Example sentences of "be what it mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could that be what it meant ? |
| 2 | ‘ That must be what it means . ’ |
| 3 | Now workers control , that 's what it meant to me . |
| 4 | If I have n't got my eleven on a Thursday night , it meant overtime on Friday or Saturday morning , that 's what it meant . |
| 5 | It 's what it means that counts . ’ |
| 6 | That 's what it means . |
| 7 | ‘ It means we got trouble , that 's what it means , ’ Hayman grunted . |
| 8 | Do n't push yourself on these exercises either ; work your way into Stamina — after all , that 's what it means : staying power . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a reminder ; that 's what it means , to remind you to come . |
| 10 | Either there 've been thirty-eight other Grandson Richards , and I do n't think that 's what it means , or it 's a newspaper human way of saying he 's thirty-nine years old . |
| 11 | I think that 's what it means . |
| 12 | We were going to say hullo to you , and then walk round to that little island — it 's called Seal Island — I ca n't say the Gaelic name but Mrs McDougall told me that 's what it means . |
| 13 | Yes , that 's what it means , it means weighing scales . |
| 14 | That 's what it means |
| 15 | Jobs down the road , that 's what it means to me . |
| 16 | That 's what it means . |
| 17 | That 's w that 's what it means . |
| 18 | I think that 's what it means . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , well , there are times when I 'm ashamed to be human if that 's what it means . ’ |
| 20 | er well that 's what it means , it 's a nice way of putting it |
| 21 | It says family selection so that 's what it means well for adults and children . |
| 22 | That 's what it means |
| 23 | And that 's what it means . |
| 24 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 25 | That 's what it means . |
| 26 | The news is that heterosexuals had become infected with H I V , the virus that leads to AIDS , ten to fifteen years ago , and that the numbers were doubling ten to fifteen years ago , that 's what it means when we hear AIDS cases , and what that must mean for today , is horrifying . |
| 27 | This is what it means to say that Dostoevsky brushes against Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov as he reaches back towards the underground man . |
| 28 | It is quite easy , That is what it means . ’ |
| 29 | This is what it means truly to be a child of God . |
| 30 | The survey people stressed the importance of neutrality and objectivity in research , and the participant observation enthusiasts argued that the essential thing about social life is what it means to those involved , and that the only valid way of getting at these meanings is to participate in the lives of those who shared them . |