Example sentences of "it [adv] mean [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | It is clever because it effectively means that the broadcasters will have to censor themselves . |
2 | In the latter case , by including local government expenditure within the public expenditure totals , it effectively means that Cabinet makes decisions without reference to local authorities . |
3 | It only means that certain sets of economic processes are more referrent to a local area than others . |
4 | If one can not — and that is happening in some cases — it only means that … ’ |
5 | Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance . |
6 | As it happened , it merely meant that the monster had sprouted two heads . |
7 | It merely means that he has selected the best presentation of the subject for your assistance . |
8 | She appeared to have forgotten about my not going to the funeral but that was before she started to lose the steps to the attic , so to speak , so it just meant that she chose to not mention it . |
9 | ‘ It just means that I 'll feel guilty about it . ’ |
10 | It just means that he 's — a lot of his time is taken up doing stats and it 's if he 's doing that he 's not doing something else . |
11 | This is probably not quite the ideological paradox it sounds : it just means that she supported the politicians and parties in fragmented Boiotia who would tend to keep Boiotia fragmented , that is , the Thebes-haters , the local men who wanted to be big frogs in small and separate Boiotian ponds . |
12 | Well surely it , it just means that in in Jim 's organization |
13 | It just means that putting it first |
14 | Of course that does n't mean that she does n't leave her home to work , it just means that the home is where she visualizes herself , wherever she is … |
15 | ‘ It just means that sometimes you 're forced to do things , ’ said Grimma testily . |
16 | But in general it just means that we 've arrived , we 've discovered that nobody 's trapped , and we go away . |
17 | It just means that we would like that because we know we 've covered all our costs in the first year and the second year is nice profit . |
18 | It just means that when I put milk in your coffee and then you then tell me you 've got black , that you want black coffee |
19 | It just means that they 're not gon na do it . |
20 | it 's good , it needed doing , it just means that they 'll race |
21 | But it just means that he comes up with my car . |
22 | Yes , Data Packet Networks , I mean it just means that we 're talking as if we 're one site and not three . |
23 | It just means if they do roll towards the edge it stops |
24 | High pay does n't actually mean that , that everybody is less wealthy , it generally means that people are more wealthy . |
25 | If the tail swings very vigorously from side to side it usually means that the animal is about to attack , if it can summon up that last ounce of aggression . |
26 | In such cases it usually means that a man has , at some time in the past , hurt the cat in question . |
27 | The fact that God had done it once meant that he could do it again . |
28 | If you 're asking a civil engineer to do some work for you i if that civil engineer has a degree does it automatically mean that the work 's going to be perfect and wonderful ? |
29 | Capitanchik : Will it also mean that you will have more training programmes for these people now that they are more permanently employed ? |
30 | But it also meant that when I left school at 14 it was not possible to think about finding a job or life away from the farm . |