Sentence examples for they were explicitly from inspiring English sources

These movies were not just devoid of gags; they were explicitly, even purposefully, postjoke.

First, the purchase of assets by central banks had a "significant" impact when they were explicitly used as a tool of monetary policy.

They were explicitly pornographic, of the gonzo not vanilla variety, and audience members (particularly school children) spent much of the day pouring over them with fascination.

In January, Mr. Bush issued an executive order telling federal officials to disregard earmarks unless they were explicitly included in the text of legislation.

Although these datasets were based on histological section data, they are deemed compatible with our volume reconstruction because they were explicitly adjusted for shrinkage artifacts.

He said jurors were so antsy that they had begun discussing the case, which they were explicitly told not to do.

But a senior German official said that there was "no legal basis" for euro bonds and that they were "explicitly forbidden" by European Union treaties.

It isn't easy to catch the workings of these paintings in words, since they were explicitly designed to dodge the burden of representation, to stymie the viewers in their incorrigible habit of searching for recognisable forms in the abstract field.

When presidents or attorneys general or the Congress tried to rescind these dubious mandates — or when they were explicitly struck down by the highest courts in the land — he usually ignored these authorities.

If they were explicitly sectarian in their community service, they would be eligible for the narrow conscience exemption that the Department of Health and Human Services has afforded to religious bodies.

They were explicitly told not to make a peep about this e-mail — but you know how that goes.