Example sentences of "mean [that] [indef pn] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor again does this failure to achieve total abstinence mean that one is inevitably heading for relapse or that it is necessarily a significant factor in those who do relapse . |
| 2 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 3 | This means that nobody is around to use the local amenities including shops , taxi services , libraries and the like . |
| 4 | But in reality the amount and type of support which kin give each other varies with the particular historical circumstances within which family relationships are played out , so that looking at patterns of support at different points in time means that one is not comparing like with like in quite significant ways : there is variation both in people 's need for support and in the capacity of relatives to provide it . |
| 5 | In many ways this is an understandable attitude to adopt , because it means that one is not forcing one 's moral decisions on someone else . |