Example sentences of "[noun sg] means that we can " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time the poverty of our sources on this issue means that we can not come anywhere near making an informed guess at the extent of the estates of any one king . |
| 2 | The improvement in what we do through the scanning data at the checkout and our own in-house distribution means that we can think about smaller quantities in the regions . |
| 3 | Firstly , the divergence of function and form means that we can not rely upon teaching only form . |
| 4 | The distribution of television signals by satellite means that we can have easy access to programmes from other countries in other languages . |
| 5 | Branches should avoid merely asking the insured to obtain estimate(s) or quotation(s) unless the type of claim or the remoteness of the location means that we can not make use of our own local or national arrangements with traders . |
| 6 | Whilst we believe in our biologically-determined nature , there will be no possible utopia apart from these two : a matriarchy run by morally superior women , where desire is excluded , and where our innate niceness means that we can all live happily ever after ; or , we let the chaos out , and we rule fiercely and savagely for a short-lived reign , our ferocious and insatiable desire destroying everything around us . |
| 7 | Where either intellectual incapacity or lack of any actual connection means that we can neither intuitively nor demonstratively perceive a connection , then , ‘ though we may fancy , guess , or believe , yet we always come short of knowledge ’ . |
| 8 | As we have noted earlier , the lack of any data on transfers within the family means that we can not look at some of the interesting questions concerning the distribution between individuals ( e.g. , between men and women ) . |