Example sentences of "[Wh det] means " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vapour Corporation Power pop , which means do n't expect to leave with your eardrums intact . |
| 2 | The great call to Israel in the Old Testament is the shema , which means ‘ hear ’ . |
| 3 | I have an annoying habit of packing and then finding something I have overlooked , usually a rod-rest or bank-stick , which means having to undo three straps and unrolling the roll-all . |
| 4 | Time is a powerful negotiation tool , use it wisely , which means stay in control and do n't waste time . |
| 5 | A bank dishonours a cheque by stamping it ‘ RD ’ which means ‘ refer to drawer ’ . |
| 6 | Right next part of section one , did you collect the information by the deadline which means were you able to complete it in your form time with your form tutor and bring it to the lesson so that you could start on the s on the graph . |
| 7 | We 've got minus four take away eight , so we start at minus four start there and then we take away , which means count along that way for eight , so we get minus five , minus six , minus seven , minus eight , minus nine , minus ten , minus eleven , minus twelve Okay ? |
| 8 | It is possible to buy the screwed connectors to join lengths of this pipe together , but a thread needs to be cut on the pipe itself , which means having special thread-cutting equipment . |
| 9 | ‘ Which means be very careful you do n't get fatally stung , my darling Lioness . ’ |
| 10 | You know , so I , I mean , I talked about this before , this is a mailing that I want to do in October , which means for example , that I 've got to print the catalogue in July , which means I 've got to proof it in June , which means I have to actually design it in April and May . |
| 11 | I honestly think that it 's time the English got off this notion , which after all has nothing to do with the original meaning of the word ‘ amateur ’ , which means having a passion for something , erm got off this notion that the amateur , the gentleman , as Geoffrey said , is necessarily more truly engaged with the activity than somebody else . |
| 12 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 13 | The statement made by the right hon. Gentleman on 2 July included the following two sentences : ’ At present advice and assistance but not representation are available to those whose means qualify them under the legal aid green form scheme . |
| 14 | An interim payment can only be ordered against a person who is insured in respect of the plaintiff 's claim , a public authority , or a person whose means enable him to make the payment . |
| 15 | 1.59 The third ground for defending an application is that the defendant from whom the interim payment is sought is not a person who appears to the court to fall within one of the categories listed in Ord 29 , r11(2) , namely : ( a ) a person who is insured in respect of the plaintiff 's claim ; ( b ) a public authority ; or ( c ) a person whose means and resources are such as to enable him to make the interim payment . |
| 16 | Who controls the budgetary process itself and what means do they use to do so ? |
| 17 | That it be referred to the meeting in October to consider what means may be most likely to encourage the study of scientific farriery . |
| 18 | Whether new words and new meanings are accepted can depend to some extent on what means exist to disseminate them . |
| 19 | Given that industrial democracy , defined as the ultimate right and duty of the men and women working in an industrial enterprise to call management to account for its performance , and , if that performance does not satisfy them , to replace management , is desirable in principle and as a means of making the efficient conduct of the enterprise their natural concern ; recognising that the rights of use attaching to ownership , whether in the private or public sector , are inalienable ; recognising the value in general of competition as a means of keeping production and provision sensitive to public needs and tastes , and as a means of relating the distribution of resources to them ; to consider ( i ) in what sort of industrial organisation would industrial democracy be feasible ; ( ii ) how far and in what circumstances would the adoption of such a form of organisation be feasible ; ( iii ) by what means should its adoption be promoted and how long would it take to establish it as a characteristic feature in the industrial scene ; ( iv ) what part should trade unions play in its promotion and adoption and what changes would that part require in their functions as they are commonly understood ; and ( v ) where in the case of a particular industry , or organisation , the general interest requires that accountability should be to the public at large , considered for example as consumers or users of goods produced or beneficiaries from services provided , what compensatory measures should be introduced so as to make good as far as possible the permanent denial to employees of a right which is in principle generally desirable ? |
| 20 | What means can be used to isolate the implacable opponent of such a change ? |
| 21 | And by what means does the organisation interpret , choose between , and make use of these expectations and this experience ? |
| 22 | What means do these governments use to protect , regulate , subsidise or stimulate the sector ? |
| 23 | In essence this was less a system than the resort by the Crown to whatever means came to hand for raising and controlling money . |