Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [pron] mean that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather , it was the product of near-collapse in the state supply and distribution system , of technical breakdown , and of storage , transport and labour problems which meant that up to half of what had in fact been a bumper harvest in 1990 had been allowed to rot . |
| 2 | But I mean you see the problem is that how the rich erm rich peasants two different mutual aid teams which meant that how that they did n't ha the resources they were sharing were pretty much the same . |
| 3 | You can erm by word of mouth recommendations it means that we , we have to spend less money on advertising , now that means that in the long run we can pass that on to the client like yourself |
| 4 | ‘ It was disruptive , ’ she admits , ‘ because we kept having so many phone calls which meant that the staff got involved , together with the photocopying and sending out documents . |
| 5 | Because if you start messing your duvet up at night times it means that you do n't want to sleep underneath it cos it goes all scrunchy and horrible , and all the duvet bit comes out of the cover . |
| 6 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 7 | Ninety per cent of the places go to package rafting firms which means that independent spirits can not pit themselves against the boiling waters of the Colorado . |
| 8 | We are spending now , if this budget is accepted , a mere eleven percent of the standard spending assessment levels which means that in time we are going to get down to where the government is going to demand that we . |
| 9 | — The question of job swaps was not clear in Tim 's paper — for example for Area Secretaries it meant that they wanted to job swap they could do so by moving region |
| 10 | The major benefit of the deal for BA was described yesterday as the sharing of flight codes which meant that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 11 | The greatest benefit of the deal for BA comprises the sharing of flight codes which means that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 12 | The inadequate training programmes which meant that there were inadequate staff to support the move from institutions to the community . |
| 13 | The case for R&D agreements is partly that they avoid wasteful duplication of research , and allow complementary skills and risks to be pooled , but mainly that they internalize the information spillovers which mean that a single firm is unable to appropriate all the returns to its R&D efforts . |
| 14 | There is , she says , a serious shortage of nursery places which means that , if they wish to return to work , women are forced to rely on other sources of childcare . |
| 15 | In co-evolution terms it means that herbivorous dinosaurs may have grown large as a means of attaining thermal stability . |
| 16 | The fonts are claimed to exactly match the standard Adobe ones which means that proofing could be done on a low-cost PCL printer with typeset output produced on a Linotronic . |
| 17 | But what we , what is , is unquestionably true is that it does mean that there is growing parceliza parcelization of ple of peasant plots which means that the average peasant now has a much smaller plot of land in which to try and support himself and his family than was the case earlier in Chinese history . |
| 18 | Wendy ; Actually we 're pretty lucky to have him , not only because he 's a whole hunk of a man but also because we 're all full time students which means that we do n't have to pay this new Council tax . |