Example sentences of "it [adv] meant that " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happened , it merely meant that the monster had sprouted two heads . |
| 2 | She appeared to have forgotten about my not going to the funeral but that was before she started to lose the steps to the attic , so to speak , so it just meant that she chose to not mention it . |
| 3 | The fact that God had done it once meant that he could do it again . |
| 4 | But it also meant that when I left school at 14 it was not possible to think about finding a job or life away from the farm . |
| 5 | However , it also meant that the sort of movements which normally flow through Clough had to be accurate to the point of perfection if they were not to be enmeshed in blue shirts . |
| 6 | 199 all out meant victory by an innings and 30 runs ; it also meant that West Indies had emulated Australia 's feat in 1920–1 and 1921 of recording eight successive Test victories over England . |
| 7 | It also meant that Mrs Thatcher was going to be away in Paris at the summit meeting in the crucial final days before the first ballot . |
| 8 | It also meant that the boys could see in and witness the general untidiness of his tiny room . |
| 9 | So although the absence of key workers in Newham meant that there were few boundary disputes , it also meant that the development officer could become very closely involved in organising other services , and perhaps feel that other services took advantage of the Home Support Project and showed less involvement than would have been necessary without the project . |
| 10 | It also meant that I became much more familiar with the area I lived in and the people around . ’ |
| 11 | These councils ' low-key approach had saved them from widespread media hostility , but it also meant that awareness of the funded projects was limited to those who were already , to some extent , part of lesbian and gay networks . |
| 12 | It also meant that the larger firms , particularly those with large criminal practices , could flood the rota with partners and assistant solicitors . |
| 13 | It also meant that the police were immediately involved when serious disputes arose between labour and employers . |
| 14 | It also meant that in 1213 , and again in 1215–17 , the French king was able to take the war to England , a thing unheard of only a generation earlier . |
| 15 | This meant some easing of the burden , which he liked , but it also meant that he was not Prime Minister , which he also liked being , that he did not have Chequers , for which his affection was second only to that of MacDonald , and that his salary as Lord President was £2000 instead of the £5000 which Secretaries of State as well as the Prime Minister were paid . |
| 16 | It also meant that well-trained war-horses were immensely valuable assets . |
| 17 | It also meant that Contact was allotted a specific area in each centre and that generally group members stayed within it . |
| 18 | It also meant that there was little incentive for them to invest in Britain since it was more profitable for them to invest in countries where profit margins were higher . |
| 19 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 20 | It also meant that Leo had gone to an awful lot of trouble on her behalf . |
| 21 | It also meant that the bathroom would be free for her to wash her hair . |
| 22 | While it freed him from a form of dependency — his succession to the LDP leadership had been achieved with the faction 's support — it also meant that the future of his premiership would depend on the skill with which he was able to balance the party 's competing factions — including his own — all of which were of roughly equal strength . |
| 23 | Apart from the limitations of the technology itself , it also meant that UK software was incompatible with European software . |
| 24 | It also meant that all political structures , especially the less specialized and differentiated ones found in Third World states , could be expected to perform additional functions to those which were their main raison d'être . |
| 25 | It also meant that financial institutions put less of their funds into gilt-edged stocks and , in consequence , were more ready to purchase other fixed-interest securities . |
| 26 | If the Federation took up a case , it often meant that the worker in question was dismissed on some pretext , accused of robbery for example . |
| 27 | If a comrade paused to lend a hand , it often meant that two would drown instead of one . |
| 28 | It surely meant that those detectives did n't think that the madman had done it . |
| 29 | In many cases , perhaps , it simply meant that clergy and people were equally barbarous . |
| 30 | There are various exceptions erm and there have been two or three in recent years , but it therefore meant that they were fair game for saying anything so they were fair game for a very sensational headline because there was very little chance of recrimination . |