Example sentences of "[adj] what [pers pn] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before we turn to the examination of the extent to which it is true to say of Parliament that it is supreme , it would be as well to make clear what we mean by the statement in the first place . |
| 2 | That is why it is so important for us to be exactly clear what we mean by support teaching , and which ‘ model ’ of support teaching is under investigation , before we can select our criteria for evaluation appropriately ( see Table 8.3 ) . |
| 3 | This is because it is not clear what we mean by ‘ choice point ’ . |
| 4 | Before turning to these — set out in two stages ( see below , pp. 93 – 106 ) — we need to be clear what we mean by reflective thinking , and that pupils can do it . |
| 5 | It is not quite clear what he meant by this ; the point may well be not that the new kings — Eardwulf in Northumbria , and Coenwulf in Mercia — were of non-royal stock but that they were not of the lineage , respectively , of Aethelred and Offa — but it could easily be construed as a slur . |
| 6 | By closing down Polish educational institutions ( notably the university at Vil'na and the lycée at Krzemieniec ) , by suppressing the Uniate Church ( in 1839 ) , by abolishing Magdeburg Law in Kiev ( in 1835 ) and the Lithuanian Statute throughout the region ( in 1840 ) , by promoting the publication of history books which argued that the western provinces had been Russian from time immemorial , by depriving many Poles of noble status , by promoting the interests of their Ukrainian and Belorussian serfs , and by insisting that local administration be conducted in Russian , he sought to make clear what he meant by allowing " Nationality " , narodnost' , to be attached to " Orthodoxy " and " Autocracy " in the celebrated circular of 1833 . |
| 7 | Can I be clear what you mean by Mr ? |
| 8 | I th I 'm not challenging that , I simply wish to be clear what you mean by it . |
| 9 | For others the best way might be talking dirty about safer sex , or just by making it clear what you want by your actions . |
| 10 | This may seem confusing if it is not made clear what she means by ‘ literal ’ . |
| 11 | I shall from time to time use some of their material for further analysis and in order to make clear what I mean by structure . |
| 12 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 13 | Franca , now gathered into Marcus 's attempt , was saying in her mind , Oh let it be all right , let it be all right , not sure what she meant by this , whether that Marcus should revive Patrick , or whether simply that Marcus should ‘ get away ’ without some positive disgrace , some catastrophe or shameful happening . |
| 14 | I was not sure what she meant by ‘ work ’ . |
| 15 | She was n't sure what he meant by ‘ circumstances ’ . |
| 16 | and you 're if you think , Ooh I 'm I 'm not quite sure what he means by that . |
| 17 | I 'm still not sure what you mean by a curse object . |
| 18 | I , I 'm not sure what you mean by the costs . |
| 19 | First of all we wanted that product to be totally open , and I 'll qualify in a minute or two a little bit more what I mean by totally open . |
| 20 | He uses three premisses : that houses , mountains , and rivers , are what we perceive by sense ; that what we perceive by sense are ‘ our own ideas or sensations ’ ; and that ideas can not exist unperceived . |
| 21 | Was that what he meant by ‘ being less than honest ’ ? |
| 22 | Is that what you meant by your remark that we did n't know he was n't a mass murderer ? ’ |
| 23 | Is that what you meant by killers and victims ? |