If patents were always interpreted by their literal terms, their value would be greatly diminished.
The literal terms of that Act clearly prevent what the Comptroller has sought to authorize here.
In literal terms, they haven't done a very good job of that.
"Review the show," thundered one: "[don't] deconstruct the joke in literal terms like a killjoy".
In more literal terms, though, I am pleased to learn that Mr. Greenspan regrets anything.
That seemed to fall "quite easily" within the law's literal terms, he said.
Something as inherently complex and mysterious as the brain is difficult to describe in literal terms.
MARGARET JAHRLING Redmond, Wash .A. The Haggler has never thought about a lifetime warranty in such literal terms.
To do that, I think, we have to think about the work of "reconstruction" in slightly less literal terms.
The shape of the hall and its warm, rich wood suggest a musical instrument, although I doubt that Gehry thinks in such literal terms.
(If you want a hint as to what this might signify — at least in literal terms — you need look no further than the play's punning title).
