Example sentences of "means [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is indeed a world market for savings , although that is not a wholly comforting fact : the Chancellor himself foresees a world shortage of savings , which means everyone is going to have to compete harder ( ie , pay more ) for them . |
| 2 | The organizer can also say things like ‘ the tide turns ’ which means everyone changes direction ; ‘ the sea got rougher ’ which means everyone goes faster ; and ‘ the eels were hopping mad ’ which means all eels have to hop . |
| 3 | The organizer can also say things like ‘ the tide turns ’ which means everyone changes direction ; ‘ the sea got rougher ’ which means everyone goes faster ; and ‘ the eels were hopping mad ’ which means all eels have to hop . |
| 4 | That means everyone is welcome here any time . |
| 5 | The clinic means everyone will be better prepared should any other problems arise . |
| 6 | That means everyone driving so |
| 7 | ‘ Us ’ , you understand , does n't mean me and my wife ; it means me and my lawyer against her and her lawyer . |
| 8 | I know you are over age ( over 21 , she means , he said ) but I worry about you because of all that happened ( she means me being an orphan , he said ) . |
| 9 | I have not done anything to earn it , but God has given me the Spirit and accepted me into his family ; and he means me to know that I belong . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ She means me to go without a character . |
| 11 | So then that means me fri , I like to leave Friday |
| 12 | Bride means nothing without Maid or Virgin , he wrote . |
| 13 | Bachelor means nothing without Husband or Father . |
| 14 | ‘ He means nothing at all , ’ his mother had intervened , ‘ except that you 've upset him . |
| 15 | This is true but Hong Kong form means nothing to the average punter . |
| 16 | It means nothing , it shows nothing , except sometimes betrays its very vileness it would hide . |
| 17 | The shops do n't close until about midnight , and there are no licensing hours in Turkey , so time really means nothing . |
| 18 | A member of the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship said : ‘ The stage means nothing . |
| 19 | I 'm not sure that rock'n'roll should be anything more than joyous noise — maybe ultimately one that means nothing , but then so what … ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Enduring ’ means nothing if you 're having a rotten time now , so you guys love Shakespeare and in the meantime I ca n't get a good hot cup of coffee in this country . |
| 21 | ‘ Television is fast-moving and relies on much non-verbal communication , such as a quick glance between the characters , which means nothing to a young child , ’ says Dr Sheppard . |
| 22 | Hirst admitted he was slightly disturbed by the bid at the time , but now says : ‘ The fact that we 're playing Manchester United means nothing special to me , nothing at all . |
| 23 | ‘ Bruno against Lennox means something in London but it means nothing in America and I just ca n't see it happening until October at the earliest . |
| 24 | Although there are plenty of small traders around to whom EDI still means nothing , BT predicts that within two to three years over 50,000 firms worldwide will be using it . |
| 25 | What they 're saying and representing to me means nothing — it 's just production-line music . |
| 26 | Hindley Foster means nothing to me . |
| 27 | The cock means nothing by crowing , that he crows at this moment is mere happenstance . |
| 28 | Without that backing , my ambition means nothing . |
| 29 | Which means nothing nasty gets flushed into our ponds , rivers and streams . |
| 30 | Steve Kennedy and David Ritchie climbed an icefall ( III ) which forms down the summer route The Whore 's Apron ( on the Glen Ceitlin Slabs ; and if that means nothing to you , it 's on Beinn Chaorach , off Glen Etive . |