Example sentences of "[vb infin] [Wh det] [be] [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now he did n't fully know what was meant by the line the stars threw down their spears . |
| 2 | At this point I must consider what is meant by ‘ tariff ’ in this context . |
| 3 | Even more surprising was the Committee 's rejection of the ‘ deprave and corrupt ’ test , since the selling of the idea that sadism can be highly pleasurable , as described above , or the reinforcing of that idea in those already attracted to it , must surely epitomise what was intended by the phrase ‘ deprave and corrupt ’ , at least as that test is interpreted by the BBFC . |
| 4 | If you look back at some of the studies described here you will see what is meant by this . |
| 5 | The teacher that reads your review that wants to know shall I buy that review , hi hire that video rather or , or what , am I going to use it for my class , they are going to er want that information and they do n't want er concepts introduced which they do n't understand what is meant by it , so be careful in that er erm , we have species of bird , the brambling , which I , I think is a pub in |
| 6 | They should understand what is meant by the term ‘ generative ’ , by the distinction between ‘ competence ’ and ‘ performance ’ and by that between ‘ deep ’ and ‘ surface ’ . |
| 7 | They should understand what is meant by Language Universals , and the reasons why the development of Transformational Grammar has given so powerful an impetus to the study of language acquisition . |
| 8 | In order to fully understand what is meant by Religious Education in the Catholic Secondary School it is necessary to refer to two other distinct , yet at times overlapping , concepts namely Evangelisation and Catechesis . |
| 9 | To help you understand what 's meant by better college writing . |
| 10 | But , really , if they did n't understand what was meant by ‘ depose ’ , they deserve all the trouble they got . |
| 11 | These tools of the trade may make planning possible , but they do not necessarily produce what is needed by Soviet society . |
| 12 | When I submitted our first Report to Mr Baker he asked me how he should explain what was meant by Standard English to the education journalists . |
| 13 | We are half-hearted creatures , fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us , like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he can not imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea . |
| 14 | Holding that the dismissals were fair , the tribunal said that , whilst it accepted that the union did not specifically accept what was proposed by the company , it concluded that , by its continuing and sustained silence over a period of a month , the union had agreed to the compulsory redundancies being handled in the way the company had proposed . |
| 15 | First we must determine what is meant by chord playing . |
| 16 | However , is necessary to firstly define what is meant by ’ useful ’ information , and then to measure the quantity of useful information obtained from this process . |