Example sentences of "by means of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A rectangular plaque from the Phaistos temple shows , in relief , four animal-headed figures in long robes with tasselled belts ; it was originally fixed to a curving surface , probably of wood , by means of nails at the four corners ( Figure 49 ) . |
| 3 | Other lizards , like the Tokay Gecko from tropical Asia , are nocturnal , largely insectivorous and able to walk upside down , even on glass , by means of feet with special pads on the toe tips . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is not unusual for a researcher to ‘ trail ’ the main publication by means of articles in the learned journals . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Attempts were also made to evaluate the effects of the self-instructional orientation material , by means of observations of how students performed a series of tasks . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But erm and essentially , the difference is this , if I can illustrate it by means of reference to appendix four in er N Y two of o o of North Yorkshire . |
| 12 | The Convention provides for the taking of evidence or the performing of other judicial acts abroad , by means of Letters of Request or by the use of diplomats and consuls , of and commissioners . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | The plaintiffs sought recovery of sums paid under such agreements by means of claims for restitution against the defendants , a Scottish local authority . |
| 17 | If , as we have been suggesting , the nature of data has much to do with the theoretical presuppositions which underlie their production , how can it be said that theories are tested by means of exposure to data ? |
| 18 | A hand , or Aldis , lamp for signalling in Morse code was found unsatisfactory ; a more efficient method was for tank to signal to tank , or to the supporting infantry , by means of discs of different colour . |
| 19 | A battery of stamps consisted usually of four wooden baulks placed vertically , riding in guides , each shod with heavy iron heads which were lifted alternately by means of cams on a revolving axle , acting upon lifters or tappets affixed to the sliding baulks , The stamps were raised and dropped about 12 inches , at a rate best able to cope with the material fed . |
| 20 | In both cases , assessors may need to ensure current competence by means of assessment on demand . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In the original method the total units were given numbers from 1 upwards and the sample taken by means of tables of random numbers which could be bought . |
| 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 discussion in this section has developed the key points about inter-organizational practice by means of consideration of the rules-discretion dichotomy . |
| 25 | The Roman system of supplying water to cities by means of aqueducts above ground presented an engineering problem . |
| 26 | All the machinery was powered by a gas engine which drove a long shaft near the ceiling that in turn , by means of belts to fast and loose pulleys , provided the motive power for the various equipment . |
| 27 | Before the publication ofthe Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society communication in science was primarily carried out by means of networks of correspondents . |
| 28 | … Mistakes of law made by judges of the High Court acting in their capacity as such can be corrected only by means of appeal to an appellate court ; and if , as in the instant case , the statute provides that the judge 's decision shall not be appealable , they can not be corrected at all . |
| 29 | Relatively few of these governments have been formed following elections ; most have been created by means of negotiation between the main parties and personalities in order to establish the distribution of offices between parties . |
| 30 | Data will be collected by means of questionnaires to mother and fathers and interviews with mothers and siblings . |