Example sentences of "it mean that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legal fall-out of the £190million scandal and the criminal cases which have resulted from it mean that , on grounds of fairness alone , it would not be right to pre-judge the trials due to start next year . |
| 2 | The weight of development money from such a vast army of different interests behind it mean that it will dominate what used to be known as the data processing department however much the purists suck their teeth in fastidious disdain . |
| 3 | To make it mean that you 've got four Os as well you put it in brackets . |
| 4 | It mean that we may not be able to rejoice in what is happening now . |
| 5 | Essentially it mean that er the work is is more or less complete and therefore we are pricing it on the basis of the actual out turn of costs . |
| 6 | And this difference between them and such initially sympathetic Englishmen as Hewlett and Newbolt went very deep ; for ultimately it meant that , when the question arose whether the artist 's first responsibility was to his art ( his trade ) or to his society , Pound and Lewis and Ford would opt for the first alternative , Hewlett and Newbolt for the second — as indeed we soon see them doing when both of them answer the call of First World War patriotism by writing moralebuilding poems and stories . |
| 7 | It meant that Yorkshire , if not previously committed to open plan , had no choice than to adopt one . |
| 8 | And if it meant that Senna were to lose the championship , then the legal ramifications would be far-reaching . |
| 9 | It meant that we could keep moving forward and keep our rhythm . ’ |
| 10 | More immediately , it meant that , as a matter of self-respect , nearly all the remaining territories of the former empire , as they successively became independent , were bound to become independent as republics . |
| 11 | This did not mean that the play itself was not exciting as drama , but it meant that for Eliot , intent on his search for a vital relation between ritual and art , this play would not suffice . |
| 12 | It meant that my mother 's workload greatly increased , but with my uncles ' help we struggled on . |
| 13 | That was bad for newspapers and bad for the Council : but , worst of all , it meant that there was no independent body able to speak up for press freedoms under threat . |
| 14 | That was bad for newspapers and bad for the Council : but , worst of all , it meant that there was no independent body able to speak up for press freedoms under threat . |
| 15 | It meant that I could still do what I regard as a worthwhile job . |
| 16 | It meant that he had scored 1,710 Test runs in eleven matches in 1976 at an average of 90 , still the record aggregate for a calendar year . |
| 17 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 18 | It meant that the Test career of a man aged just 31 , who still had a great deal to offer his country , was almost over ; true , it would be terminated by his own decision to go to South Africa , but this came about only because of his disillusion with cricket 's establishment . |
| 19 | It meant that the industry had to justify , under cross-examination , its policies . |
| 20 | It meant that those figures were properly housed , but it was also a clear sign that the defeated gods were henceforth under the authority of their own gods , and the defeated people under their thumb . |
| 21 | Togetherness meant more than keeping each other company ; it meant that a man 's place was also in the home . |
| 22 | High purpose was something that could be recognized in someone , like a gleam in the eye or a tone of voice ; it meant that even when that person dabbled in something doubtful , they undoubtedly had good reason for doing so . |
| 23 | It added : ‘ It would be a tragedy if the frustrations and the hardships that the recession has caused , and for some it is still causing , if it meant that Britain threw away all the achievements of the last decade . |
| 24 | It meant that Ince , who again succeeded in filling the void left by the absence of Robson , and Phelan could hunt down Keane and eventually run him out of the game . |
| 25 | It meant that a penalty shoot-out was needed to settle the tie , and the FA faced a barrage of criticism when Liverpool became the first team to reach and FA Cup final on penalties . |
| 26 | It meant that philosophy was listening to what theologians were saying — even though it reserved the right to reject the theologian 's arguments . |
| 27 | The firmness of the French reaction was probably inevitable , given the circumstances , but it was also highly dangerous for it meant that if and when Bismarck sought to provoke France he knew that he had exactly the cause he needed . |
| 28 | In the countryside this was natural since this social grouping was the focus of local communication and leadership , but in Derry it meant that the Nationalist leadership was drawn too heavily from one social group . |
| 29 | The death of Jock Lewes was keenly felt and it meant that Stirling was down to only one officer besides himself , assuming that Fraser was missing . |
| 30 | In the circumstances , hotel use was clearly a good second best , as it meant that the staterooms could be used for functions and so still seen by the public . |