Example sentences of "mean that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large wiggles mean that a single radiocarbon result can correspond to more than one calendar result ( see fig. 7.8 ) ; distinguishing between the different calendar possibilities can not then be achieved by radiocarbon alone . |
| 2 | This does not , however , mean that a biological reductionism is an appropriate mode of explanation for all types of human behaviour . |
| 3 | Over a period of time the effects of changes in personal circumstances and company policy mean that a viable partnership will need to recruit new partners and plan for effective induction . |
| 4 | The full-strength argument is that there are often substantial costs to employing someone which mean that a company might choose to employ a machine rather than a person even if that person 's wages cost them nothing . |
| 5 | ‘ We are moving into an economic environment where the number of scheme members , the increasing number of pensioners , and the high level of holdings in the equity of public companies by pension funds mean that a situation of uncertainty is undesirable . |
| 6 | Fifth , class action suits mean that a shareholder with just one share can sue on behalf of the entire body of shareholders and , finally , the widely misused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act allows any firm that has been charged with fraud more than three times in the previous few years , whether or not it is found guilty , to be perceived as a corrupt organisation and therefore liable for triple damages . |
| 7 | The flood of referrals now reaching health and social services does not , of course , mean that a new evil is stalking the land . |
| 8 | Yes , if by this we mean that a third party could urge this on the dog 's behalf and that sanctions of the law might well ensue . |
| 9 | This does , I believe , mean that a rethink is urgently needed about the boarding-out regulations , reviews and some other aspects of social work practice , which are appropriate to social work with permanent new families . |
| 10 | Changes in the sort of education required by students mean that a more professional attitude to teaching must be developed . |
| 11 | And , if so , did the assumption of nobility mean that a man must act nobly to merit his new position ? |
| 12 | The case for R&D agreements is partly that they avoid wasteful duplication of research , and allow complementary skills and risks to be pooled , but mainly that they internalize the information spillovers which mean that a single firm is unable to appropriate all the returns to its R&D efforts . |
| 13 | It will be noted that the day space , to be provided on the basis of 4m2 per person , and including the 2 day patients , mean that a 10-bed sub-section would have a total and an 8-bed sub-section would have a day space of 40m 2 . |
| 14 | Such factors as the growth in unemployment and numbers of one-parent families mean that a major aim will be to identify more specific indicators of a heightened risk of entering care . |
| 15 | To assert those alternatives and to insist upon them we mean that a designer should cease to be the industrial Eichmann of a large corporation . |
| 16 | Those two aspects mean that a small number of people can be members and they are held in some esteem . |
| 17 | Productions such as Oh , What a Lovely War offer many opportunities for voice and body training to be displayed effectively , particularly as the quick character sketches in this show mean that an actor may play several parts in one evening . |
| 18 | Might not the mastery of a skill quickly mean that an approach to learning through discovery could be more effectively undertaken ? |
| 19 | One of the principal concerns of the regulators is the volatility and gearing of futures contracts , which mean that an investor can quickly lose his entire investment and also incur unlimited further liability . |
| 20 | The tax meant that a bottle of whisky attracted taxes of up to 220% , the equivalent of Y 2,000 , or about $ 15.70 . |
| 21 | This meant that a US-owned company paid less net taxes . |
| 22 | Togetherness meant more than keeping each other company ; it meant that a man 's place was also in the home . |
| 23 | Khrushchev decided he liked Eisenhower , ‘ a reasonable and modest man ’ , and the much discussed ‘ Spirit of Camp David ’ meant that a lot of smiling went on in public . |
| 24 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 25 | It meant that a penalty shoot-out was needed to settle the tie , and the FA faced a barrage of criticism when Liverpool became the first team to reach and FA Cup final on penalties . |
| 26 | This meant that a decompression stop was not required and that these parameters would be stored in the memory , to be compensated for on the next dive . |
| 27 | However , following the two oil price shocks it was decided that the country 's vulnerability ( as Europe 's largest oil importer ) to crude price rises meant that a policy which made more use of the country 's abundant coal resources and reduced oil dependence should be followed . |
| 28 | Yet the cap on the compensatory award for unfair dismissal discussed in Chapter 17 meant that a significant number of executives had little option but to fight through the thickets of civil court procedure . |
| 29 | In some cases the need for knowledge of the businesses meant that a large number of specialist journals were taken by the corporate planning department and circulated within corporate head office . |
| 30 | The Gulfs economic environment also provided only limited regional outlets for funds which meant that a diversification of loan risks necessitated overseas involvement . |