Example sentences of "what is mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is meant by the term ‘ literal ’ ? |
| 2 | POWELL : Ah , ah , I , I am saying in addition that that either meant that the thing was going to be vetoed anyhow by the Falkland Islanders , and that therefore even if Britain wanted to get rid of , of sovereignty , she was n't going to get rid of it in terms of her own statement ; or that the Falkland Islanders were going to be put under so much pressure , ah — we need n't go into the details of what is meant in those connections , by pressure ; I 'm sure the Foreign Office will supply the details if requested — ah , would be put under so much pressure that eventually they would collapse and give way . |
| 3 | It all depends of course on what is meant by ‘ the feminine ’ . |
| 4 | I agree , and this can stand as a cogent it incomplete description of what is meant by a political homosexuality . |
| 5 | ( That , after all , is what is meant by the external cause of a daily rhythm. ) for example , could we not argue that the plant could move its leaves in response to the sun ; the shore-dwelling creature leave its burrow in the mud when the tide recedes ; or the diurnal or nocturnal animal respond to sunrise and sunset ? |
| 6 | The quite understandable confusion comes in the area of just what is meant by persuasion and permission . |
| 7 | The DUP can argue that part of what is meant by being a unionist is that one should be teetotal and sabbatarian , opposed to homosexuality and divorce . |
| 8 | What is meant by this is that people begin to come to terms with what has happened . |
| 9 | It is therefore always desirable to spell out in detail what is meant by ‘ similar style ’ . |
| 10 | What is meant by saying that such a classification is ‘ natural ’ ? |
| 11 | What is meant is that an organism does something which reduces its own chances of survival and reproduction , and increases the chances of other members of the species . |
| 12 | This is , of course , what is meant by dramatic playing as it was defined in Chapter Three , the mode of dramatic behaviour espoused by Peter Slade . |
| 13 | Anselm appears to argue that merely understanding what is meant by the word God makes it clear that God exists . |
| 14 | However , there is a different form of uncertainty that can not possibly help the theist 's case , and that is uncertainty about what is meant by talking about God . |
| 15 | Given that the theist believes that defining God involves thinking beyond the limits of thought , can he or she also fulfil the demand that a clear explanation be given of what is meant by the word ‘ God ’ ? |
| 16 | Before considering the legal enforcement of school attendance in depth it is necessary to understand what is meant by school absenteeism or ‘ truancy ’ . |
| 17 | There clearly is much disagreement among academics and professionals about what is meant by ‘ truancy ’ . |
| 18 | Furthermore , what is meant by economic development has also changed . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Everything depends on what is meant by ‘ financial gain ’ , ‘ financial loss ’ , ‘ security of the State ’ , and so on . |
| 21 | The statute — which authorizes interception on grounds of national security without defining what is meant by national security — is clearly much wider than the old Home Office guidelines — which authorized warrants on the narrower grounds of ‘ major subversive or espionage activity ’ . |
| 22 | . The question then becomes what is meant by the word ‘ woman ’ in the single context of marriage , for I am not concerned to determine the ‘ legal sex ’ of the respondent at large . |
| 23 | You will recall that Ormrod J. held that ‘ ( t ) he question then becomes what is meant by the word ‘ woman ’ in the context of a marriage , for I am not concerned to determine the ‘ legal sex ’ of the respondent at large . ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps the keyword of what is meant in the context of this book by ‘ spiritual ’ is ‘ awareness ’ . |
| 25 | Circular 7/87. on the provisions of the 1986 Act , explains what is meant by the general conduct of the school : ‘ It should be seen as being concerned with the whole ethos of the school 's life ’ . |
| 26 | Most samples are based on the concept of ‘ random sampling ’ , so it is important to understand what is meant by the word ‘ random ’ . |
| 27 | At a more general level , there seems to be considerable confusion about just what is meant by RMI , what does it entail and what are the benefits to the patient . |
| 28 | What is meant by calling these ‘ complex ’ is that they serve a clear and distinct function which could already have been envisaged by the testator in making his will . |
| 29 | My Brighton sample , admittedly smaller , tends to report more worsening of health , although what is meant by ‘ health ’ is often psychological well-being . |
| 30 | The ability to DELAY ( pause ) our responses until we are adequately prepared is what is meant by INHIBITION . |