Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [adv] mean [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feminists ' preservation of a traditional psychological concept of the subject also means that the power involved in discourses of gender and other social relations is subordinated to a determining psychological essence . |
| 2 | However , even despite such ‘ captive ’ production , the decline of the dollar probably meant that in 1987 Japan did finally and unambiguously pass the United States in world chip production . |
| 3 | The politics of the situation probably means that it has to be sensitive to the traditional concerns of the governments themselves but it also has to provide strong arguments for deviations from generally accepted accounting principles for business . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job . |
| 5 | The existence of significant economies of scale within the economy also means that the standard theorems of welfare economics on the efficiency of a market economy no longer apply , and additional mechanisms must be designed for achieving the advantages of increasing returns whilst avoiding the disadvantages of the exploitation of market power which large organisations may possess . |
| 6 | Alas , the great mass of weight over the tail also meant that , at high speed on damp surfaces , the 911 had a habit of disappearing off roads , backside first . |
| 7 | The control of resources by the landowner usually means that the sites are impressive , dominant , and have had a lot of labour and/or money invested in them . |