 per cent share of the project by means of levies on logging companies , which were originally earmarked for reforestation work . |
| 21 | Having achieved professional status by means of success in competitive examinations , they are likely to feel a sense of obligation to working-class pupils to equip them in a similar way . |
| 22 | Apart from this , all mineral workings , ancillary buildings depositing of waste and the construction of means of access to sites require planning permission . |
| 23 | So if you think about it a therapeutic group could certainly use suggestive therapy like hypnosis and my guess is that most successful groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or groups of people who wan na stop smoking or do slimming and things like that succeed for that reason , cos every member of the group reinforces every other member with a kind of group super ego and says look , you must n't smoke , you must n't drink , you must n't put on weight and it , it reinforces every individual 's erm super ego by means of identification with the shared value of the group and similarly reduces feelings of shame and guilt if the individual fails the group , cos next week when they come back they say oh dear , I 've put on five pounds , erm that they 're gon na feel bad about it because it offends against the ideal of the of the group if it 's Weight Watchers or something . |
| 24 | The European headquarters are in Hemel Hempstead , Herts , and there is another office in Leeds , but Locus is aiming to broaden its European base by means of acquisitions on the continent : the first is expected by the end of this year . |
| 25 | The Roman system of supplying water to cities by means of aqueducts above ground presented an engineering problem . |
| 26 | Instead they dismantled the Poor Law from outside , by removing from it needy groups by means of legislation on issues such as old-age pensions and national health insurance . |
| 27 | ‘ To improve the machinery of civil justice in England and Wales by means of reforms in jurisdiction , procedure and court administration and in particular to reduce delay , cost and complexity . ’ |
| 28 | The landlord , being in the stronger bargaining position ( even in the commercial setting ) , may be able to impose onerous requirements upon the tenant by means of covenants in the lease . |
| 29 | This bird , too , is indifferent to the angry bees and not only feeds on anything left over by the ratel but also on the wax combs in the nest , having the ability to digest wax by means of bacteria in its gut . |