Trading is a different sort of economic good, just a means to an end.
Broadband, of course, is a means to an end rather than an end in itself.
In a way, Friend sees Rosetta, the company he co-founded, as a means to an end.
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Mr Ferri finally confessed that Ms True had been only a means to an end.
The internet could be a means to an end to doing this in any number of ways.
Terror is a means to an end, not a goal in its own right, let alone an enemy.
Personal budgets are a means to an end: the greater personalisation of services.
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For corporations, on the other hand, the science is a means to an end goal of selling more stuff.
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Game controls, mechanics, all of it is just a means to an end, and that end is a story.
For him and Mobli, social is just a means to an end.
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Economic stability was only a means to an end, he would say.
While testing is a necessary part of a sensible acquisition program, it is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
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He makes the point most emphatically when he says that freedom economic, political and civil is an end in itself, not a means to an end.
W. all but ignores many other aspects of Bush's time in office and 11 September is mentioned only in passing as a means to an end.
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Is used to explain declining sales, demonize file-sharing or, in some cases, lauded as a means to an end in that piracy leads to more record purchasing.
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Cameras, like the array of printers HP sells, are for the most part a means to an end: driving the consumption of more high-margin printing supplies such as ink cartridges.
For Kurdish leaders, federation is a means to an end.
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Frankly, it remains to be seen if the military is truly interested in sharing its power democratically, or if it really supported the Egyptian demonstrators as a means to an end.
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The product is secondary, a means to an end.
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They view it as a means to an end.
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To adapt the queen's one-liner: for all that the spectacle and unattainable glamour of royalty still fascinates (and helps sell books), for Britain's jubilee monarch the show is a means to an end.
Responsive design is a means to an end.
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For others a manager may address how failure is a means to an end, and while no one sets out to failure, learning from the experience can make the individual stronger and a better contributor.
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I'm sorry if you think that I sound ungrateful but the fact of the matter is that, in the house I lived in as a kid, playing football for a living (or a means to an end) is regarded as a less-than-worthwhile contribution to the human race.
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