Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] means that " in BNC.

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1 They argue that long-term technological changes mean that manufacturing needs more space per worker , and also often larger plots , and that this both puts cities at a disadvantage in relation to other areas and means that , even if all available urban land were used for manufacturing , there would still be a decline in employment .
2 The new fee structure deters the use of deputies and means that increasing claims effectively lead to decreased payment for each visit .
3 The parietal assemblages have the essential characteristics of a message : they respond to the needs and means that man has had since the Upper Palaeolithic to produce oral symbols in a material form by using his hands .
4 So far as the economic cost is concerned , unemployment represents a waste of resources and means that the economy is producing a lower rate of output .
5 Many now have a pause button which allows you to avoid these irritations and means that play starts again immediately you release pause .
6 This figure is noted on the reservation charts and means that the reception office will accept that number of reservations above their maximum accommodation .
7 Again , throwing by hand , throwing stick or catapult , is only as accurate as our individual capabilities and means that we not only have to throw accurately , but also cast accurately — and we must do this in both instances every time we retrieve for another cast .
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