Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pron] mean [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This immediately raises the question of what we mean by the separation of two particles A and B. It seems the best we can do is argue that the two particles A and B can be considered as separate only when the individual wave packets cease to overlap . |
| 2 | We could do worse than try to reach some understanding in the lesbian and gay communities of what we mean by this question . |
| 3 | Indeed we no longer employ the word with full assurance , or are confident of what we mean by philosophical ‘ materialism ’ , now that we are forbidden to think of atoms as little balls out of which a universe could be constructed ; twentieth century physics has less substantial entities which would slip through one 's fingers . |
| 4 | However , it has been pointed out — most recently by Stan Gooch in his Cities of Dreams ( 1989 ) — that this is to take a rather narrow view of what we mean by civilization . |
| 5 | At the most general conceptual level of what we mean by good neighbouring , the ideas are tapping very thorny problems of the sources of social cohesion and solidarity . |
| 6 | Before going on to the detailed issues , let me begin by discussing some general aspects of what we mean by a crossroads and by the international position of an economy . |
| 7 | That , after all , is part of what we mean by ‘ professor ’ : x is so on top of his or her subject that he or she has something to profess , to convey , to teach . |
| 8 | We so much take these matters for granted that we forget that these abilities are constitutive of what we mean by ‘ higher education ’ . |
| 9 | This argument , which amounts to a discussion of what we mean by a miracle , will occupy the rest of this chapter . |
| 10 | This brings me to the final topic that I want to discuss in this rather philosophical chapter , the problem of what we mean by explanation . |
| 11 | According to functionalism , it is useful to categorize environmental stimuli on the basis of what they mean to a subject rather than on the basis of their gross physical characteristics . |
| 12 | ‘ What is more , sir , ’ his lordship went on , ‘ I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 13 | Lines like 41–2 , ‘ turned the thistles of a curse/To types beneficent ’ , are quite remarkable and are an example of what I mean by ‘ experimental ’ . |
| 14 | In particular , it is necessary to pay close attention to the relationship of civil society ( within which I will include much of what I mean by a specific urban culture ) and state forms and processes , in a context of ‘ disorganized capitalism ’ . |
| 15 | Because that 's really erm a part of what I mean by this criterion . |
| 16 | Of course , as the Oxford philosophers always say , it all depends upon what we mean by political union . |
| 17 | The answer to such questions depends in the first place upon what we mean by ‘ syndrome ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ All depends upon what you mean by eccentric . |
| 19 | Well it depends upon what you mean by early . |
| 20 | We shall not linger over what we mean by choice , which even when narrowed to considered choice is a concept with blurred edges . |
| 21 | It is important that we should be clear as to what we mean by Marxism . |
| 22 | The term ‘ consultation ’ is often used inaccurately ; we should be clear as a union , but also CA as an organisation , as to what we mean by it . |
| 23 | It all depends on what we mean by the words ‘ discipline ’ and ‘ obedience ’ . |
| 24 | This depends in part on what we mean by ‘ the Crown ’ . |
| 25 | I will expand on what I mean by discourse in Chapter 10 but here it is sufficient to say that ‘ discourse ’ refers to the structured features of cultural processes when groups of signs become signifying elements in themselves . |
| 26 | ‘ That depends on what you mean by hope . ’ |
| 27 | Well , it all depends on what you mean by words like ‘ successful ’ , ‘ useless ’ and ‘ failure ’ . |
| 28 | For example , if we were to ask ‘ When do children first become able to use single words ? ’ the immediate response might be : ‘ It depends on what you mean by single words . |
| 29 | IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE TERM |
| 30 | IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE TERM |