Example sentences of "mean for " in BNC.

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1 A study by the OECD tries to forecast what all these extra grey heads mean for public spending in different countries over the next 40 years , assuming that government policies remain unchanged .
2 What does Advent mean for us today ?
3 ‘ I did n't mean your chairs , I mean for visitors . ’
4 ‘ You mean for money ? ’
5 I mean for heaven 's sake , it is only a game .
6 ‘ You mean for the Desert Island All Star Jam Band ? ’ asks Bob .
7 Next week we spell out what they mean for you as well as providing a full list of all the candidates standing for election .
8 I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’
9 ‘ You mean for a holiday ? ’
10 I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark .
11 Money is tight so we need to be quite clear on I mean for instance I mean the seats have been recovered you know people smoking in the seats when they should n't be smoking and putting they 're putting their cigarette 's out on the floor I do n't know
12 Coming in at all , so that 's , that is n't easy , but it , eh were it works it 's really good I mean for example we , we d o up the Poll Tax enforcement policy , erm and again it was where the Cou I mean if the Council had followed the legislation on Poll Tax collection , it 's you know , erm and it did n't want to do that , and so again well , it 's , well it 's related to this legislation bit , but we looked at , we looked at how we could get round that legal procedure and we looked at developing a more sensitive policy and we had to do that with other departments .
13 What will de-industrialisation mean for other social groups ?
14 Workshop I : What Does the Fair Employment Act mean for West Belfast ?
15 WORKSHOP I : WHAT DOES THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT ACT MEAN FOR WEST BELFAST ?
16 The overall mean for the 1984–5 sample was 54 per cent and for the 1985–6 sample it was 53 per cent .
17 family house , but I mean for space and that sort of
18 I mean for one production you may need a wig another production you wo n't .
19 and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you .
20 ‘ You mean for a little holiday ? ’
21 With this remark Waterstones ' operations manager Will Havercroft began the challenging session , Changes in Higher Educations : What They Mean For Us .
22 We calculated 95% confidence intervals with exact error factors for Poisson mean for numbers less than 30 and with the asymptotic error factor approximation for larger numbers .
23 I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new
24 I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket .
25 But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year .
26 Er sanctifying grace natural grace , you know now they 're it 's all , it 's all help from God but clever thinkers have decided to split them up into various things , just like the way I mean for example er there 's so many different things made from oil , you know er like erm turpentine er petrol , diesel .
27 It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well .
28 She felt a prickle of resentment as she said , ‘ I suppose you mean for washing … ironing … cooking … sleeping , of course .
29 The Opposition must withdrawn their policy , and do so today , or everyone will know what their policies mean for British Steel .
30 What does ‘ Irishness ’ mean for women and men ?
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