Example sentences of "it [modal v] also mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may also mean freedom to purchase ‘ Playboy ’ magazine , to indulge in the vulgarities of verbal and visual displays of the sexual and sexist types , though at a much lower level than those current in Scotland or England at soccer matches and in public houses . |
| 2 | This does not mean ‘ just-enough ’ telecommunications on site ; it may also mean the nearness to a micro-wave or satellite TV link or surface links to a major town . |
| 3 | This may simply mean adding a flower , an attractively draped scarf or a glass of wine to the products to be photographed , but it may also mean creating a complete atmosphere . |
| 4 | It may also mean that there may be a sharper ‘ problem ’ of old age as people live longer after their retirement from work . |
| 5 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 6 | It should also mean that when Mr , that 's it , says the nurses were marvellous , the nurses are able to say in all evidence , and with evidence to support their opinion , yes |
| 7 | Among the many other things that Easter means to the Christian , it must also mean a particular sense of proportion about our griefs and sufferings . |
| 8 | It must also mean , of course , that the figures provided by the local authority on their HIP returns are highly questionable . |
| 9 | And although a green glow that is weaker than it ought to be might mean that some of the cells in the area are turning malignant , it might also mean that the operator has the end of the bronchoscope too far from the target , or pointing at an awkward angle . |
| 10 | If Mola got there first , not only would he snatch that honour from him , but it might also mean the end of the war and his return to the relative anonymity of normal army routine . |
| 11 | Perhaps it could also mean loving a man who was n't there and did n't deserve to be loved . |
| 12 | Broadly , of course , it meant pro-Russian or pro-Communist but it could also mean an opponent of big business or of big unionism or a proponent of birth control or atheism . |
| 13 | The word haole meant ‘ without breath ’ , lifeless ; it could also mean ‘ ignorant ’ . |
| 14 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Those visitors of hers always make such a lot of noise ! ’ could mean that the old gentleman wants to take his nap ; but it could also mean he feels left out and would welcome something to do . |
| 16 | It could also mean a study of an open-ended nature usually with a mathematical theme ( e.g. pattern spotting using numbers and/or shapes ) or shorter pieces of work prompted by the " what happens if … ? " type of question . |
| 17 | The sentence ‘ We have only shown that A is justified if B and C are ’ could mean , as was pretended above , that we have shown A 's justification to be conditional on that of B and C ; but it could also mean that if B and C are in fact justified , we have shown that A is , i.e. that the success of our demonstration is conditional , not the justification we have demonstrated . |
| 18 | But it could also mean the even more staggering truth that the saints are God 's inheritance , and pose the question to what extent he-is allowed the freehold of that inheritance which is our lives . |
| 19 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 20 | It could also mean a commitment to an East Coast motorway or improved rail services to the North-East . ’ |
| 21 | It could also mean having to import larger volumes of special grades of coal those sites produced . |
| 22 | It could also mean a possible worsening of problems leading to more severe psychiatric difficulties . |
| 23 | But it could also mean that erm they were getti that it they had been successful in getting taxation from what they 'd done since the beginning of cos they felt they could go even further . |
| 24 | It would also mean giving the signal for the relationship to develop . |
| 25 | It would also mean that the Nullity of Marriages Act , section 2(c) , must be interpreted so that this type of fraud comes within its terms . |
| 26 | Not only is it impractical , and possibly unethical , to restrict psychobiological studies to work on humans and great apes but it would also mean throwing out most of the work done to date , since most of that has involved the use of non-primates like cats , hamsters , and especially rats . |
| 27 | It would also mean , as Charlotte knew , that awareness of what was happening would remain under one roof , that her judgement of what should and should not be done could be neutralized along with Ursula 's . |
| 28 | It would also mean that any changes to the system at this stage could be rectified without high costs being incurred . |
| 29 | It would also mean massive computer reprogramming and possibly the expense of other computer programmes which would have to be introduced . |
| 30 | It would also mean that Scottish programme makers would have to bid for resources to London , where priorities might well be different from their own . |