Example sentences of "mean [that] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |
| 2 | I mean that it is not really government run er . |
| 3 | For the none technical , these figures mean that it is not a super quick modem , but has features that improve data transfer and have error correcting protocols . |
| 4 | All the artificial constraints of maintaining a regulated monopoly mean that it is not in the best interests of the consumer . |
| 5 | SeaWatch director Sven Hansen says that recent international agreements to reduce pollution mean that it is particularly important to set up a system capable of ensuring standards are being met . |
| 6 | ‘ The concentration of expertise and interest ( in the committees ) mean that it is both rare and difficult for someone outside the relevant committee or committees to counter a report ’ . |
| 7 | Musty ‘ off ’ smells mean that it is out of condition . |
| 8 | What is clear is that the scale of a large company 's business and the fact that the board meets only periodically , perhaps monthly or even quarterly , mean that it is only the most important decisions that are made at board level . |
| 9 | According to Litchfield ( 1989 ) , the dried product consists of 72 per cent protein but , although it is an acceptable animal feed supplement , the drop in world soya-bean meal prices mean that it is now no longer produced on a commercial basis . |
| 10 | Improvements in distribution and packaging mean that it is now available all over the country , in supermarkets , delicatessens and specialist cheese shops . |
| 11 | There may perhaps be properties which are evidence-transcendent , by which we mean that it is always possible that they be absent even though we have the best possible evidence of their presence . |
| 12 | ( Note that here and elsewhere in the book , underlined stretches of talk mean that it is phonologically and/or grammatically marked as " Creole " . ) |
| 13 | Finally , technical developments in TV broadcasting and receiving equipment mean that it is rapidly becoming inevitable that , for a time at least , most TV stations will be broadcasting in two formats , to take account of the new so-called high density TV ( HDTV ) — always assuming that standards for the system can be agreed . |
| 14 | Even his extraordinarily fecund language struggled to reassert the recollection : ‘ the ideal couple , ’ ‘ the beautiful inspiration , ’ ‘ illusion and reality , ’ ( by which he meant that it was simply too good to be true ; too perfect to last — a forbidding afterthought ) . |
| 15 | The rising water , filling the channel , meant that it was not difficult to reach Simon from the Lock gates . |
| 16 | The archaeologist explained that the skeleton 's place in the soil strata and its size meant that it was not a dinosaur . |
| 17 | Although the rest of the world was the lowest cost source of supply the imposition of the CET meant that it was not the lowest priced source of supply in the domestic economy . |
| 18 | Franco conducted it on his own terms , however , which meant that it was so gradual as to be barely perceptible at times , and designed to show him in the most favourable light possible . |
| 19 | Under the Angevins , it has been argued , ‘ the legal relationship between a king of France and a king of England who held territories on the continent meant that it was relatively easy for the king of France to legitimize his own actions as part of a legal process ’ . |
| 20 | All these facts concerning the particular mechanisms of the paper industry added together meant that it was quite unlikely that Rembrandt would buy two batches of paper prepared by the same paper mill using the same mould . |
| 21 | However , the costs of building and of providing the necessary infrastructure together with planning restrictions meant that it was less than ideal . |
| 22 | He put her suitcases down in the driveway and reached into the boot to pass her a carry-case which Belinda recognised as containing a portable monitor , something like an electrically amplified stethoscope , which meant that it was often possible for a pregnant woman to hear her baby 's heartbeat as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy . |
| 23 | very clear , you 've got two officers with shotguns , do you mean that it 's just he gave his shotgun to him and vice versa or you nominated two different shotguns ? |
| 24 | Even though I make fun of it , and it 's not my favourite music , that does n't mean that it 's less valid than bands who last a long time , especially if it is enjoyed . |
| 25 | Just because not everyone may spot the toy gun in this ad and attach a certain symbolic significance to it , it does not mean that it is not there nor that it has no effect . |
| 26 | Finally , if an animal is coping with extremely adverse conditions by self-narcotisation , I would say that its welfare is poor but the effect of the narcotic may mean that it is not suffering . |
| 27 | Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient . |
| 28 | Simply because the egalitarian society has yet to become a reality does not mean that it is not possible . |
| 29 | On the other hand major defects in a second-hand car might well mean that it is not of merchantable quality ( see Crowther v. Shannon paragraph 7–19 below ) . |
| 30 | The fact that something happens to be legal as a matter of tradition going far back into history does not mean that it is not a vice in society . |