Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] meant [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the nonresonant nature of the nonlinearity in this experiment meant that it had to compete with other nonlinear processes . |
| 2 | I had also agreed to load up out of sight , though within easy walking distance , of villages — it would be as as if I had gone into the villages for supplies , but this way meant that I would n't attract anyone 's attention . |
| 3 | Paisley had based his assertion about the danger to himself on a warning from inside the security forces and this fact meant that he could not establish the credibility of it by revealing the source of his information . |
| 4 | Experts had testified in Congress that the massive expense of such research meant that it could be carried out only with government backing . |
| 5 | More self-knowledge meant that it was easier to see man as one natural object among many . |
| 6 | Running her own business meant that there was no let-up , no time for sliding into a slough of self-pity and morbid reconstruction of events that sapped her energy . |
| 7 | For the worry that they themselves might go down the same road meant that they could see that teachers who were now ‘ like that ’ had once been enthusiastic , committed students like themselves . |
| 8 | He guessed that somewhere aboard the survey vessel a meeting was in progress to determine whether or not the quarantine regulations were to be obeyed , and whether that adherence meant that he ought to be abandoned . |