Example sentences of "has a [adv] [adj] meaning " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ that you being the holder of a trade licence issued under section 16 , Vehicles ( Excise ) Act 1971 ‘ Has a slightly different meaning than the offence where the driver is required to be identified . |
| 2 | In the foregrounding model , stylistic value has a slightly different meaning from that which it has in the " stylistic variants " model : it refers to the special act of interpretation which we make in order to make sense of what would otherwise appear strange and unmotivated . |
| 3 | The marked language of the Miller 's Tale , swyve and pisse , is found again in the Reeve 's Tale ; fartynge is not named as such in the Reeve 's Tale , but is included with a circumlocution that uses a marked term we have seen in the Shipman 's Tale : The miller 's boast : is no doubt intended to be simply proverbial , but has a richly ironic meaning in light of the " beard " that Absolon finds upon obtaining his kiss from Alison ( 3730 – 43 ) . |
| 4 | So , point six erm okay look at the sentences one and two under six , one is apparently ill-formed , herself left , except in I think some Irish dialects actually yes , well it has a rather special meaning where herself is given special status erm in the context , but in normal English , English herself left is ill-formed , but two , Florence saw herself is fine herself is a reflective pronoun refers that herself each other or one another , the other are reflective pronouns . |
| 5 | The word " transfer " in s739 has a very wide meaning . |
| 6 | Disposition has a very wide meaning and would include a deliberate omission to do something ( s3(3) ) . |
| 7 | For example , we often talk about ‘ stress ’ , which is a term that has a very precise meaning to an engineer . |
| 8 | In that case , the legislation has a more restrictive meaning . |
| 9 | In sentences such as 22 , however , dog has a more specific meaning , and refers only to males : |
| 10 | For the purpose of constitutional law , it has a more technical meaning signifying more or less what in popular language is referred to as ‘ the government ’ , which term embraces , rather vaguely , the Prime Minister , Cabinet , central government departments and all that goes with it . |
| 11 | For example , I think it will be agreed that the Newtonian concept of mass has a more precise meaning than the concept of democracy , say . |
| 12 | They do n't , you do n't say er , this this pleases my smell , because my smell actually has a totally different meaning . |
| 13 | ‘ Si arrangia ’ — ‘ one makes out ’ — has a peculiarly Italian meaning : you think on your feet ; do n't miss a trick ; make ‘ contacts ’ . |
| 14 | In its most general interpretation , the word STYLE has a fairly uncontroversial meaning : it refers to the way in which language is used in a given context , by a given person , for a given purpose , and so on . |
| 15 | Consider , for example , the following beginning to an essay entitled " Foregrounding in King Lear " : In its most general interpretation , the word " style " has a fairly uncontroversial meaning : it refers to the way in which language is used in a given context , by a particular person , for a certain purpose . |
| 16 | It should be noted , however , that a statement like ‘ If you do that , you will be acting wrongly ’ has a purely valuational meaning . |
| 17 | Hence " sin " in these contexts often has a purely ritual meaning — as with the sin-offering after childbirth ( Leviticus 12:6 ) . |