Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb mod] [adv] mean [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are also thinking of replacing your heating system , having better standards of insulation may also mean that you can specify a less powerful ( and less expensive ) boiler . |
| 2 | Which I suspect the odd tory MP having a heart attack , falling under a bus , the loss of directions might actually mean that they might see a degree of sense in borough capping . |
| 3 | If the less successful variants were not multiplying quickly enough an element of competition would also mean that poor replicators will be less efficient at acquiring the means of survival to keep the new species going . |
| 4 | And taking lead out of petrol would immediately mean that workers in oil refineries would no longer be exposed to the substance . |
| 5 | The disribution of votes would probably mean that any really appalling player from the 70s would get a similar number of votes to a pretty poor player from more recent years . |
| 6 | I am writing to tell you what those few minutes of destruction will now mean and to ask for your urgent help to stop this needless forest massacre before it is too late . |
| 7 | Receiving mercy from God can only mean that it will overflow , as a full cup runs over . |
| 8 | The expected decline in services may simply mean that we come to regret the time when we felt that having a significant manufacturing base was an optional extra we could do without . |
| 9 | The attack on Warrington may simply mean that there remains intact in that area of England a small cell of perhaps no more than two activists who escaped detection and arrest in operations following the gasometer explosion . |
| 10 | She wondered , however , whether the philosophy of matching services closely to needs might eventually mean that existing residents who were relatively independent might be thought unsuitable for Mencap 's homes . |