Example sentences of "mean [adj] [prep] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | That meant one of two things — the remaining houses were either being patched up or demolished to make way for pre-fabs . |
| 2 | Natural behaviour can mean one of two things . |
| 3 | 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 . ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | " 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |