Example sentences of "[prep] means of [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Unidroit , for example , goes to considerable trouble , by means of consultations with representative international organizations and by questionnaires to specialists and to governments which in turn consult their national organizations , to establish that those practising in the field in question believe that differences in national laws create a problem and that harmonization would bring benefits . |
| 6 | On the one hand the rise of polities headed by rulers and functioning by means of hierarchies of administrative , priestly and military officials , in itself called for graded insignia to legitimize the exercise of power . |
| 7 | In the second year , the state is approached by means of units on comparative government which analyse the institutions and practices of the major powers in the contemporary developed world , and thematic units examining the relationship of war and nationalism respectively to the emergence of the modern state . |