Example sentences of "[adv] meant [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these facts concerning the particular mechanisms of the paper industry added together meant that it was quite unlikely that Rembrandt would buy two batches of paper prepared by the same paper mill using the same mould . |
| 2 | I only meant that you have Joy , the gardener . |
| 3 | ‘ I only meant that it would not be suitable to go on the road with it . |
| 4 | Sartre 's claim for the continued validity of Marxism as a method of understanding necessarily meant that he had to respond to the problem of Stalinism . |
| 5 | He spent three afternoons a week , from Tuesday to Thursday , at Russell Square ; although he was still active as an editor , at least with the work of those authors who were now also old friends , age and reputation necessarily meant that he was now much more of a " figurehead " than once he was . |
| 6 | I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’ |
| 7 | The subsequent shift of focus southwards meant that his descendants became yet more distant and therefore more insignificant-seeming figures to those influential writers whose field of vision was restricted to the Anglo-Norman realm on either side of the Channel . |
| 8 | She appeared to have forgotten about my not going to the funeral but that was before she started to lose the steps to the attic , so to speak , so it just meant that she chose to not mention it . |
| 9 | ‘ I always meant that we should have a real start — a place of our own . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The fact that God had done it once meant that he could do it again . |
| 12 | That possibly meant that she had something else on this weekend . |
| 13 | The one-to-one teaching usually meant that they learned more and did better than they would have in the classroom . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask . |
| 16 | erm This also meant that you could n't move around very fast , the clothes were so tightly made , that for a large part of the time , you were immobile and glad to be , glad to be so . |
| 17 | Her strong competitive streak also meant that she had to be the most outrageous , the most rebellious and the most indisciplined girl in school . |
| 18 | He had said ‘ we ’ , which heartened McAllister enormously but also meant that she must try to justify his confidence , and not let him down ; he must not think her a fine lady only playing at life — she meant to do her share , and yet try not to hinder him . |
| 19 | It also meant that there was little incentive for them to invest in Britain since it was more profitable for them to invest in countries where profit margins were higher . |
| 20 | It also meant that I became much more familiar with the area I lived in and the people around . ’ |
| 21 | The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them . |
| 22 | This also meant that I could scrub against the painting support and even use a wet brush loaded with water to lift out partially dried acrylic colour . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job . |
| 24 | This accurate boring mill also meant that it was easy to convert the engine to a double acting one , i.e. one where the piston is pushed both ways in the cylinder . |
| 25 | Souter 's relative anonymity also meant that his nomination received a muted reaction from most pressure groups — particularly those in favour of and opposed to abortion — most of whose spokespeople suggested that they would await a fuller disclosure of the judge 's views before commenting upon the suitability of his appointment . |
| 26 | This meant some easing of the burden , which he liked , but it also meant that he was not Prime Minister , which he also liked being , that he did not have Chequers , for which his affection was second only to that of MacDonald , and that his salary as Lord President was £2000 instead of the £5000 which Secretaries of State as well as the Prime Minister were paid . |
| 27 | His comment also meant that he had been listening to her conversation with the receptionist in Dublin — because he had still been bored ? |
| 28 | One look was enough to confirm that this was polio , and that the delay in coming to see us probably meant that we had passed the porodomal , or incubatory stage . |
| 29 | But she had to admit that , realistically , he probably meant that she annoyed him beyond measure and that he was hard put to it to treat her civilly . |
| 30 | I suspect Bunny probably meant that he once knew a Swedish waitress , but I let it pass . |