Example sentences of "mean [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may mean being courageous and seeing your doctor about that lump , this discharge , that very private symptom — but do it ! |
| 2 | This does n't mean seeing wealth as our main goal in life , or as a guarantee of security and happiness ; nor does it mean being wasteful and extravagant . |
| 3 | This means being ready and anxious to learn , approaching problems with an open mind , and being sensitive to the feelings of others . |
| 4 | ‘ For me , pressure means being homeless or unemployed . |
| 5 | Being a unionist meant being British or , more exactly , English , rather than being anti-nationalist and anti-Catholic . |
| 6 | Quite what that meant is unclear and perhaps was unclear then ( the terms of the 817 Ordinatio would have needed updating anyway since Pippin I had died ) ; but the one thing that was perfectly clear was that Lothar was abrogating the 839 division-plan. |