Sentence examples for almost a means of from inspiring English sources

It's almost a means of doing politics," said a senior Western investment banker in the Gulf last year, who declined to be identified because it might affect his business.

Box, a company that started almost a decade ago as a means of getting your files online, is maturing into a more full-service content management platform, but CEO Aaron Levie says you needn't worry about it turning into a more traditional vendor.

And I concede that a devoted adversary will almost always find a means of skirting whatever preventive measures are in place.

What started online almost two decades ago as a means of swapping child pornography has transformed in recent years into a more complex and diversified community that uses the virtual world to advance its interests in the real one.

Forums almost always come with a means of Private Communication - usually called "Private Messaging" or "PM".

He wants an extension of himself that other people can wear almost as if it were a means of sexual gratification.

The problem, the panel notes, is that "the principles as announced are so broad that they provide Treasury with a means of justifying almost any decision".

Art therapy began almost immediately after the disaster, as a means of helping children cope and recover.

It is an endearingly human gesture but, as a means of keeping dry, almost entirely futile.

Fatigue severity, functional impairment and psychological distress remained stable in patients who completed CBT after almost a mean follow-up period of 2 years.

The contact angles at pH 3 and pH 9 for the pSi-pDEAEA sample differed by almost 30° (from a mean of 25.0° to 57.2°).