Example sentences of "mean that [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By imply we mean that something is being suggested indirectly . |
| 2 | But plans , such as Australia 's aim of 20 per cent cuts in carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 , mean that everyone should make that 20 per cent cut in the emissions they generate , directly and indirectly . |
| 3 | Not that it is impossible , but practical considerations of gaining access to situations and the confidence of the people involved in any reasonable length of time mean that one will probably study the situation from one side or the other . |
| 4 | The superior knowledge of the teacher does not automatically invest her with the right to place students in an intellectual straitjacket , nor does volunteering to be a nurse mean that one has automatically signed away one 's rights as a human being . |
| 5 | ‘ The Community proposals mean that one out of ten farmers set aside land in the rest of Europe compared to six out of ten in the UK . |
| 6 | Nor again does this failure to achieve total abstinence mean that one is inevitably heading for relapse or that it is necessarily a significant factor in those who do relapse . |
| 7 | Accordingly , the differences of disciplinary interests mean that one needs to be very careful about the kinds of problems that are being addressed . |
| 8 | Perhaps ‘ object ’ is a misleading term since it is increasingly plain that electronic corruption and software/hardware obsolescence mean that one will not be able to preserve the original electronic text or data . |
| 9 | The changes in the health service , in education , in local authorities , mean that everything is put on hold , he said . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean that nothing is totally safe . |
| 11 | The portable cameras mean that no-one will no for sure where to find them . |
| 12 | ‘ You mean that someone leaned out of the window and shouted to you ? ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 14 | ‘ The figures mean that someone has been defrauding the company and it was n't Craig Grenfell because if you look at the dates you 'll see that the fiddling went on even when Craig was in prison . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I mean that someone , somewhere , might want us to look at things in a particular way . ’ |
| 16 | Changes announced yesterday mean that anybody with a disposable income of more than £61 a week will have to contribute a maximum of one third of his or her income above the limit rather than the present quarter . |