1.  In the capitalist mode of production, however, the workers are landless and have no independent means of subsistence.

2.  Independent means gave her the opportunity to devote her life to social causes and world peace.

3.  Many tropical countries welcome people of independent means as long-term residents.

4.  Hamas has its own independent means of raising money and recruiting members, so Iran is believed to have less influence over the group.

5.  Others spoke of the kinds of atrocities of which all sides in the Bosnian war accuse each other, but there was no independent means to verify the accounts.

6.  The only people who now have the time and energy to make truly informed decisions are hermits of independent means with law degrees.

7.  The Serbian president rebuffed that offer after an American envoy, Robert Frasure, insisted on an independent means of reimposing the sanctions if Milosevic reneges.

8.  There was no independent means of confirming these claims.

9.  There was no independent means of confirming those claims, which repeated earlier unconfirmed reports from Pakistani intelligence and other sources.

10.  There was no independent means to verify this assertion and military officials in Washington said they had no confirmation of his death.