Example sentences of "mean that [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Accordingly , the differences of disciplinary interests mean that one needs to be very careful about the kinds of problems that are being addressed .
2 Dr Clarke went on to say ‘ this does not , however , mean that we agree to be displaced in one city after another .
3 To be supporting people at a time of impending loss does not of itself mean that we have to be doing ‘ counselling ’ .
4 You mean that you see through me , Theda thought .
5 Being aware and feeling love for mankind can not — and should not — mean that you have to be totally submissive .
6 ‘ You mean that you hunt with a dog ? ’ guessed Van Cheele .
7 It is no improvement merely to add a label , saying — taking an example at random — that left for Scotland yesterday morning is a verb phrase if by that we simply mean that it consists of a certain sequence of word classes recognized as frequently occurring .
8 No , I mean that it comes as a surprise when you first experience it , and then after that you ca n't change the course of events .
9 Although the seriousness of the crime meant that the youths had been tried as adults , the fact that all were under 16 years of age at the time of the attack ( April 1989 ) meant that they had to be sentenced as juveniles .
10 The slow rate of industrial growth in France and relative lag within an industrialising Europe at the formative period of trade unions meant that they consisted of relatively skilled workers employed in comparatively small-scale enterprises .
11 And these were n't any old typefaces , they were Linotype 's which meant that they conformed to the highest typographic standards the industry was likely to require .
12 — The question of job swaps was not clear in Tim 's paper — for example for Area Secretaries it meant that they wanted to job swap they could do so by moving region
13 This meant that I got into the Library .
14 ‘ The variety of work which included anything from milk quotas to mortgage repossessions , meant that I had to be practical and adapt quickly .
15 Fortunately it became necessary for me to accompany the well-known Solveig 's Song on a dulcitone , which meant that I had to be close beside her in the wings .
16 Warwick 's position as chief steward of the duchy in the north , and steward and constable of all the key Yorkshire lordships , meant that he stood in a position of authority towards all the other northern duchy servants and Edward IV would have been very seriously weakened if Warwick had managed to win them over .
17 Warwick 's position as chief steward of the duchy in the north , and steward and constable of all the key Yorkshire lordships , meant that he stood in a position of authority towards all the other northern duchy servants and Edward IV would have been very seriously weakened if Warwick had managed to win them over .
18 She appeared to have forgotten about my not going to the funeral but that was before she started to lose the steps to the attic , so to speak , so it just meant that she chose to not mention it .
19 Her strong competitive streak also meant that she had to be the most outrageous , the most rebellious and the most indisciplined girl in school .
20 To the last , Foucault himself remained suspicious of any ‘ progressive politics , if that meant that it continued to be linked to a ( hidden ) meaning , origin , or the subject .
21 Its Durkheimian origin meant that it suffered at the outset from the more general problems of Durkheim 's functionalist approach .
22 On the credit side , the local base of the Poor Law meant that it operated in a face-to-face world where people and their problems were known .
23 Similarly , inadequate information about the siting of the jetty at Rothera meant that it had to be redesigned and repositioned at a relatively late stage , at an additional cost of £2 million .
24 Although it was relatively ineffective , the fact that it was considerably safer than mercury meant that it remained in the pharmacopoeia of many countries until the twentieth century .
25 This step does not necessarily mean that everyone affected by the problem must be identified .
26 But this does not mean that we swing to the opposite extreme and say that because doubt is a result of the Fall , all doubts are necessarily destructive , negative , even sinful .
27 It does n't mean that the science is poor , but it does mean that we need to be sceptical of the assumptions that we receive .
28 Technological advances might mean that we live in an artificial environment with respect to time-cues , but it is a rhythmic environment nevertheless , and our possession of a body clock means that all the advantages that come from the integration of biological and environmental rhythms apply equally to ourselves .
29 ‘ Just because Luke and I share a close personal relationship it does n't mean that we agree on everything .
30 And if Pound so blithely overlooks that difference , does n't that mean that we have in him a critic who attends to form , to style , at the expense of what that form and that style are used so as to convey ?
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