Example sentences of "means be that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What that means is that NHS hospitals will be resourced according to the number of patients they treat . |
| 2 | What it really means is that the new trams are a hybrid between street car and lightweight suburban train . |
| 3 | What this means is that you 're the centre of attention and you 're waited on hand and ( of course ) foot . |
| 4 | ‘ What Clarissa means is that we have n't — mercifully — heard you for ages . ’ |
| 5 | What it means is that the time of release from prison is determined by the Home Secretary , on the advice of the Parole Board and the Lord Chief Justice , rather than by the judge at the trial . |
| 6 | To be frank , when Pöhl says that a single monetary policy will be unable to take into account the needs of individual regions and countries , what he really means is that the policy will be unable to take these into account if they conflict with Germany 's needs . |
| 7 | Although the constitution of the Confederation contains detailed regulations on the powers of the federal government and on the content of federal policy , all this means is that whenever a centralising measure is proposed , they amend the constitution . |
| 8 | What this means is that only a relatively small proportion of the population is earning and has the burden of supporting a large number of old and young . |
| 9 | What the advertisement really means is that anyone with an unwanted child can get rid of it , permanently , for fifteen pounds . ’ |
| 10 | What this means is that the faster we go , the more the apparent wind direction swings forwards . |
| 11 | What this means is that the opportunity to make worthwhile teaching points , about the subject matter on display , will be missed . |
| 12 | What this means is that ships can now have some protection against guided bombs released from a great height . |
| 13 | What this means is that the output stage consists of two halves . |
| 14 | Presumably what he means is that at that point they will have lost their representative character and become embodiments of the divine . |
| 15 | What it means is that as life ‘ is not a single straight line ’ he does what he thinks must be done and what it is morally possible for him to do in situations of moral dilemma . |
| 16 | This requires you to utilise the JMP-1 's output mapping , and all it means is that you tell the JMP-1 that every time it selects , say , patch 6 , information is sent to the effects processor to change its current patch to whatever patch you require . |
| 17 | All it means is that you will take slightly longer to achieve your goal — that 's all ! |
| 18 | What this means is that overall economic policy should be dictated by utilitarian considerations , aiming to improve the general welfare . |
| 19 | What this means is that the appearance , in the nonperspectival sense , can be identified by the use of a hypothetical statement . |
| 20 | What this means is that the rule-based competence which the monitor offers to the BSL learner is the already established grammatical knowledge of English . |
| 21 | What this means is that if we want to make realistic comparisons between species we have to make allowance for differences in the sizes of the animals concerned . |
| 22 | What all this means is that if non-Tories get the bit between their teeth , they have a chance . |
| 23 | What he really means is that he putted like the devil and it was grossly unfair — there is even a feeling that it is ‘ not quite golf ’ to win by superior skill on the greens . |
| 24 | All it means is that a preference for managerial power rather than recognition is more likely to be a successful mix for a manager . |
| 25 | What this means is that the taking of leisure is self-defeating ; the fact that one is one 's own boss adds to , rather than subtracts from , the psychological pressures to do housework . |
| 26 | What he means is that the light is dreadful and only desperate hacks like me would take photos in it . |
| 27 | Keeping to the domestic front for the moment , what this means is that the conclusions which women reach , no matter how carefully and intelligently they are worked out , can never have the status of decisions . |
| 28 | It refers not to power but to authority , and what I think he means is that although a woman can make good and wise judgements , she can not be the arbiter of that goodness or wisdom . |
| 29 | The first is : if your father ran off with someone only a couple of years older than you , what this probably means is that he really wanted to run off with you . |
| 30 | What he means is that although in one sense the competitively won money is very desirable — it gives a terrific boost to Imperial 's research and , because many of the contracts are from industry , keeps the university closely in touch with the real world — it actually contributes next of nothing to the core costs of the college , of which , of course , academic salaries are the largest single component . |