Example sentences of "actually mean [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
| 2 | What we actually mean is a sort of mini manifesto introduction to the Green Party booklet sixteen pages or so . |
| 3 | What is actually meant is that the world is no longer so clearly divided as it was in the 1950s and 1960s into two armed camps of allies , with China , after 1960 , causing something of a schism in the Russian camp . |
| 4 | The question of what ‘ freedom ’ actually means is acted out — the difference between being ‘ free ’ and being able to do exactly what you like without thought for others is explained . |
| 5 | ‘ What this actually means is that a huge number of BBC Scotland staff , are now directly under London control , ’ said one departmental head . |
| 6 | Now what that actually means is that the money er will go to your daughter if anything happened to you but if you re er was still alive come maturity time you could then take the proceeds yourself to then give her . |
| 7 | Now what that actually means is that in ten years time when that money matures , that policy matures |