Example sentences of "mean [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those two aspects mean that a small number of people can be members and they are held in some esteem . |
| 2 | It will be noted that the day space , to be provided on the basis of 4m2 per person , and including the 2 day patients , mean that a 10-bed sub-section would have a total and an 8-bed sub-section would have a day space of 40m 2 . |
| 3 | The flood of referrals now reaching health and social services does not , of course , mean that a new evil is stalking the land . |
| 4 | Such factors as the growth in unemployment and numbers of one-parent families mean that a major aim will be to identify more specific indicators of a heightened risk of entering care . |
| 5 | Over a period of time the effects of changes in personal circumstances and company policy mean that a viable partnership will need to recruit new partners and plan for effective induction . |
| 6 | Large wiggles mean that a single radiocarbon result can correspond to more than one calendar result ( see fig. 7.8 ) ; distinguishing between the different calendar possibilities can not then be achieved by radiocarbon alone . |
| 7 | The case for R&D agreements is partly that they avoid wasteful duplication of research , and allow complementary skills and risks to be pooled , but mainly that they internalize the information spillovers which mean that a single firm is unable to appropriate all the returns to its R&D efforts . |
| 8 | This does not , however , mean that a biological reductionism is an appropriate mode of explanation for all types of human behaviour . |
| 9 | To make clear how we can formally test for the validity of restrictions we shall consider first of all the following simple linear regression model : where Y , X and Z are variables , the 's are coefficients and v t is an error with a zero mean and a constant variance . |
| 10 | Er I mean if a particular group 's promoting a product which we 're already using , then I might switch investment to that product if there 's a big discount . |
| 11 | I see what you mean but a tactical game , my goodness , it 's a |