Example sentences of "only mean [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For patients with iterative studies , only mean gastric cell densities obtained from the last set of biopsy specimens or from the gastrectomy specimen were taken in consideration . |
| 2 | If people do not pay the Council will have to borrow money at current high interest rates to pay its bills ( including bills for trying to collect the tax ) and that can only mean higher poll tax bills next year . |
| 3 | It could only mean one thing : they suspected that the sleek Strasbourgeois citizenry might be planning to outdo Warsaw , Budapest , Berlin and Prague by marching up the Avenue de la Paix to overthrow 12 governments at once . |
| 4 | ( Do be careful when using initials , however , to make sure that they can only mean one thing . |
| 5 | When you enjoy service like that , it can only mean one thing : |
| 6 | That afternoon 's performance could only mean one thing . |
| 7 | ‘ To have a surveillance system on a ship where everybody is involved can only mean one thing . ’ |
| 8 | This was cheap city housing , and cars like that could only mean one thing . |
| 9 | She had the knack of handling him if he got worked up about the posing , she knew how to quieten him down , and this ability to put up with his disagreeable side could only mean one thing , he reasoned . |
| 10 | That purple waterfall can only mean one thing . ’ |
| 11 | It was the Prefect , and that could only mean one thing . |
| 12 | Highwaymen , ugly sisters , a barber and multiple suicide — it can only mean one thing — OPERA ! |
| 13 | It could only mean one thing . |
| 14 | Which could only mean one thing . |
| 15 | Those soft sighs and low moans can only mean one thing : the Apostate has offered to soothe away stressed Rainbow 's jangles by massaging her neck and shoulders . |
| 16 | Erades ( 1950 : 123 ) , for example , observes that while the sentence with the bare infinitive " can only mean one thing , viz. Will you share with me the work of addressing them ? " , that with the to infinitive allows the interpretation that " the help may be afforded by some other means , such as relieving the speaker of other duties or tasks " . |
| 17 | And that could only mean one thing . |
| 18 | If that policy were applied throughout Britain , as was also said by the right hon. Gentleman , it would cost £1.2 billion — an additional cost to the taxpayer which could only mean less investment in roads . |
| 19 | Having more combustible straw around only means more fuel for the arsonist . |
| 20 | The advent of mass owner occupation has not only meant widespread property ownership for the first time , it has also meant that inheritance of house property has become increasingly common . |