1.   Therefore, the designers explored alternative means of getting started.

2.   After decades of waiting, Russian women finally can explore other means of birth control.

3.   But he said officials were exploring other means to involve the Supreme Court.

4.   Negotiators are also exploring another means of pumping money into Adelphia.

5.   Some newspapers are even exploring legal means of protecting the classified ads they list on line, such as securing copyrights for the material.

6.   The survey did not explore the means by which such a goal should be reached and would be acceptable.

7.   She said she came to the region to explore means to revive the peace process.

8.   Brahimi has been exploring means to set up a military commission to monitor a ceasefire, but the two sides disagree on the composition of the body.

9.   It will also explore means to establish a truly Islamic government in Afghanistan.