Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] mean that you [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The very fact that you have reached this point means that you have crossed that most difficult threshold .
2 Joining at a later stage means that you have to accept what has been agreed by others . ’
3 ‘ I grew up when that kind of modernism was running rampant — it still is — when to be a respectable composer meant that you had to acquire a defiantly difficult style and I just said to myself , ‘ surely there 's another way to do this ? ’
4 Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place .
5 That specialisation means that you develop a highly idiosyncratic playing style — it 's a bit like an exotic bird in the musical landscape of piano music .
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