Example sentences of "this meant [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that they had now gained a tremendous advantage over the reptiles , even causing the extinction of many of them . |
| 2 | This meant that they had often moved to their present jobs away from their previous connections of kin and friends . |
| 3 | If there had been only two men holding Alison in the room , this meant that they 'd left her unguarded and she 'd be able to slip away . |
| 4 | This meant that we had to find somewhere I could manage on my own and that was centrally located , because I could not walk far . |
| 5 | This meant that everyone lived near to one another , and they copied each other exactly . |
| 6 | This meant that you had to type everything , including the definitions for forms and reports , making dBFast more primitive in this aspect even than dBASE III Plus ! |
| 7 | This meant that I walked further than recorded . |
| 8 | This meant that I got into the Library . |
| 9 | This meant that I had a variety of other ‘ close ones ’ to look after me , and a rota was instituted . |
| 10 | This meant that I had , from the beginning , to spend a lot of time with my family while Dawn was learning to sit on my fist . |
| 11 | I heard no more on the subject ; and if this meant that I had failed to persuade Eliot to devote precious time to reading the book , I was more relieved than otherwise . |
| 12 | Joseph Robinson was aware of what was good for business but he was also a man who prided himself on his love of sport : this meant that he had a responsibility to knowledge and experience . |
| 13 | The book was an abstract of a work which had not appeared , and which never did in the form envisaged ; this meant that it had no references or bibliography , and that in it Darwin wore his immense learning lightly . |
| 14 | Essentially , this meant that it had to operate like a company , with a capital structure and a requirement to deliver a return on capital employed , but with the ownership wholly in the hands of the British Government . |
| 15 | From its first meeting it was also identified with the anti-slavery movement and this meant that it did not establish itself in America , where many religious leaders were wary of too close an identification with such a divisive issue . |