Example sentences of "[noun sg] means [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | where the bar over the V term means that it is exogenously determined : i.e. determined independently of M. |
| 2 | The kick up design at the top of the rudder means that it 's particularly easy to fit on the beach . |
| 3 | Another advantage is that the open nature of the meeting means that it is less easy to split workers and carers . |
| 4 | The perceived decrease in the public 's generosity means that it is even more important for businesses , and I mean all business , not just the larger ones that have traditionally provided the pool of resource , to realise that their businesses would only succeed within a healthy society , and a healthy society means the support of business men and business women . |
| 5 | But the abnormally dry soil means that it is not until late January that the ground becomes saturated enough for the rainfall to start percolating through to the aquifers . |
| 6 | Increased life expectancy means that it is now a rare occurrence for children to be orphaned . |
| 7 | In his introduction to part ( 1 of Critique et vérité Barthes argues that the degree of critical self-consciousness in literature means that it is not possible to draw a clear distinction between criticism and literature . |
| 8 | With video the setting has to be thought about , the appearance of the characters has to be right and the plain fact of seeing as well as hearing means that it is much more difficult to establish credibility . |
| 9 | While many of these ideas have lost some of their tenacity , the length of life of the housing stock and the sluggishness of change in urban structure means that it is particularly difficult to change house design to conform to changes in the position of women in society in general and the family in particular . |
| 10 | The lack of a single authoritative constitutional document means that it is relatively difficult to point to breaches of the constitution by British governments , although it is by no means impossible , as we shall see below in cases involving national security . |
| 11 | That was the 1988 development value but the state of London 's housing market means that it is probably worth only half that today — and Chelsea is naturally reluctant to pay . |
| 12 | And the firm 's dominant share of the country 's group-life insurance and pensions market means that it is well placed to make money as private pension plans expand to supplement over-stretched state retirement schemes . |
| 13 | Classical democracy 's belief in the self-regulation of the individual is recognised as theoretically valid , but the legacy of aristocratic colonial politics means that it is highly restricted in practice . |