Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] mean [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Now that 's what I mean about being dishonest . |
2 | ‘ Is this also what you meant by being psychic ? ’ |
3 | He understood what it meant to be sixteen . |
4 | ‘ That after all , is what it means to be free-standing . |
5 | But it is still the case that through the reading of it in church a certain image of what it means to be male or female is conveyed . |
6 | It may well be said that the patriarchal understanding of what it means to be male is abandoned . |
7 | They ease the pain of lived contradictions , furnishing missing links between origins and destinies , stitching together scattered histories into a singular totalizing consciousness of what it means to be black or Muslim , Palestinian or Jew . |
8 | This is a witty , thoughtful , provocative film in which two women of colour exuberantly explore what it means to be black and beautiful . |
9 | In these we shall attempt to say what it means to be social , for in that attempt lies a further definition of ‘ mind ’ . |
10 | It is impossible to understand the activities of the human person without considering what it means to be social . |
11 | Occasionally we hear of staff abuse and there is outrage , but more often than not we simply do not think of what it means to be old or shut away . |
12 | Events in many countries over the last few years must have re-awakened in every English soul , an awareness of what it means to be English . |
13 | Well well I want to understand more about Kuwait , though , as a result of this programme , and a lot of people do n't really know what it means to be Kuwaiti . |
14 | Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach ( Hamlyn , 1978 ) was revolutionary when it first came out , with its detailed look at what it means to be fat and thin in our society , and to each of us individually . |
15 | I felt an incredible sense of relief and achievement , but as Richard quickly reminded me it 's not during the first free flights that a bird takes the opportunity to fly off , because it does n't fully realise what it means to be free . |
16 | As we give up concentrating on our selves , our lives begin to reflect more clearly what it means to be human , as God intended us to be . |
17 | Obscenity ‘ represents a much more fundamental assault on men and women and what it means to be human … [ it distorts ] human personality by depicting it as deprived of those characteristics which are essential to humanity [ since ] common to all obscene productions is the degradation of persons and of relations between persons ’ . |
18 | If aggression and violence are part and parcel of what it means to be human , then why is it that there exist societies where aggressive or violent behaviour is conspicuous by its absence ? |
19 | War is popularly perceived as part and parcel of what it means to be human , and , with ever increasing deadly weapons , the devastating impact of war is consequently accepted as inevitable . |
20 | I now wish to look at some Chewong words that pertain to inner states and relate these to ideas of what it means to be human . |
21 | You said well , no one knows better than I what it means to be Welsh now in these border towns such as Shrewsbury , with trade forbidden , and restrictions bearing down hard on every man with Welsh blood . |
22 | An example of what it means to be brave ( or not fearful ) was provided by myself . |