| Graphics are merely a means to an end, a way for the developer to immerse the gamer into the gameplay. |
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| The words work best as a means to an end, leaving the melodies and lilting harmonies for your foremost enjoyment. |
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| He saw the Commonwealth Games as a means to an end, but admits even making it to New Zealand in 1974 caused friction between him and his coach. |
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| We view our technology as a means to an end, and the end is always to deliver business value. |
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| Grants are a means to an end, and allow a faculty member to hire students or technicians and conduct research. |
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| They should therefore be the means to an end, not specific objectives by themselves. |
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| Financial services are, for an important part, a means to an end, not an end in themselves. |
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| The ICTs and infrastructure are means to an end, and not an end in themselves. |
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| At best, it is a means to an end, which must be better lives for more people on this earth. |
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| But nostalgia is always a means to an end with me, it's not something I personally live on a day-to-day basis! |
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| Activities are a broad description of what is being done and is always the means to an end and never an end in itself. |
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| It is a means to an end and exists to make life that little bit easier. |
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| Is it ethical to step outside the law for the greater good, or to infringe civil liberties as a means to an end? |
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| State power, in that context, is a means to an end, not an end in itself. |
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| Arrangement, disposition of parts, subserviency of means to an end, relation of instruments to a use, imply the presence of intelligence and mind. |
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| The children are not to be in the line of fire or used as a means to an end to the benefit of either parent. |
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| It is also a means to an end, in that it gives notice to the competent authorities of the alleged commission of a crime. |
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| It involves a transition to a global economy which recognizes that income generation is a means to an end, not an end in itself. |
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| The nuclear program, for example, is not an end in itself, but a means to an end, i.e. achieving great power status. |
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| It must be remembered always that outsourcing is a means to an end and not an end in itself for an organization. |
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| Finally, these plans, though essential, are only a first step, the means to an end. |
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| My tutee and I never discussed the ethics of the method, and I'm guessing she simply saw it as a means to an end. |
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| However, it must be used as a means to an end and not the end itself. |
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| The subserviency of means to an end implies the presence of intelligence. |
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| I realized that art could be a tool and a means to an end. |
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| Indeed, the mechanism of inter-professional negotiations approved by the French public authorities' special dispensation is only a means to an end. |
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| At the same time, however, researchers must take care not to view the participants only as means to an end, but also as ends in themselves, that is as human beings entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. |
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| However, the mural painting was never undertaken and the cartoons, rather than being used as a means to an end, became artworks in their own right. |
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| New technology is a means to an end, not an end or a good in itself. |
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| Years later, he sought to abolish the Tripos system, as he felt that it was becoming more an end in itself than a means to an end. |
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| Beaufre, by contrast an opportunist, saw plans merely a means to an end, without much inherent value. |
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| For some protesters, anti-globalization is a principal concern, but for others it is merely a shared goal, with the demonstrations simply a means to an end. |
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| Hitler recognised the breakthrough at Sedan only in tactical terms, whereas Manstein saw it as a means to an end. |
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| Problems arise when such deliberate self-segregationalism becomes an end in and of itself rather than a means to an end. |
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