Example sentences of "mean [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean some of these projects you 're talking about thirty seven million pound projects |
| 2 | children , and talking about the strain , I mean some of these kids are very , very disturbed but I voted that I would , I would do it again . |
| 3 | And by ‘ least improved ’ I mean untouched by artificial fertilizers or reseeding . |
| 4 | And if er , I mean one of these girls is worth maybe three others , you know , they 're all erm , they 'll , and still clear the shopfloor , get them downstairs , and sweep up for you in say , four hours , and one person does that while the rest . |
| 5 | But by language I do not only mean that of spoken words or written symbols . |
| 6 | It does mean that for certain growth areas in technological subjects the class number is very long , For example , the subject " Short Take Off and Landing Aircraft in the United States " has the class number 629.1333404269973 . |
| 7 | — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition . |
| 8 | Today 's announcement could mean some of those health boards wo n't be running any of the hospitals in their area . |
| 9 | Notice up there says , mini recycling centre , does that mean those on little bikes go for a re-training does it ? |
| 10 | In terms of time that meant ten to twelve hours , depending on how long they took to get through the Romanian frontier . |
| 11 | That meant one of two things — the remaining houses were either being patched up or demolished to make way for pre-fabs . |
| 12 | Natural behaviour can mean one of two things . |
| 13 | And when I say the country I do n't mean one of those villages just off the motorway full of people just like us buying Australian Chardonnay from the local wine merchant and the only time you hear an ooo-aarr accent is when you 're listening to the Archers in the bath . |
| 14 | It means little for this child to perform with the greatest precision the most difficult pieces , with hands that can hardly stretch a sixth ; but what is really incredible is to see him improvise for an hour on end and in doing so give rein to the inspiration of his genius and to a mass of enchanting ideas … |
| 15 | For such authors this generally means one of two things : diminishing respect by the young for adults , or diminishing respect by the working class for traditional , i.e. middle-class , values ( religion , sobriety , hard work , etc . ) . |
| 16 | For instance , when people find out that my father ran off with a schoolgirl they invariably look at me in a particular way , which means one of two things , if not both of them . |
| 17 | Survival means one of three choices : resignation , acceptance or fighting back . |
| 18 | " Educational technology " in practice means one of three things : The equipment and software of the audio-visual and computing industry which can be applied in education . |
| 19 | By section 118(1) , the interpretation section of the Act , it is provided that , where neither income tax nor capital gains tax nor corporation tax is specified , the word ‘ tax ’ means any of those taxes . |
| 20 | But the annual over-indulgence means most of those nuts will still be in your bowl come the New Year . |
| 21 | I mean most of these end in question mark . |
| 22 | This idea is consistent with the difference in age ( mean 24 vs 35 years ) between our groups 1 and 2 ( A/B vs C ) . |
| 23 | A single species tank can be taken to mean one of two things ; a tank in which is kept a number of specimens of the same species , a breeding pair , or a single specimen . |