Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] it means " in BNC.
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| 1 | What use is revenge to me if it means the destruction of what life we have left ? |
| 2 | With almost half the present team threatening to retire at the end of the season — and who can blame them if it means that they go out on a high note — this was excellent news . |
| 3 | They 're not actually prepared to go in to diagnosing dementia which I think is very wise of them but it means that you could then get into a very interesting discussion about whether we 're talking about people with dementia or about people who are simply confused . |
| 4 | Us Oaks 'as paid for t'privilege o' working it and it means nowt ti me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it and it means that the athletes from Durham and Cumbria will not get a second chance of achieving the English Schools qualifying standards . ’ |
| 6 | It does n't necessarily mean you 're gon na get it but it means that you 're being true to yourself because you 're putting your point across . |
| 7 | I love it because it means I get to lots of other countries and see different people and different cultures , and I hate it because it is such a hassle and keeps me away from my family and friends . |
| 8 | ‘ The Whips love it because it means they can have power over the Backbenchers , but as a system of organising the world it 's lunacy . ’ |
| 9 | It 's the same job as an editor of a publication has to get writers to go along without it all sounding like he wrote it or she wrote it , and the , but a good editor can figure out how to do that and a good writer likes it because it means erm they 'll go together or work better and readers will like it , understand it . |
| 10 | The derivation of the word ‘ fact ’ can indeed remind us that it means something constructed rather than just observed . |
| 11 | I mean even at the risk of probably er the other suppliers making a bit more than us if it means that . |