Example sentences of "means [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This means that it takes up more hospital space than any other single illness . ) |
| 2 | Both the phosphorylation of receptors and their absence means that it takes more of the drug to obtain the same effect . |
| 3 | This means that it takes an average of 12 years and $231 million to develop a new drug . |
| 4 | The imperfect monitoring of actions means that it takes time for types to self-screen , so they can enjoy a temporary reputation while this is going on . |
| 5 | In short , it means that it becomes possible to impose almost any character you want on it , which should make the Standard a session player 's dream . |
| 6 | This means that it becomes difficult , some would say impossible , to specify the ceteris paribus conditions of a theory . |
| 7 | I was glad then that he did not know the subject of the talk I had just given at the conference — the possibility that space-time was finite but had no boundary , which means that it had no beginning , no moment of Creation . |
| 8 | When built 1622 was equipped with continuous stepboards , which means that it had two stepboards per side to allow for entry from ground level . |
| 9 | This means that it depends on the host 's cells ' own energy-producing system to provide for its own growth and reproduction . |
| 10 | That means that means that it prevented high blood pressure as well though . |
| 11 | Even a slight push means that it falls and can not recover its original position of equilibrium . |
| 12 | Unfortunately the orientation of the palazzo means that it gets very little sun to set it off ; this together with the dark paint and stonework , means it looks rather sombre . |
| 13 | No I means , basically it means that it gets to her head really quickly like one , two glasses of wine and she 's off her trolley . |
| 14 | It was New Year 's Eve and the midnight sky was still bright : Punta Arenas is at 53°S , and although on a similar longitude to Halifax has been shunted , by Professor Dowd 's descendants , into the same time zone as New York — all of which means that it stays light for a great deal longer than in most cities , and we celebrated the coming of the New Year in almost broad daylight . |
| 15 | And , in passing , it is worth noting that French ( I have not tried the Danish imitation ) Port-Salut makes an excellent cooking cheese with a low melting point , which means that it turns creamy but not rubbery . |
| 16 | This also gives Customer Services the credibility to form strategic partnerships if necessary , and means that it does n't need to spend a fortune on research and development — it simply taps into the work done at BT 's Martlesham , Suffolk-based research centre . |
| 17 | The chamber is reasonably sized , which means that it does n't have to be emptied very often when used for small d-i-y tasks , and it will also clean up after bigger jobs such as wood planing . |
| 18 | As you shall see in the next section , the predominance of hydrogen in Jupiter means that it does not have to have high interior temperatures to be liquid . |
| 19 | The predictable component , g , does not appear in equation ( 4.14 ) , which means that it does not influence real output . |
| 20 | Its high input impedance means that it does not load a signal source which it copies at its output . |
| 21 | If we look at each of the consonants just mentioned and see which of the features each one has , we get a table like this , where + means that a phoneme does possess that feature and — means that it does not : |
| 22 | So presenting the centre line and okay we 're going to come on to the eye contact as well in a moment , presenting the centre line with eye contact means that it feels much more positive for the audience in terms of the delivery . |
| 23 | Infra-red light reaches the Earth in significant amounts , and its effect on the molecules of both living and inanimate objects is to vibrate them , which means that it raises their temperature . |
| 24 | That means that it knows about things like sections and chapters , tables of contents , indexes and anchored text and graphics . |
| 25 | This means that it accounts for perhaps a third of the sales of ICI Chemicals & Polymers — about the same proportion as does the latter in the whole of ICI . |
| 26 | This means that it behaves in a similar way to the three directions that correspond to moving in space . |
| 27 | Made from Scandinavian Redwood which has a distinctive warmth and grain , the Ducal range is made to very high standards which means that it looks good , works well and is designed to last . |
| 28 | The process of running a program means that it carries out the CPU instructions in the program file , some of which will involve telling the PC to look for certain data files on disk which it will use for its own ends . |
| 29 | Sport as part of ‘ The News ’ means that it has national significance and is part of the cultural heritage of the audience . |
| 30 | There is no difference between government coverage and party coverage in this respect except that government has more initiative in determining the news , which means that it has more opportunity than the opposition to ensure that its coverage is favourable . |