Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] mean [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a 90:10 deal after costs also means that every expense is borne in that proportion . |
| 2 | Even when members of occupational schemes , women 's length of membership generally means that the level of benefit payable will be inferior to men . |
| 3 | The Benefit was an unqualified success , which was the main thing , but asking for the support of hundreds of strangers inevitably meant that the focus of their concern would be on John as well as on the terrible thing that was happening to him . |
| 4 | The use of plastic also means that the ferrule will not rust or discolour . |
| 5 | Security of tenure also means that a landlord may be unable to regain his house , if he wishes to . |
| 6 | Handfuls of froth simply mean that the manufacturer has added lots of foaming agents . |
| 7 | Lack of finance inevitably meant that the College was understaffed . |
| 8 | Making use of equations ( 8.36 ) and ( 8.37 ) , the simplifying condition on can be seen to be equivalent to which in practice simply means that the coil providing impedance must have a high Q-factor . |
| 9 | The fact that you can place objects of the correct size in position also means that the program will help to avoid the heavy work of moving furniture or fixtures and fittings only to find they do n't fit . |
| 10 | Staying on at school beyond the school-leaving age involves loss of earnings or benefit , and the absence of grants to 16–18 year olds at school inevitably means that the lower socio-economic groups will be under-represented in this stage of education . |