1.  Some sign languages are very sophisticated means of communication.

2.  Among such workers more sophisticated means of conducting disputes had emerged over the century.

3.  While the FBI did not identify those projects in its affidavit, they may have involved sophisticated electronic means to monitor KGB officers serving in the United States.

4.  He regretted the fact that underequipped local authorities could not compete with the often sophisticated means of poachers.

5.  We are strengthening our army by equipping it with the most sophisticated means of combat.

6.  While cops can now count on space age military technology, drug runners are also using increasingly sophisticated means to carry out their business.