Example sentences of "mean [that] they [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child 's curious nature , coupled with their relative lack of fear , mean that they will be vulnerable and may end up being badly injured as a consequence . |
| 2 | Considering that poor families ought to spend about 80–90 per cent of their income on food , rising fuel prices mean that they must be eating less . |
| 3 | As the season did not begin until Christmas , this meant that they would be away considerably longer than originally intended , and so permission for additional leave of absence was sought from the Archbishop . |
| 4 | The absence of soft earth , the rain in the night and Mrs. Bidwell 's efficient cleaning meant that they would be lucky to find any evidence of a climb . |
| 5 | — It was pointed out that the devolution of responsibility to Grade 1 and 2 for lower grades , meant that they would be responsible for the career development and training needs of staff they work with . |
| 6 | Cells grouping together in colonies meant that they could be replaced when they died , with the group as a whole surviving intact should any membrane wall of any individual member be accidentally punctured . |
| 7 | Not only did Nonconformists suffer severely under the savage penal laws , but a whole range of other people were drawn into the process of enforcing them , which meant that they could be forced to decide whether their sympathies lay with Dissent or with the intolerant Anglican establishment . |
| 8 | Applied to directors , this would mean that they would be required to exercise such care and skill as is reasonably to be expected of a person occupying the relevant position . |
| 9 | Those born on a Friday are said to be marked out for special piety , which does not mean that they will be pious necessarily ; only that their natures are imbued with that proclivity . |
| 10 | Not being part of the Chewong social universe , they operate according to different rules but , interestingly , this does not mean that they can be treated in qualitatively different ways — such as be attacked . |
| 11 | This does not mean however that mental processes are in some way divorced from the physical world , nor does it mean that they should be excluded from the subject matter of natural science . |
| 12 | This does not mean that they should be frightened of punishment . |
| 13 | The fact that these costs can not readily be quantified or fall outside the fundholding sector does not mean that they should be overlooked . |
| 14 | Community regulations and certain provisions of the founding treaties ( such as Article 30 of the EEC Treaty on free movement of goods and Article 85 of the same treaty on competition ) have direct effect , which means that they may be relied on directly by any citizen without the need for any intervening national measures to ‘ receive ’ them and indeed without any possibility for national measures to exclude or modify them . |
| 15 | Will he remember that more and more people reaching retirement age wish to have independence in their own hands , which means that they must be in receipt of policies that encourage that independence , including savings , during their working career ? |
| 16 | Some of these programs belong to the Shareware scheme which means that they can be used and evaluated for a few weeks , and you pay the registration fee only if you continue to use them . |
| 17 | They are relatively cheap in terms of points which means that they can be numerous . |
| 18 | ( Certain gilts can be traded special ex dividend three weeks prior to the normal ex dividend date , which means that they can be bought or sold with or without the next coupon during this period . ) |
| 19 | Most instruments are subject to negative procedure which means that they will be operative unless within forty days a ‘ prayer ’ is passed which requests the Crown that a particular instrument be dropped . |
| 20 | This option enables you to register the details of a Product , which means that they will be stored permanently and can not be altered thereafter , so it is important to be sure that they are correct before using the option . |
| 21 | By having four officers here it means that they will be able to man the police car for those shifts seven days a week and in addition there will be one spare constable on every day except for Sunday either to cover deficiencies in that crewing or carry out er foot patrol or enquiries within the town . |
| 22 | It means that they should be and do what we would reasonably expect of them . |
| 23 | This means that they should be ready to hear not only the particular applicant but also any other persons or bodies whose interests are affected . |
| 24 | This means that they should be ready to hear not only the particular applicant but also any other persons or bodies whose interests are affected . |
| 25 | This means that they should be clear about what they are to look for in the performance and how they are to judge these points . |
| 26 | Finally , they should be complex — meaning that they should be definite , with a full analytical description of why the particular ideology is appropriate , even specifying conditions under which it would cease to be appropriate . |