Example sentences of "[pron] mean [conj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The location of European industry was dictated partly by the availability of capital and markets , which meant that countries which were rich before industrialization tended to become richer , and partly by the deposits of the raw materials , coal and iron . |
| 2 | It would , by implication , be one of five constituent parts of the Indochinese Federation — which meant that Vietnam itself would be divided into three parts — and they , together with other parts of what were called the ‘ French Community ’ would form a French Union . |
| 3 | Which means that owners who have released land under the licence system which was established in 1948 to allow land to be occupied and farmed without the owner being trapped by tenancy conditions may not be able to re-occupy it within the stated term . |
| 4 | If ice did not float , pond life would not survive the winter , which means that life itself would not have survived in our climate . |
| 5 | You mean that brute she ran away from ? |
| 6 | It means " saying what you mean and meaning what you say " . |
| 7 | And it meant that jobs you 'd already got planned |
| 8 | It means that lambs which have lost their parents , for reasons such as sheep worrying by dogs , can quickly be given a new mother . |