Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] only mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had the knack of handling him if he got worked up about the posing , she knew how to quieten him down , and this ability to put up with his disagreeable side could only mean one thing , he reasoned . |
| 2 | However , the most satisfactory response could only mean a major thrust coordinated at national level . |
| 3 | Losing oneself in the other when one party is more powerful than the other can only mean the one submitting to the other . |
| 4 | An expanding economy can only mean disaster for the world . |
| 5 | That afternoon 's performance could only mean one thing . |
| 6 | To reflect society can only mean comedy , in such a world , if a work is to convince as any sort of mirror , and the preference of other nations for melodrama and the bleeding heart has nothing to do with the habitual temper of British life . |
| 7 | The positive inclination [ of the Greeks ] towards this discordance can only mean [ that they found ] a higher pleasure in it — especially as [ the period in question was ] the period of [ their ] youth and vigour . |
| 8 | That purple waterfall can only mean one thing . ’ |