Example sentences of "[Wh det] is meant [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Every product undergoes change with the passage of time and sooner or later becomes unsatisfactory , by which is meant in this context that it no longer conforms to its specification .
2 Describe in a short sentence what is meant by each word on your list , but do not use the key word in the description .
3 He began on a note of defiance : " If what is meant by that is that the President of the Republic has personally taken the decisions which it was incumbent upon him to take , that is entirely correct . "
4 What is meant by that ?
5 In studying what is meant by these two topics we must think about shapes , and opposite or reversed shapes .
6 What is meant by these terms and explain why butane can be convieniently stored as a liquid in a can , whereas methane can not .
7 Er y your use of the phrase self containment leads me to ask the question , which is that , well in my book it does n't necessarily mean the same thing as an integrated and balanced community , but I 'll put Mr Davis on notice to define what is meant by those adjectives .
8 What is meant by this is that people begin to come to terms with what has happened .
9 What is meant by this term ?
10 If you look back at some of the studies described here you will see what is meant by this .
11 But well can we move on to two and I must confess erm I 'm not quite clear what is meant by this one .
12 The other difficulty I have is in the er the lower case text which ex attempts to explain what is meant by this particular criterion , the sorts of considerations that will be taken into account .
13 From one point of view we all know probably what is meant by this : the importance of not allowing one 's own stance to block the way to understanding someone else 's .
14 What is meant by this ?
15 We shall now take a more detailed look at what is meant by this term .
16 It is expected that students will understand what is meant in this context by the terms rank , cohesion , and context of situation , and that they will know something of those recent developments with which the term ‘ Systemic ’ is particularly associated .
17 But that but that 's my point really , we it 's not really defined what what is meant in this criteria by criteria
18 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 .
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