Example sentences of "the [adj] meaning give to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extended meaning given to the " landlord " by clause 3.10 should also be noted . |
| 2 | What ‘ does ’ and ‘ does not ’ count as ‘ science ’ depends on the social meaning given to science , which will vary not only historically and cross-culturally but within societies and situationally . |
| 3 | This is an excellent example of the way in which social definitions can subtly mould and transform the personal meaning given to sexual activity ; or indeed can make ‘ sexual ’ what had hitherto seemed acceptable . |
| 4 | Many historians have tended to stress the instrumental nature of sexual relationships and the conflicts inherent in working-class patterns of life , and no doubt much of this was often true ; but because we can not now identify with the exact meanings given to activities , this does not mean that strong feelings of warmth and mutual support did not exist . |
| 5 | Or is a study of democracy bound to be a study of the diverse meanings given to a term which simply acts as a linguistic umbrella for them all ? |
| 6 | This has generated a considerable debate on the size of the household , its class basis and the changing meanings given to it . |
| 7 | But individuals have minds of their own and can interpret the shared meaning given to a particular object such as work and can change the commonly accepted meaning . |
| 8 | For the historian , then , the problem becomes one of discovering the contours of Victorian sexual mores without surrendering to facile generalisations , for despite a plethora of studies we are still woefully ignorant of general trends in the development of sexual attitudes , of their effects on individual lives , and of the particular meanings given to their activities by the sexual subjects in all their variety — by class , by gender , by generation and by region . |