Example sentences of "[prep] means [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means assessing their likes and dislikes by means of preference tests where they can simply choose between different options , or ‘ operant conditioning ’ tests where they have to perform some task such as pecking a button to get access to ( or to exit from ) a particular environment . |
| 2 | The energy of the neutrons had been measured by means of scintillation counters where neutrons knock on ( electrically charged ) protons , akin to H. G. Wells ' invisible marl being detected in a crowd by his bumping into the visible people . |
| 3 | This pressure is maintained by means of water towers and gravity , or by booster pumping stations . |
| 4 | On the economic front Alia 's proposals included encouraging initiative in enterprises and curtailing the role of central planning bodies ; paying bonuses to workers exceeding production targets ; allowing agricultural workers to sell surpluses at prices not fixed by the state ; curtailing artificial price fixing , by means of state subsidies , for all but essential goods ; and allowing people to build their own homes . |
| 5 | Providing such deficits are kept within manageable proportions they can usually be financed by means of capital inflows such as foreign investment or incurring debts to overseas banks . |
| 6 | The price element of the mix can be varied in terms of its basic price and by means of credit arrangements . |
| 7 | Reproduction in these early plants was by means of minute spores . |
| 8 | They reproduce by means of minute spores , which form in clusters on the undersides of the fronds , or sometimes on specially modified fronds . |
| 9 | He travelled around the County , staying at various homes where he was apparently always made welcome for the sake of his interesting tales and where he ‘ paid ’ for his keep by means of pencil sketches of his hosts . |
| 10 | Tuition is carried out by means of correspondence courses , supported in some cases by classes during the session . |
| 11 | As it went down it tripped two levers or weighbridges which by means of linkwork connections released a gate at the top of the wheel so as to let it move on by just one scoop . |
| 12 | This evaluation was carried out by means of performance studies and examinations on library skills and the measurement of students ' attitudes towards the programme . |
| 13 | Sometimes small bungalows have been built in the grounds of residential homes , in other developments they have been linked to a warden 's bungalow by means of alarm bells . |
| 14 | Criterial and excluded traits can be diagnosed by means of entailment relations between sentences : for instance , ‘ animal ’ is a criterial trait of dog because It 's a dog entails It 's an animal ; ‘ fish ’ is an excluded trait of dog because It 's a dog entails It 's not a fish . |
| 15 | I understand at one time it was possible to cross the river by means of stepping stones but these are no longer in position and the landowner finds that walkers wander along the river bank looking for the path and for a way to cross the river . |
| 16 | Hot airflows from an exterior furnace through the stoke hole , round the hypocaust piers ( pilae ) and heats the walls by means of wall flues |
| 17 | * This is usually done by chilling the outside of the hot glass by means of air jets . |
| 18 | First in the diagram is the perceptual system which monitors the environment by means of distance receptors : eyes , ears , nose , and tactile organs . |
| 19 | It is now possible to add or remove elements , and modify whole sections of the commercial , by means of computer systems such as ‘ Paintbox ’ — a system that contributed greatly to Peter Greenaway 's feature film Prospero 's Books — or ‘ Harry ’ . |
| 20 | These instruments offer a wide range and large numbers of stops , and some provide an extra selection by means of computer cards which are fed into a slot . |
| 21 | It is clear that the therapist should have endeavoured at a much earlier stage to involve the parents in treatment , preferably by means of conjoint sessions with Pamela and her parents together . |
| 22 | Banks financing oil and gas pipeline projects are given similar guarantees by means of through-put agreements which set the minimum usage of the facility by the various contracting parties . |
| 23 | The tapping from the furnace is done by means of tap holes in the side of the furnace and these are plugged with clay and what happens is one of the workers has a lump of clay on the end of a long metal rod . |
| 24 | Certain parts of this information can be collected by means of tests , for example in medical diagnosis , blood-pressure measurements , heart rate etc , but other information has to be collected by observation and by means of case histories . |
| 25 | Bernard Comrie also points out that where languages mark degrees of animacy by means of case inflections , as is done in Slavonic languages , gender is sometimes a relevant factor distin-guishing high from lower degrees of animacy — that is , women may be designated as of ‘ lower animacy ’ than men . |
| 26 | The number of mills that could work effectively on the same stream was limited , which led to smaller streams being used by means of building dams to create mill-ponds . |
| 27 | Local authorities may borrow money from the National Debt Commissioners , the Public Works Loan Board , or by means of loan instruments such as bonds or local authority stock . |
| 28 | There is another necessary condition and that is that a pitch difference must be perceptible ; it is possible to detect differences in the frequency of the vibration of a speaker 's voice by means of laboratory instruments , but these differences may not be great enough to be heard by a listener as differences in pitch . |
| 29 | Adequacy of anal sphincteric function should then be confirmed by means of laboratory tests of anal pressure and sensation . |
| 30 | In that year em waves from Venus at radio wavelengths greater than about 10 mm were detected by means of radio telescopes . |