Example sentences of "mean that the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to concentrate the space to the sculptural potential it aspires to but does not fulfil , which meant that the two elements I decided to use needed to have a weight and mass comparable to that of the architecture . |
| 2 | Developments the other side of the globe meant that the B-70 was becoming obsolete even before it was built . |
| 3 | This announcement meant that the three biggest Japanese car makers had all selected the UK as the site for their first European car assembly plant , in preparation for the completion of the Single European Market in 1992 . |
| 4 | If the Government do introduce the order , will that not mean that the 5 million liability orders already granted and the 200 imprisonments that have already been made are illegal ? |
| 5 | If there are n't any , the philosophy behind our divorce laws is simple — try , if at all possible , for a ‘ clean break ’ settlement between you and your wife , which will mean that the two of you are rid of each other for good — no painful writing of the monthly cheque , no waiting for the phone to ring when you have n't sent it . |
| 6 | The important point , however , is that the two " likes " must be treated as like in some respect ; and in the linguistic cases this does not merely mean that the two items co-ordinated must be on the same level in terms of specific syntactic classifications , as has often been remarked ; more importantly , it is clear that they must be alike in both bearing one of the other relations , already introduced , to some third element ; thus , in : ( 38 ) Nora is Irish and beautiful the structure is such that Irish and beautiful are both related to Nora by assignment , while in : ( 39 ) bed and board is going to take half his wages the relation of instantiation links both bed and board to the single entity in the subject position . |
| 7 | It certainly did not mean that the two movements had been fused into a single whole . |
| 8 | Does this mean that the 1969 legislation is working to the satisfaction of all concerned ? |
| 9 | Extra staff will mean that the three branches will simply duplicate each other 's work , and that there will be less resources for environmental activities . |
| 10 | Careful firing and technical advancements have meant that the two Hunslets perform to their maximum efficiencies and in recognition , a homemade headboard is sometimes sneaked on to the smoke box bracked by proud volunteers . |
| 11 | The first is called contiguity , which means that the two stimuli — the fork and the food — had to be presented simultaneously or at least close together . |
| 12 | That means that the two loans that he had , he ca n't sign them over to me |
| 13 | It means that the 55-60 per cent of the electorate who voted against the Conservatives will get what they voted for , instead of the 40-45 per cent who voted for the Tories , putting them in power for five more unfettered years . |
| 14 | The RSPB is ever on the alert , ever vigilant , for estuaries are constantly under threat — which means that the thousands of wintering birds they support are threatened , too . |
| 15 | This means that the three remaining days will be packed more tightly and although it is too late for this academic year we will in subsequent years have one day at the start of each term . |
| 16 | The problem of organization went back to the 1881 Scheme which Higginson If I understood that Scheme at all " — took to mean that the two schools ( Upper and Lower ) were to he united absolutely into one . |
| 17 | This can be taken to mean that the one proper way for an authority to decide its actions is to ask itself what are the reasons which apply to its subjects and attempt to follow them . |
| 18 | And you can not stop there , because I find it impossible to interpret the Act as meaning that the three years are to run from that date . |