Example sentences of "we mean [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that Hewlett was a representative figure , if by that we mean a sort of undistinguished average . |
| 2 | I presume that we mean a supreme personal being — distinct from the world and creator of the world . |
| 3 | Where quantities are measured in spoonfuls we mean a level spoonful unless otherwise indicated . |
| 4 | He thought , I know what my idea of heaven would be , if by heaven we mean a place of bliss in which to pass eternity : a sanctuary where one might chain-smoke without impairment of breathing , destruction of the lungs or damage to the heart , light each fresh cigarette from the glowing butt of its predecessor , and drink ice-free but hundred-proof chilled vodka laced with two drops of angostura and a gill of newly opened Perrier endlessly , with increasing euphoria until a peak of joy and ease was reached but without any sub-sequent nausea or pain or dehydration or oblivion … |
| 5 | When we speak of freedom as something to be highly prized , we mean a positive power or capacity for doing or enjoying something worth doing , and that , too , something that we do or enjoy in common with others . |
| 6 | We have introduced the term computer , and by this we mean a device which can process substantial quantities of data without detailed human intervention . |
| 7 | By this we mean a change which is so wide-reaching and so fundamental in its effects as to constitute a dramatic alteration of the status quo . |
| 8 | By this we mean a less dramatic and less fundamental change , which is positively evaluated as an improvement on the status quo . |
| 9 | Indeed the term polis describes a certain kind of political society rather than state , if by state we mean a structure of government . |
| 10 | When in subsequent pages therefore we speak of " the teacher " or " the librarian " or " the media specialist " or any other professional , we mean a person acting with that background and in that capacity at any one moment . |
| 11 | ‘ We mean a great deal to each other . ’ |
| 12 | Now , consider the completely unrestricted model , by which we mean a model in which C t and Y t are regressed on the same variables as in equations ( 3.16 ) and ( 3.14 ) but the coefficients attached to each variable are not restricted in any way : where the π 's are coefficients and the 's are serially uncorrelated random errors . |
| 13 | By a resource allocation for an economy we mean a list or complete description of who does what and who gets what . |
| 14 | If by it we mean a support system to strengthen and assist those who wish to engage in political lobbying , well and good , but if we are to take on a proper campaigning role as Oxfam has done , then this would require additional staff with the necessary experience and specialisation . |
| 15 | ‘ Look , we mean no offence . |
| 16 | By self-determination we mean the right for us to associate and integrate with the unitary state , or , as a nation , to secede . ’ |
| 17 | Whichever type of man we think of , we may find it difficult to say whether by ‘ property ’ we mean the things themselves or the aggregate of rights which are exercised over them . |
| 18 | By self-discipline we mean the judicious guidance of our desires and impulses through the elaborate filter of convention so as to obtain the maximum amount of self-satisfaction and social approval . |
| 19 | By saying that the account explains considered judgements we mean the following . |
| 20 | Finally , by combined ( complex ) competition we mean the struggle that is waged by combined enterprises , i.e. , capitalist units which amalgamate various branches of production , i.e. , which transform the social division of labour into a technical division . |
| 21 | By socialist accumulation we mean the addition to the functioning means of production of a surplus product which has been created within the constituted socialist economy and which does not find its way into supplementary distribution among the agents of socialist production and the socialist state , but serves for expanded reproduction . |
| 22 | By the law of primitive socialist accumulation we mean the entire sum of conscious and semi-spontaneous tendencies in the state economy which are directed towards the expansion and consolidation of the collective organisation of labour in Soviet economy and which are dictated to the Soviet state on the basis of necessity : ( 1 ) the determination of proportions in the distribution of productive forces , formed on the basis of struggle against the law of value inside and outside the country and having as their objective task the achievement of the optimum expanded socialist reproduction in the given conditions and of the maximum defensive capacity of the whole system in conflict with capitalist commodity production ; ( 2 ) the determination of the proportions of accumulation of material resources for expanded reproduction , especially at the expense of private economy , in so far as the determined amounts of the accumulation are dictated compulsorily to the Soviet state under threat of economic disproportion , growth of private capital , weakening of the bond between the state economy and peasant production , derangement in years to come of the necessary proportions of expanded socialist reproduction and weakening of the whole system in its conflict with capitalist commodity production inside and outside the country . |
| 23 | By delivery of care we mean the way in which nursing care is planned and put into practice . |
| 24 | The connection between politics and business — and by business we mean the entire framework of peaceful commerce upon which the prosperity of this country depends — appears to be ignored , or , at least , treated with indifference and something like contempt . |
| 25 | We are not tempted to give an experiential explanation of the meaning of ‘ It 's afternoon ’ , or beguiled by answers to the ‘ Afternoon on the Sun ’ question like ‘ We mean the same by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ as we mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 26 | This definition suggests that public law in a broad sense ( not confining ourselves to the law of judicial review ) concerns the activities of governmental bodies , by which we mean the legislature , the departments of central government and the very large number of bodies and agencies which can be described as offshoots of these departments ( these are often called ‘ fringe bodies ’ ) , courts and tribunals , local government , and , perhaps , the police . |
| 27 | To avoid a muddle we shall use initial capitals — ‘ International Relations ’ — when we mean the latter and small letters' — international relations ' — when we mean the former . |
| 28 | To avoid a muddle we shall use initial capitals — ‘ International Relations ’ — when we mean the latter and small letters' — international relations ' — when we mean the former . |
| 29 | By the international financial structure we mean the system by which in a market-based economy , credit is created , bought and sold and by which , therefore , the use of capital is determined . |
| 30 | By this we mean the maintenance of the status quo as a conscious policy based upon a set of values which are promoted by or embodied in the status quo . |