Example sentences of "[modal v] have meant a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move of Kenneth MacAlpin 's capital to Scone must have meant a great deal more physical comfort for kings and their retainers after the rocks and raw rain of Argyll , but the heads wearing the crown were offered little chance of lying easy . |
| 2 | That was another oft-told story in our family because it must have meant a lot in those days , owning your own house instead of paying rent to a landlord . |
| 3 | She thought he might have meant a New York accent , but she was from Los Angeles and would n't have tried anyway . |
| 4 | I mean , the wallet might have meant a tussle . |
| 5 | It is important to realise that if the glider stops just within the boundary , another few feet of height could have meant a serious overshoot and perhaps a damaged aircraft . |
| 6 | He thinks his team were robbed of a penalty which could have meant a replay . |
| 7 | The impact of these events on the church of Canterbury is unknown but Theodore 's increasing ill-health ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 43 ) may have meant a serious diminution in Canterbury 's influence at this time . |
| 8 | Then there was his failure to embrace the Shatalin plan for market reforms , which , for all its faults , would have meant a clear break with the centrally planned past . |
| 9 | He was offered enormous sums to go to South Africa but would never contemplate it ; it would have meant a betrayal of everything he stood for , a soul-selling of Faustian proportions . |
| 10 | To have got it ready by December 29th would have meant a fearful rush . |
| 11 | This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state . |
| 12 | This would have meant a gain of one seat to SDLP . |
| 13 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 14 | Normally , this would have meant a day off work to attend a training session at a cost of at least £150 per head . |
| 15 | To accept them would have meant a complete recantation of all his actions over the past five years . |
| 16 | Winning entente floral would have meant a big tourism boost for cheltenham — so what went wrong ? |