Example sentences of "meant by this " in BNC.
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| 1 | He meant by this that people are more likely to be convinced of the reality of the faith if our expression of it is coherent , sensible and entire . |
| 2 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I asked what he meant by this . |
| 5 | He then proceeded to elaborate what he meant by this consumption , for example , that cotton is turned into fabric , so new cotton must be grown ; fabric is worn out , so that new fabric must be woven , etc . |
| 6 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 7 | Meredith knew Aunt Lou meant by this thick sweet sherry . |
| 8 | Perhaps Jesus meant by this the ‘ outcasts ’ of Jewish society , although it is equally possible that he meant that God 's message — the kingdom — was for everyone , regardless of race . |
| 9 | What Jesus meant by this answer was : |
| 10 | Bultmann too was happy to describe theology as ‘ faith seeking understanding ’ ; but what he meant by this was faith 's self -understanding , an understanding having to do with self-awareness and self-knowledge , subjective rather than objective . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ But on the whole I 'm an autodidact , ’ said Constance , fairly confident that Clarissa would n't have a clue what she meant by this . |
| 13 | He meant by this that the areas of colour in his painting were not to be blended by the eye but were to be seen as acting on each other reciprocally , thus producing pictorial form and space . |
| 14 | It is not clear what the Court meant by this . |
| 15 | Lucien had no idea what she meant by this . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's all right , then , ’ she answered weakly , not daring to ask what he meant by this last cryptic announcement . |
| 17 | Robert could not think what he meant by this . |
| 18 | I could n't work out what she meant by this . |