Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] it [vb -s] mean " in BNC.

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1 It does n't mean that you do n't look for efficiencies but it does mean that we need to recognise that we are putting a burden on our staff which I think we will be callous and stupid to disregard .
2 The success of the variety multiples has meant that manufacturers have had to reappraise their sales channels as it has meant a concentration of purchasing power into fewer hands .
3 Does the worsening trade balance in manufactured goods over the ‘ long boom ’ and through the point where the UK imports more manufactured goods than it exports mean that the UK 's export industries have failed ?
4 It has been adopted by many authors and consultants and it seems to mean many things , depending on the author and context .
5 The proposed broadening of the granting of investment aids for the purpose of protecting and improving the environment ( part of Article 3 ) is to be welcomed although it does not appear to square with the basic investment aid objectives of such plans because it appears to mean that environmental investment per se will qualify for support , even if not part of an agricultural improvement .
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