Example sentences of "mean that the [noun sg] have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was needed was a dispassionate focus on the root of the problem , and this meant that the subject had to lose its normative character . |
| 2 | After this the law became increasingly convoluted as the courts tried to escape the rigours of a rule which meant that the court had to make a finding in favour of one party or the other . |
| 3 | In this case , the move of premises meant that the employee had to travel an extra 40 miles each day . |
| 4 | No doubt their slowness , coupled with the initial inertia of the judges , meant that the exhibition had to remain intact , seriously hampering preparations for the exhibition of models for the Wellington monument which began to arrive at the hall the day after the Government Offices exhibition closed . |
| 5 | It meant that the industry had to justify , under cross-examination , its policies . |
| 6 | This meant a lot of work with the Treasury solicitor 's office ; but it did mean that the commissioner had to write the report and not us , so there was something to be said for the arrangement . |
| 7 | Observation does not mean that the parent has to drop everything and ‘ observe ’ the child . |
| 8 | Clearly , this is a delicate subject and one which you and your partner should discuss at length , as it could mean that the survivor has to sell the property in order to fulfil the bequest . |
| 9 | The adverse act required under Morris did not mean that the prosecution had to prove that the appropriation was not done with the authority of the owner because so to hold was inconsistent with Lawrence . |
| 10 | Secondly , the switch to khozraschet meant that the press had to attract paying subscribers , who wanted to read about their own regions and not be submitted to generalized and boring directives from Moscow all the time . |
| 11 | This means that leaders and government have to be accessible to the people ; and , given the great gulf that has opened up between them in so many modern societies , this probably means that the government has to go to the people , rather than expecting the people to come to it . |
| 12 | Effectively , this means that the incumbent has to give no notice of price changes . |
| 13 | Some work , such as putting in an inside toilet or repairing dangerous electric wiring , qualifies for a mandatory grant , which means that the council has to give a grant if you qualify on income grounds . |
| 14 | That means that the court has to consider the position immediately before an emergency protection order , if there was one , or an interim care order , if that was the initiation of protection , or , as in this case , when the child went into voluntary care . |
| 15 | Unfortunately for chronology , these pursuits were in some cases contemporary with each other , which means that the author has to jump back and forth between different epochs of Einstein 's life . |
| 16 | So that means that the productivity has to go up , presumably . |
| 17 | This means that the manager has to keep his or her activities tightly geared to the reactions of teachers , governors , employers , parents and of that part of the community to whom education matters . |
| 18 | This means that the Tribunal has to ask whether the Minister acted reasonably in exercising his discretion to grant a warrant . |
| 19 | This means that the seller has to make certain undertakings to the buyer . |