Which preposition to use with method

of Occurrences 4746%

Then, we crossed overby the simple method of jumpingand commenced to beat our way back through the underbrush.

for Occurrences 689%

There are numerous stories of this kind; and, according to Dr. Kuhn, one method for obtaining the fern-seed was, at the summer solstice, to shoot at the sun when it had attained its midday height.

in Occurrences 329%

It was delightful to witness here the infinite deliberation of Nature, and the simplicity of her methods in the production of such mighty results, such perfect repose combined with restless enthusiastic energy.

by Occurrences 241%

Consequently neither haste nor perfection of finish must cloud the aim; it is not the output that matters but the method by which the children arrive at the finished object, not forty good boxes, but forty good thinkers.

to Occurrences 47%

But if you do not reinforce your intuition with a careful study of words, you will vacillate from one method to the other and strike crude discords of phrasing.

with Occurrences 43%

The United States is anxious to get rid, as far as possible, of European complications and responsibilities; France follows methods with which Great Britain and Italy are not wholly in sympathy, and it cannot be said that the three Great Powers of Western Europe are in perfect harmony.

as Occurrences 38%

If the nations haven't the sense to be able (if they wish) to limit their familiesshort of resorting to such methods as War, Cannibalism, the spread of Disease, the exposure of Infants, and the likeone can only conclude that they must go on fighting and preying upon each other (industrially and militarily) till they gain the sense.

than Occurrences 21%

At first they read much and regularly, both in Latin and French; the Father not neglecting in anything to impress his faith upon his pupil, but not forcing him violently, and treating him with a delicacy and kindness which surprised and attached the child, always more easily won by these methods than by any severe exercise of authority.

at Occurrences 20%

The method at first is, to give the infant a single plunge.

on Occurrences 20%

He made numerous reports on English and foreign schools, and was three times sent abroad to study educational methods on the Continent.

from Occurrences 10%

Posidonius calculated the circumference of the earth to be two hundred and forty thousand stadia, by a different method from Eratosthenes.

without Occurrences 5%

The silence with which the President received my remarks appeared to me significant of his attitude toward this advice, and his subsequent continuance of secret methods without change, unless it was to increase the secrecy, proved that our judgments were not in accord on the subject.

into Occurrences 5%

It is the outcome of a long series of events, the culmination of the friction and contact with the Western world in the last half-century, especially the last thirty years, and of the importation of Western ideas and methods into China by her foreign-educated students and other agents.

under Occurrences 5%

If, therefore, it was then concluded, that the method under our examination was useful; if measures, not eligible in themselves, may be authorized by necessity, why may not we, in compliance with the same exigencies, have recourse to the same expedients?

among Occurrences 4%

Promote harmony and sound methods among your neighbors.

over Occurrences 3%

One thing is clear: namely, that there is no inherent superiority in one method over another.

along Occurrences 2%

by which you will know the rural free delivery methods along the French front.

before Occurrences 2%

Dr. Gilchrist observes, in a letter sent to me, "You have now the whole method before you, and I shall boldly stake all my hard-earned fame, as a practical orientalist, on the salutary consequences that will spring from the adoption of short elliptical tales at your interesting institution.

like Occurrences 2%

And she shall set her balance true; Methods like yours can never pay.

against Occurrences 2%

a new order began, and Newman's elevation to the sacred purple seemed to affix the sanction of Infallibility to views and methods against which Manning had waged a Thirty Years' War.

through Occurrences 2%

This representative system has in its turn impressed itself upon the nations which derived their political ideas from Rome and has afforded the method through which popular liberty has been winning forward in its struggle against royal and aristocratic power and privilege the world over.

after Occurrences 2%

Do they not after stealing a little, which is enough for the first days, then afterwards move on through land or through sea, contriving one method after another for maintaining their lives?

above Occurrences 2%

Without some understanding of life and its purpose or meaning, the teacher is at the mercy of every fad and is apt to exalt method above principle.

throughout Occurrences 1%

But if the peoples are to make their wishes felt there must be a regeneration of diplomatic methods throughout Europe.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Labor attacks capitalistic society by methods beyond the purview of the law, and may, at any moment, shatter the social system; while, under our laws and institutions, society is helpless.

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