Example sentences of "it mean that " in BNC.

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1 More precisely , it meant that discussion about the organization and use of state power turned more on means and less on ends .
2 But what it meant is it got read , written into the constitution , it meant that everyone can buy a gun .
3 If , instead of ‘ piecework ’ , the men contracted to get the harvest in by the end of a month , it meant that should they finish before that time they could then go to other jobs on the farm , drawing their usual wage whilst doing so .
4 Yeah and we 've seen some different erm they had I think it was actually waiver paper as well when Murdoch bought it , and for a while he honoured the political content and then he decided he was gon na do major changes , and this may all sound familiar to you but erm the effect that that had I mean not only on the , on the , on the end up being this side , but also on erm the Mirror because it meant that Page Three Girls were in on the Daily Record in Scotland erm it was , it was quite profound I mean there 's a broader argument here as to whether you you should get pampered to those possible denominator to taste erm it 's interesting that the Daily Sport and the Sunday Sport which are two I do n't know if they have anything like it in Japan , but they 're a bit like the National Enquirer erm it 's all made up baseball there 's a sad proportion of erm journalist stories of fantasy land stuff erm along with erm photographic content and er copy content which probably
5 No I do n't think it 'd be , do n't think it meant that , I thought we went , to could be two , we 're going to have another one .
6 you know , it would make it better cos I got the impression of reading the headline , it meant that you know from the kitchen
7 We need to understand the position of the Sanhedrin , Jesus is really representing great changes in their tradition great a great revolution really and we know that what he was doing was was sort of getting Christianity to grow out of Judaism , but it meant that Judaism had to move to one side .
8 And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them .
9 ‘ You are unemployed — does it mean that ? ’
10 Nor does it mean that failure to achieve total abstinence from all potentially mood-altering substances and behaviours means that one can not achieve a considerable measure of recovery .
11 Does it mean that
12 Does it mean that county and district have got to sign up for it ?
13 Er , seeing this here , does it mean that anybody that loses er , a vote in a sub-committee can then move it to the budget review to have a second go at winning it ?
14 yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ?
15 It means that money to pay for your current fuel consumption , and towards the arrears you owe , is taken from your benefit each week and paid direct to your fuel account .
16 As such it means that vigilante heroes , no matter how good , are not the stuff of which Christians are made .
17 It means that one third of the councillors are elected in each of three consecutive years .
18 Its just the very fact that erm there 's no equivalent to marriage for lesbian 's and gay men , it means that society is looking down on it .
19 They might see it as better to take-over their main supplier , even if it means that company losing some existing orders from competing manufacturers of food products ; * buyers may deliberately seek international suppliers , so as to maintain their choice and retain some degree of control over the prices and terms of supply .
20 It means that male and female employees , in the same category , must now have equal benefits and the same Normal Retirement Age ( NRA ) , even though State pensions remain payable at different ages .
21 It means that psychoanalysis takes a lot longer , because you are looking at defences and ego as well as at , at the .
22 I 'll just put public transport , because it 's er , you , you 'll realise it means that wo n't you .
23 I mean even at the risk of probably er the other suppliers making a bit more than us if it means that .
24 even if it means that this year Yeah yeah .
25 and I do n't know how he managed to fit it in er but some people manage it erm it means that sometimes you , you know , you 're very time limited on , on , on writing things and you do n't put in something that you feel does justice to yourself , you know , you put in what you think of as crap and , and you know mm
26 Gaungit is the Burmese word for hangover translated it means That which makes a man feel that the clapper of the heaviest temple bell for miles around is playing tunes on the inside of his skull .
27 It means that legislation tabled by John McFall , Labour MP for Dumbarton , with support from the Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party , will fail for lack of parliamentary time .
28 And it means that
29 It means that they .
30 But complaining , I mean , if he 's got ta complain it means that quality assurance is n't there .
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