Example sentences of "with the aid of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They remain different ways , because the institutions of natural science involve the practice of giving causal explanations with the aid of models and statistics , whereas those of religion involve nothing of the sort .
2 Let us complete now the circuit with the aid of wires and brushes ( Fig. 4.16(b) ) and insert an ideal voltmeter .
3 No athlete can feel satisfied by a performance achieved with the aid of drugs ; natural success lasts much longer .
4 CONSULTANCY The introduction of BS5750 has forced companies to examine their internal systems — often with the aid of consultants
5 Any attempt to nail down individuals with the aid of rules and collective values seems doomed to vague and complex generalities .
6 The fact that bats construct their internal model with the aid of echoes , while we construct ours with the aid of light , is irrelevant .
7 Data preparation began in July 1983 with the aid of grants now totalling almost 250,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council , the British Library , and the Department of Economic Development , Northern Ireland .
8 One of only four King 's Plate prizes known to have survived , the NMS example was bought with the aid of grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Art Collections Fund .
9 The crews performed both day and night operations and would drop the bomb load on night targets with the aid of searchlights used to illuminate targets and provide datum points for navigation onto the bomb run .
10 His description of the aircraft was not far out ; John Pain reported : ‘ By the time we left , aircraft were being repaired with dope-painted linen or cloth from anywhere and metal repairs were made with the aid of Players 50s tins .
11 Secondly , with the aid of prohibitions and compliant judges , Edward extended the definition of lay fee .
12 It was drastically restored in the late nineteenth century from a ruined condition and with the aid of drawings .
13 It is on the basis of this historical experience of modern social movements , and with the aid of concepts which were introduced in order to understand them , that social scientists and historians have gone on to study movements of a similar kind in other societies and periods ; for example , millenarian movements , peasant rebellions , the actions of ‘ crowds ’ and ‘ mobs ’ .
14 Cuba replied to the Declaration of San José with the First Declaration of Havana which welcomed the Soviet Union 's ‘ offer to support Cuba with the aid of rockets ’ ( Obra Revolucionaria , 6 September 1960 , in Clissold : 1970 , p. 259 ) .
15 A rectangular placenta and a baby about half an inch long with a heart but no face are implanted with the aid of forceps and speculum .
16 But Allison has gone further than just stating the theoretical arguments for the process , he has already begun to explore the actual practicalities of implementing assessment techniques with the aid of students in his department .
17 LEFT Iron objects are best drawn with the aid of X-rays which can give the shape and form of an object under the corrosion .
18 This method also prevents selection of the incorrect morphemic roots of the word ( preached is found as a derivative of preach rather than ache ) since the selection of the correct root form can be made with certainty at development time with the aid of dictionaries .
19 We can not view them directly , but with the aid of machines we utilise the penetrating power of short X-rays and gamma rays to look inside the human body and diagnose illnesses .
20 ( WES ) It 's been built with the aid of experts — wheelchair users themselves .
21 Many other termites digest their unpromising food of twigs and vegetable detritus with the aid of micro-organisms in their gut .
22 Application of Kirchhoff 's voltage law gives for the current I. Taking the Laplace transformation with the help of relations ( 11.20 ) and ( 11.30 ) Hence , assuming that the current is zero up to time and making the inverse Laplace transformation with the aid of relations ( 11.20 ) and ( 11.32 ) when , in accordance with equations ( 4.19 ) and ( 4.21 ) of section 4.3 .
23 Next consider the situation when a switch is closed at time to connect a steady e.m.f. to a series circuit comprising just capacitance C and resistance R. In these circumstances Kirchhoff 's voltage law gives and taking the Laplace transform with the aid of relations ( 11.20 ) and ( 11.31 ) , the corresponding equation is obtained .
24 A good example of what is involved in such studies is provided by a critical review of theories concerning Latin American political development ( Graciarena and Franco , 1978 ) , in which the authors note the central importance of the conception of the ‘ developmentalist ’ state in its various forms , and the insistence by many social scientists in recent years upon the need to study the course of history with the aid of categories which are ‘ historically relevant ’ to Latin America .
25 Unexpectedly , vertebrates apparently do not produce the enzyme cellulose and the process of cellulolytic degradation can occur only with the aid of populations of anaerobic bacteria in specialised fermentation chambers in the alimentary tract .
26 A five year old boy from Bosnia who 's paralysed from the waist down could soon take his first steps with the aid of calipers .
27 She has obviously learnt from her creator , who amended Defoe 's actual Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain ( 1724–6 ) , by introducing with the aid of books further description of historic buildings , without venturing further into the country than his garden .
28 Land animals need to protect themselves from drying out , so scales were exchanged for an impervious skin ( although some amphibians can control the admission of water through their skin with the aid of hormones ) .
29 Cases could be tried with the aid of assessors , or local men of respectable income or property , but this option was rarely exercised in criminal cases .
30 It means that the photographer can actually look through the lens with the aid of mirrors and so view exactly what the photograph will frame .
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