Example sentences of "but [conj] it mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | When will the Government realise that enlargement will not be acceptable just as a slogan for the Tory re-election campaign , but that it means saying now , and clearly , that the EFTA countries are needed in the Community and that early membership for central and eastern European countries , according to realisable targets , should be a priority to which we are committed ? |
| 2 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 3 | But if it meant this I ought to know it . |
| 4 | To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 5 | Not by cheating … but if it meant trimming the petals with a pair of scisasors ten minutes before walking out the hall and the judge wo n't notice it … |
| 6 | But if it means a return to the importance of family life in people 's reckoning , a respect for authority , and an appreciation of what is beautiful and god , surely we would all welcome a return to the old values . |
| 7 | But if it means preserving a third tier of bureaucracy , the ‘ arm 's length principle ’ could become very expensive indeed . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , that makes sense , but if it means takin' the engine out and havin' engineers crawlin' all over the place so we ca n't get on with the job of takin' on stores and equipment — ’ |
| 9 | Others said Hong Kong should be optimistic , not because 1997 meant so much , but because it meant so little . |
| 10 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 11 | ‘ Ageism ’ is objectionable , not because it means admitting these connections , but because it means treating old people — or children — badly . |
| 12 | But whether it meant she passed or failed , Folly knew that there was only one answer she could make . |