Example sentences of "what they mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure that you know what these are and what they mean . |
| 2 | These causal relations are essential to what they mean : without semantics a language is an uninterpreted formal language . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The audience recognise physical movement for itself alone whereas those who theorise and attempt to define what they mean by such terms as post or neo-modern , contemporary , avant-garde , etc. base their works on intellectual concepts which need to be discussed in words . |
| 5 | Even friends acknowledge that she approaches conversations as an intellectual exchange rather than as an opportunity to empathize ; her invitations to colleagues to define their terms and to explain ‘ precisely ’ what they mean often disconcert the unprepared . |
| 6 | It seems I 'm exactly what they mean . ’ |
| 7 | I know what they mean , but I disagree . |
| 8 | When Yellow Bull visited his detained chief , Joseph told him , ‘ I do not know what they mean to do with me , but if they kill me , you must not kill the officer . |
| 9 | People say things about God that make the task of understanding what they mean very difficult — for instance when they describe God as indefinable . |
| 10 | All I can try to do is to outline what theists have been saying when they talk of God , and to try to offset some popular misconceptions of what they mean . |
| 11 | What they mean is a discharge visible at the entrance to the vagina . |
| 12 | While there is still a great deal to be done in both these fields , there are few people who are unaware of the terms and what they mean . |
| 13 | Nursing includes ‘ caring ’ about the family and what they mean to the patient . |
| 14 | If you are unfamiliar with any of the words in the following lists , find out what they mean . |
| 15 | It is part of the job ( perhaps the main part ) to introduce the principal terms and to convey some sense of what they mean : not only as defined in a dictionary , but also the connotations , the extra shades of meaning appended to words by the people who use them . |
| 16 | What they mean , of course , is that they are not mammals . |
| 17 | What they say … and what they mean |
| 18 | What they mean : Our bribes are less obvious . |
| 19 | Who would ever say : ‘ Boy suspended by Head , Top Prof. slams system ’ , when what they mean is that a pupil has been sent home by his headmaster and some well-known professor does n't think that is a good idea ? |
| 20 | Next week we spell out what they mean for you as well as providing a full list of all the candidates standing for election . |
| 21 | Research is currently being carried out into cravings — why they start , what they mean and how to control them — and we can gain some reassurance and help from what has been learned so far . |
| 22 | But just when you think you know what they mean , they stop meaning anything at all — workflow systems and groupware have arrived |
| 23 | Here are the key words you may come across and what they mean … |
| 24 | Of course the elves are in a wood at that moment , and they are looking at the early evening stars , but that is not what they mean . |
| 25 | If you do n't understand what someone is describing , ask what they mean . |
| 26 | Together , these two chapters constitute an attempt to address the question I consider to be of overriding importance , which is not whether male/female differences exist ( they do ) , what they are or what causes them , but what they mean : what significant social uses are made of them , or more accurately of discourse about them . |
| 27 | What they mean by nonsexist here is neutral or gender inclusive language . |
| 28 | He wishes to interpret substantive cases and find out what they mean in relation to their social context . |
| 29 | Not just the songs and what they mean to people , but all the silly little things we 've done , like playing for no money so someone else could have some — and selling T-shirts for less money than we could have . ’ |
| 30 | But that is mostly not what they mean when they use the word stress . |