Example sentences of "can only mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this perspective it seems that Callinicos can only mean relatively little with his disclaimers about good art . |
| 2 | ‘ If they are , I am convinced it can only mean Zambia Crevecoeur is dead , and all evidence of hir physical existence destroyed . ’ |
| 3 | Receiving mercy from God can only mean that it will overflow , as a full cup runs over . |
| 4 | ( Do be careful when using initials , however , to make sure that they can only mean one thing . |
| 5 | When you enjoy service like that , it can only mean one thing : |
| 6 | Periods of low income when workers are in their 50s and 60s can only mean a sustained period of poverty in old age itself . |
| 7 | Can only mean and pornographic smut survive in the Thatcherite Britain of the Nineties ? |
| 8 | ‘ To have a surveillance system on a ship where everybody is involved can only mean one thing . ’ |
| 9 | Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient . |
| 10 | This can only mean that the University Press at Oxford kept the type of the second edition standing for over fifty years , or else had a large number of the second edition sheets left over and stored . |
| 11 | That purple waterfall can only mean one thing . ’ |
| 12 | All in all , it can only mean that tea time is on the up and up . |
| 13 | They can only mean the magic word — Connie ! |
| 14 | To reflect society can only mean comedy , in such a world , if a work is to convince as any sort of mirror , and the preference of other nations for melodrama and the bleeding heart has nothing to do with the habitual temper of British life . |
| 15 | In much of his fiction , early and late , Waugh turns from comedy to the haunting thought of a lost Eden ; and in a nation that had once been the first industrial civilisation that can only mean a pastoral world . |
| 16 | Therefore , when the term ‘ British Sign Language ’ is used , it can only mean signs used by a British signer . |
| 17 | Arriving home , Goneril pronounces herself his mistress , and promises him speedy advancement — which can only mean by the murder of her husband , Albany ( IV.ii.17ff . ) . |
| 18 | Highwaymen , ugly sisters , a barber and multiple suicide — it can only mean one thing — OPERA ! |
| 19 | Losing oneself in the other when one party is more powerful than the other can only mean the one submitting to the other . |
| 20 | Yet , as I argued earlier , giving up one 's identity to another who is more powerful can only mean submitting oneself to the other . |
| 21 | Lower cost , whether from raised efficiency or lower prices , look a certainty — the catch is , that can only mean lower than they would otherwise have been . |
| 22 | This can only mean that , at the time , the idea of a twin was perfectly acceptable to devout Christians . |
| 23 | Thus the final £10 in 56 , if it carries the main sentence stress , can only mean ‘ exactly £10 ’ : |
| 24 | Mr. Beloff submits that the requirement of notice to bodies , such as Winchester , was necessary to ensure that they did not breach the intervention notice , but in my view the limitation of the category of those entitled to be given notice to persons who will be prejudicially affected can only mean that it is the prejudice which brings with it the necessity to serve . |
| 25 | That can only mean that he found it , on the balance of probabilities , to have had a causative effect . |
| 26 | ‘ So … if the kitchen bag had just been changed and the photos were on the top outside , it can only mean he threw out the photos in the last couple of days . ’ |
| 27 | If people do not pay the Council will have to borrow money at current high interest rates to pay its bills ( including bills for trying to collect the tax ) and that can only mean higher poll tax bills next year . |
| 28 | The positive inclination [ of the Greeks ] towards this discordance can only mean [ that they found ] a higher pleasure in it — especially as [ the period in question was ] the period of [ their ] youth and vigour . |
| 29 | Such an identification has important implications for the morticed stones and the timber portico already mentioned , suggesting that the central area preserved some level of architectural pretension ; this can only mean that early excavations failed to locate the contemporary timber buildings continuing Kenchester 's urban tradition into the fifth century . |
| 30 | Those soft sighs and low moans can only mean one thing : the Apostate has offered to soothe away stressed Rainbow 's jangles by massaging her neck and shoulders . |