Example sentences of "[adj] mean to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible for the outsider to appreciate what this meant to a man as proud as Richards , but it was noticeable that in the Test series against Pakistan and New Zealand which followed his form was very ordinary . |
| 2 | Mimi did not appreciate what this meant to him and sent them away , but Jack went downstairs looking for them and signed . |
| 3 | Is this meant to be it ? ’ |
| 4 | " Is this meant to be some kind of a threat ? " |
| 5 | If you knew what this meant to me … ’ etc . |
| 6 | I stress we are not anti-Europe and nor was this meant to be a mischievous motion , but we are very distrustful about any deal negotiated by any member of this government . |
| 7 | Well , Nick collected the good old claret jug and I stopped to think , ‘ What does this mean to Andy Prodger ? ’ |
| 8 | As my PC has exactly this configuration , what does this mean to the uninitiated ? |
| 9 | What will this mean to the nursery school . |
| 10 | The reason is that for several years to be pro-European meant to be pro-Maastricht . |
| 11 | Though his Bill failed , the government has found another means to the same end . |
| 12 | You 've no idea what this means to me . |
| 13 | You know how much this means to me ; that 's four years of my fucking life . |
| 14 | What this means to you or me is that if we happen to fancy a cup of the most expensive tea in the world , we would have to hurry off to Knightsbridge this month and shell out £35 for a quarter of a pound of Indian brew named Castleton . |
| 15 | Silas — darling — ca n't you see what this means to us ? ’ |
| 16 | Er , the first , the most straightforward way is to name the feature , if you want to briefly describe it if it 's appropriate , and I mean briefly , then use a link phrase like what this means to you and come out with a benefits statement , something that the client can relate to , and the final piece in the jigsaw is to ask the client how he feels about it . |
| 17 | In the Covermaster Plan , Andrew , there 's something called waiver of premium , what this means to you is that if you 're off work through illness for a long period of time , Abbey 's going to pay the premiums for you . |
| 18 | ‘ I know how much all this means to you , finding Elaine . |
| 19 | Please God I can make them understand how much this means to me … |
| 20 | I just , you know , some meant to be meeting at five past one |
| 21 | These meant to be archived are they ? |
| 22 | Not until now had he really known how much it all meant to him . |
| 23 | And to think what it all meant to Anna . |
| 24 | " I thought now was supposed to be the marvellous time , and we 're all meant to be living it up , burning the candle at both ends , finding out what we want to do with our lives . " |
| 25 | ‘ You 're all meant to be professionals , ’ Wallas Ward berated them petulantly , ‘ and this sort of behaviour is unforgiveable . |
| 26 | Understandably , the great issue in members ' minds is what will the changes due in 1997 mean to them as individuals and to the Branch as an organisation . |
| 27 | Now , what does that mean to you ? |
| 28 | And what does that mean to the tourist from Britain ? |
| 29 | Well what will that mean to the sixth forms then ? |
| 30 | Do you know what that meant to me ? |