Example sentences of "this [vb mod] mean a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may mean a lot of waiting ! |
| 2 | For some students , for example those who to wish to take up technical apprenticeships , this may mean a decision to leave school . |
| 3 | This may mean a change in management attitudes and practice within the supplying company . |
| 4 | In practice , this may mean a child being tested does not understand the wording of a question . |
| 5 | For many pensioner couples , this should mean a reduction in their tax liability . |
| 6 | Publication of the report is then held over until after the review , and this might mean a further six months . |
| 7 | Generally , they were the cast-offs of two children in the house who happened to be about her own age , and this could mean a pretty frock coming her way , but only if , Mrs Aggie said , she kept her nose clean . |
| 8 | Here at ZZAP ! we 're very good at spotting ripped-off software , but should one slip through the net it 's the sender who 'd be in trouble — this could mean a hefty fine and possible imprisonment if you 're lucky , or being made to eat your own entrails if I catch you before the software company ! |
| 9 | This could mean a lot , or very little , depending on the urgency of the ‘ planning ’ and the effectiveness of the control mechanisms in the hands of the government . |
| 10 | Diana Elbourne is correct that the volume of placental transfusion received will contribute to the recorded birth weight ; theoretically this could mean a difference of up to 6% . |
| 11 | In the short run this could mean a property tax with substantial rebates for poor households . |
| 12 | In the case of those from the bath-house this could mean a date before 325 ; for those of the abaton , especially that of room L , a later date might be appropriate . |
| 13 | Given the current estimates on income to be generated by the lottery , this could mean a loss of as much as £4 million annually to Scottish sport . |
| 14 | This would mean a 70% increase in energy exports . |
| 15 | A capital injection from the company 's bank has to be looked at as a probable source of additional finance , although this would mean a secured loan . |
| 16 | In the case of text recognition , this would mean a bottom-up flow of data and results , working from the character recognition stage to the application of world knowledge . |
| 17 | Thus , if education were promised a rise in its allocation at 2 per cent a year , this would mean a real increase in its capacity to employ teachers or build schools of 2 per cent a year . |
| 18 | This would mean a bias to methods which give consumers a way of registering their preferences and those which encourage competition amongst suppliers . |
| 19 | In essence this would mean a parallel document recognised by the Church within each diocese and used as a basis for provision of R.E . |
| 20 | For the top teams in the group of eight this would mean a total of 40 league games as opposed to the 44 matches which will have to be fulfilled if the 12-club division continued for another season . |
| 21 | It pointed out that drilling levels were already falling and predicted this would mean a further considerable reduction . |
| 22 | ‘ This will mean a miserable winter for house owners but a disastrous one for a quarter of a million working people . |
| 23 | Although Resolution 242 affirmed the need for a just settlement of the refugee problem , few in the international arena believe that this will mean a return of refugees to the part of Palestine that became Israel . |
| 24 | This will mean a change in the balance of their work which has traditionally involved planning and delivering INSET and curriculum development with advisory teachers and others , often based in teachers ' centres rather than schools . |
| 25 | When I tell my wife , this will mean a great deal to her . ’ |
| 26 | Although this will mean a slightly increased retrieval time ( of the order of 5 — 8 ms depending on the device ) it is claimed that the space saving more than offsets this overhead . |
| 27 | Whether this will mean a levelling up to 65 or down to 60 is not clear at this stage . |
| 28 | This will mean a person-centred , experiential approach to learning . |
| 29 | This will mean a flood of new commercials too . ’ |
| 30 | But this will mean a decline in capital projects such as roads , housing , schools and sewers , with the net result that there is a decline in the country 's infrastructure and long-term damage to the economy . |