Sentence examples for was namely from inspiring English sources

Because it was namely Prosecutor Bogdanov demanded that I be arrested in the courtroom".

Because it was namely Prosecutor Bogdanov who demanded that I be arrested in the courtroom".

"It was very clear what the government's position is, and was, namely, that we wouldn't be putting in place a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme".

Back then we thought we knew what a planet was, namely a spherical object that revolved around the sun and reflected its light.

"Do you know who I am?" I looked at him hard, but rather than figure out who he was I tried to tell him who I was — namely, not the kind of person he wanted to mess with.

Perhaps we're all too used to watching hackers open up secretive worlds (even if at times they have done so cavalierly, and – in the past – with potentially fatal consequences) to see this for what it really was, namely an attempt to shut debate down.

Why don't we call this policy by the name it really is, namely the indentured servitude of our young people.

"The requirements to being a star/celebrity are namely, you must become an enslaved body," he wrote.

It concerns what is, namely the existence of an intelligent, supernatural being, rather than what ought to be.

"Altoids changed many Americans' perception of what a mint could be, namely, an essential lifestyle accessory," she said.

This is all that the computer has to know about what a line is; namely, it is something defined by two symbols called points.