Example sentences of "[adv] meant [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | This still meant that they were taking more than five years on average , a rather miserable performance when compared either with American or with some continental European power stations . |
| 2 | The one-to-one teaching usually meant that they learned more and did better than they would have in the classroom . |
| 3 | This also meant that they could get away earlier at night after the show , as they did n't need to wait for the curtain . |
| 4 | Although , as Beaumanoir stated at this time , the magnates were ‘ sovereigns within their baronies ’ , they were supposed to execute the crown 's ordinances — which often meant that they anticipated royal legislation by legislating in their own name for their own domains . |
| 5 | They were hailed in their day as " bold " and one of the most uncompromising " developments of the fifties , which simply meant that they were deliberately ugly — the genre of " brutalism " . |
| 6 | For women workers , this almost invariably meant that they ended up with jobs classified ( whatever the real degree of skill or expertise required ) as the least skilled , and certainly the worst paid . |
| 7 | The first guests were due to arrive around eight , which actually meant that they would begin arriving anytime after nine . |
| 8 | There are various exceptions erm and there have been two or three in recent years , but it therefore meant that they were fair game for saying anything so they were fair game for a very sensational headline because there was very little chance of recrimination . |