Example sentences of "mean [indef pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 2 | As the New Right has denounced and undermined a communitarian form of society , so ‘ The numbers of people for whom such communitarian visions are good and mean something at the level of their everyday experiences are declining , attenuating their moral force . ’ |
| 3 | To our utter dismay and astonishment , he told us that our certificates meant nothing at all to him or BSAC and that ‘ even if Jacques Cousteau were to come along with a PADI qualification , no notice would be taken of it . ’ |
| 4 | Well , I meant nothing at all , I assure you . |
| 5 | ‘ Love , Leo , ’ meant nothing at all , she tried to convince herself . |
| 6 | He said this with a certain measured diffidence , as though it meant nothing at all to him , and was just a casual observation . |
| 7 | Two exquisite thoroughbreds , she supposed they had looked , chatting to one another in their high-pitched , well-bred " London " voices , filling each shop in turn with their faintly tittering laughter , making Frizingley aware — whatever it chose to whisper behind their backs — that the dynastic alliance of one trading " and therefore " common " fortune with another could mean nothing at all to them . |
| 8 | Or , like the note from a sick friend sent to the about-to-be-murdered Mrs Abby Borden of Fall River , it might mean something or might mean nothing at all . |
| 9 | If it meant anything at all it probably meant other people thought you were a bit like them . |
| 10 | If it meant anything at all , thought Henry , it was something along the lines of We have n't got a clue . |
| 11 | None of the combinations of possible future events meant anything at all , nor could mean anything until somebody caught up with Vecchi . |
| 12 | If Pindar in the Thirteenth Olympian meant anything at all by saying that the Muses breathed sweetly over Corinth , he was not referring to his own day but perhaps to that of the Corinthian Arion who invented the dithyramb . |
| 13 | It did n't mean anything at all . ’ |
| 14 | The multiplicity of utterance meanings does not mean that any linguistic expression can mean anything at all in complete disregard of what it means as a sentence . |
| 15 | As I have written in another context ( Dreamers , 1984 ) , ‘ Humanity is going to look pretty silly if it turns out that dreams do n't mean anything at all . ’ |
| 16 | ROS : Half of what he said meant something else , and the other half did n't mean anything at all . |
| 17 | Very often , it does not mean anything at all . |
| 18 | Does he mean anything at all by it ? |
| 19 | It was n't difficult to work out what each word meant , but when they were put together they either did n't mean anything at all or something quite unbelievable ( ‘ CIVIC CENTRE RATES RUMPUS ’ ) . |
| 20 | One point one , three , four , right , one point one , three , four , right , OK do it like that , although that does n't mean anything at all here , that 's the right answer , because you , you 've in ratings , right , if you wanted to , put it back on degrees , ah now press fifteen divide by seven equals and then press inverse . |
| 21 | It do n't mean anything at all , but then nevertheless , I mean they always want somebody to do these sort of things it 's all , all for a purpose I suppose |
| 22 | ‘ He means nothing at all , ’ his mother had intervened , ‘ except that you 've upset him . |
| 23 | Have you ever been working on a program late at night that throws up error codes with a number such as ‘ ERROR CODE 201 ’ which means nothing at all to you . |
| 24 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 25 | that means nothing at the beginning because there 's only about ten boys and she 'll be in charge of them all . |
| 26 | Now both the West Oxfordshire District Council and the Chipping Norton Parish Council erm voted overwhelmingly against this proposed scheme , and the fact that they 've put these recommendations to the County Council erm can I ask the three County Councillors present erm it means nothing at all from your point of view ? |
| 27 | It had meant nothing at first , but then he had thought to try it as an entry code to some of the secret Ping Tiao computer networks he had discovered weeks before but had failed to penetrate . |
| 28 | Until now it had meant nothing at all , but now she really knew what it meant . |
| 29 | Jesus Christ 's resurrection has to become our resurrection if it is to mean anything at all . |
| 30 | If the idea of mobilizing community resources is to mean anything at all it must include helping parents and other carers to meet , and clarify needs , expectations and possibilities for further development . |