Example sentences of "[adv] means [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its domination of the final text only means that it is Raskolnikov 's favourite way of rationalizing his malaise . |
| 2 | It only means that certain sets of economic processes are more referrent to a local area than others . |
| 3 | If one can not — and that is happening in some cases — it only means that … ’ |
| 4 | The fact that LSD induces spiders to build crazy webs only means that their brain is involved in the outworking of instinctive mind patterns — not that instinct is lodged in the brain itself . |
| 5 | This is a Latin phrase meaning the ‘ date after which ’ , and only means that the artefact could not have been put into the spoil after it had been dumped , but of course , could be many years earlier in date . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That only means that our overdraft will be cut from stlg6m to stlg5.5m ( or whatever it was ) ie. We still need the Batty money for this , and future years accounts . |
| 8 | The handicap is caused by a chromosomal abnormality which basically means that there is an additional chromosome in the cells . |
| 9 | This basically means that every clause has the structure of a message : it says something ( the rheme ) about something ( the theme ) . |
| 10 | If correct , this apparently means that it was after the conquest of Norway in 1028 and therefore after he attended the imperial coronation of Conrad II of Germany in Rome in 1027 . |
| 11 | That a single volume is no longer sufficient to cover every thing an undergraduate should know about igneous rocks merely means that Daniel Barker 's book will never completely replace others concentrating on more particular aspects of the subject . |
| 12 | ‘ That you ’ prefaces most summons headings and merely means that the prosecution must be in a position to prove that the defendant in court is the person who they alleged committed the offence . |
| 13 | It merely means that he has selected the best presentation of the subject for your assistance . |
| 14 | This grand term merely means that successful community care schemes are usually a joint initiative of two or more service sectors , that is , a local authority and a voluntary organization , a local authority and the NHS , the NHS and a housing association , and so on . |
| 15 | In other cases , however , inadequacy merely means that we have not go as much as we would have liked . |
| 16 | Antares in the Scorpion is also the centre of a line of three , but the colour-difference alone means that there can be no confusion ; Antares is fiery red . |
| 17 | Its being so means that more than usual demands must be made on available resources , whether human or material . |
| 18 | Not to do so means that they are not truly working in the best interests of the children . |
| 19 | Out of this theory it also follows that the uniqueness of each individual construct system necessarily means that there can be no straightforward response to a stimulus but only a multiplicity of interpretations . |
| 20 | In fishing this literally means that the catching sector has been forced back into a more primitive , earlier phase . |
| 21 | So that literally means if it 's telling you right , you 're ten to one your ratio of calls , and you earn from every appointment two hundred pounds you 've only got to make twenty calls and you 'll earn four hundred pounds . |
| 22 | That obviously means that the fringes will become more crowded . |
| 23 | This obviously means that the male 's workload more than doubles , as he has to hunt for his mate and the babies as well as himself . |
| 24 | Erm so anyway the fact that it did happen obviously means that something 's wrong even though I 'll argue that it did n't seem as bad as he was presenting . |
| 25 | The positive correlation between B and the ratings of fixed objects thus means that subjects tended to mistakenly categorise films containing many fixed objects as distractors . |
| 26 | The description ‘ first edition in book form ’ normally means that the work was first published in parts or serialised in a magazine or newspaper . |
| 27 | But what looks like a lock-up just means that the program needs time to respond before any further keys are struck — a ‘ wait ’ sign or similar signal could be usefully displayed here . |
| 28 | ‘ It just means that I 'll feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps he just means that they like the sound of my voice ? |
| 30 | 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 . |