Example sentences of "would have meant the " in BNC.
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| 1 | HAD GENERAL Manuel Noriega been overthrown by rebel troops , it would have meant the end of a two-year political crisis that has wrecked Panama 's economy and brought political embarrassment and frustration to the United States . |
| 2 | The territory belonged to the King of Holland who was quite willing to part with it , and although the transfer would have meant the removal of a Prussian garrison which had been installed there since 1815 , Bismarck at first seemed indifferent to the transaction . |
| 3 | If he had been , it would have meant the end of Vincent 's support-system . |
| 4 | Throwing up his career like a Gauguin and turning his back on civilisation would have meant the end of financial support for both of them . |
| 5 | The Beveridge Report advocated the payment of old-age pensions on an actuarial basis , which would have meant the building up of contributions over a twenty-year period . |
| 6 | She had feared that if she made a claim for poor relief it would have meant the break-up of her family . |
| 7 | It would have meant the hole was stopped , they could n't be pushed into it themselves . |