Example sentences of "can mean a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pancreatic transplant can mean a person is no longer dependent on injections . |
| 2 | Simply measuring height can mean a communication problem between children and their parents , but as a university lecturer I face a much greater difficulty because the use of just one inadvertent ‘ old ’ term can easily lose a class of students . |
| 3 | When you look at it you realise that organisation can mean a variety of things — which is the one that you are expected to write about ? |
| 4 | Words such as Menuetto and Allegretto can mean a variety of things ; it is often up to context alone to let us know what a specific set of words is telling us . |
| 5 | For a family of four this can mean a saving of up to £300 on a 14-night stay . |
| 6 | For many companies this can mean a saving of up to 10% per year on energy , maintenance and labour costs . |
| 7 | Or it can mean a theory which is ‘ destabilising ’ — the word in an adjectival relationship to ‘ theory ’ . |
| 8 | A catalogue can mean a pig in a poke , I really do n't advise it . |
| 9 | Folly can mean a useless building or it can mean a clump of trees on a hill . |
| 10 | ‘ It can mean a lot , Mrs Wilson , it can mean a lot . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It can mean a lot , Mrs Wilson , it can mean a lot . ’ |
| 12 | A word of encouragement can mean a lot and Barnabas was a fine example ( see Acts 15 verses 36/41 ) . |
| 13 | Doing things communicating with people verbally can mean a lot more now sometimes with a lot of bureaucracy you can get sucked in to putting everything down on paper but it does n't mean as much as it does when it 's face to face communication . |