Example sentences of "really means is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it really means is that the new trams are a hybrid between street car and lightweight suburban train . |
| 2 | To be frank , when Pöhl says that a single monetary policy will be unable to take into account the needs of individual regions and countries , what he really means is that the policy will be unable to take these into account if they conflict with Germany 's needs . |
| 3 | What the advertisement really means is that anyone with an unwanted child can get rid of it , permanently , for fifteen pounds . ’ |
| 4 | What he really means is that he putted like the devil and it was grossly unfair — there is even a feeling that it is ‘ not quite golf ’ to win by superior skill on the greens . |
| 5 | In the context , this ‘ very lax attitude ’ seems to be measured against circumstances ( such as late Old English or the present day ) in which there is a uniform standard of spelling : thus , what this really means is that in Early ME there was no uniform standard , and indeed Scragg adds that these scribes had ‘ no conception of a spelling standard ’ . |