Sentence examples for were means from inspiring English sources
adjective
Common; general.
The scores given were means, not medians.
Unlike his modern day descendants, Smith believed that markets were means, not ends.
Not until the final phase of the project were means found to retard radiation damage.
Staying "as you were" means the UK government is still on the trajectory drawn by George Osborne – to shrink.
In warfare under sail, great firepower could be concentrated in individual ships, and doctrine, formations, and signal flags were means of controlling the slow-moving, wind-constrained formations.
The riots started to look as if they were means by which the young could express their attitudes in theatrical ways – above all in the arena which they understand pretty well, the shopping arcade.
Some such as TV licences were universal, others such as pension credits were means-tested.
If corporate welfare were means-tested the same way family welfare is, Wall Street wouldn't qualify for subsidies".
Bafta, Berry pointed out, was an educational charity and the scholarships it ran, funded by events such as Thursday's Give Something Back dinner, were means-tested.
If such an approach were means-tested, the effect would be to increase marginal tax rates for the poor (since benefits will be withdrawn as incomes rise).
So if the property was genuinely your son's home and you lived together, and he was over 60 at the time you were means-tested, the value of the property would be disregarded.
