Example sentences of "[n mass] of [v-ing] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whichever way word- processing is used it gives learners the means of refining text until it satisfies them . |
| 2 | Page description languages are often though of as being the means of outputting information but they can just as easily be used as a method of receiving it as well . |
| 3 | The government 's annual report on the production costs of electricity in France has confirmed that nuclear-powered stations are the most cost-effective means of producing electricity provided they operate for at least 6,000 hours per year . |
| 4 | Conceptual clarification and reordering are , however , hardly sufficient as means of controlling force but they may be a necessary prerequisite for attaining this objective . |
| 5 | general manager of VingCard , explains how keycard locks can provide the hotel industry with more efficient and effective means of protecting guests and their property inside hotel rooms . |
| 6 | It is believed , as already mentioned , that one of the greatest pleasures for a child comes from the security it feels when it knows that it is loved , and it is the ability to withhold manifestations of that love for a little while , or threaten so to do , that provides a non-violent means of securing acquiescence when it is required . |
| 7 | It 's very unlikely that video will be your only means of presenting language so you do have a choice . |
| 8 | When we were seated facing each other again she gave me a ball of pink wool and a pair of knitting needles and I had my first lesson in how to knit properly without dropping stitches . |
| 9 | He 's got a pair of shearing scissors and he 's been doing like , this boy 's African , so he 's got , you know , Afro hair , which you can do curly-wurly signs on the back of him , it looks pretty neat . |