1.  Consequently, wage employment is the primary means by which they can be lifted out of grinding poverty.

2.  For years, annexation has been the primary means by which city officials planned for growth.

3.  They are the primary means by which cells regulate their internal pH and they also contribute importantly to regulation of cell volume and possibly, cell proliferation.

4.  As with videotapes, libraries might become the primary means of dissemination.

5.  Controlling economic transactions through technocratic oversight rather than unpredictable markets was the primary means to that goal.

6.  Facial features are the primary means by which human beings recognize one another.

7.  Feeds and protein supplements made from animals infected with the disease are considered one of the primary means by which mad cow disease is spread.

8.  He was without vehicle, and I was his primary means of transportation.

9.  If the primary means of deciding to attack a human is based on scent, then a frightened human has a perfect defense.

10.  In many parts of Gaza, cell phones are the primary means of communication.