Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] mean that many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This insidious behaviour means that many drugs which interfere with the life-cycle of the virus , for example by inhibiting the activity of crucial enzymes , will do the same to normal host cells . |
| 2 | Blocked roads meant that many motorists could not get home for several hours . |
| 3 | The pattern of labour in an advanced economy means that many jobs and roles now require specialized education and training to a higher level than before , though this co-exists with ‘ de-skilling ’ in other jobs . |
| 4 | Furthermore , the extensive number of safe seats meant that many electors cast " wasted " votes . |
| 5 | The under-treatment of cancer in older people means that many tumours which could be controlled or cured are not . |
| 6 | Definitional convention means that many items are classified as current expenditure ( e.g. R & d and industrial training ) when they are , in fact , capital items . |
| 7 | The financial means at Lorenzo 's disposal did not , however , equal those of his father , and his early death and the subsequent convulsions of the Florentine State meant that many commissions did not progress beyond the planning stage . |
| 8 | Despite granting " autonomy " to many state-owned factories and restoring 69 factories to the private sector , shortages of electricity , raw materials and spare parts meant that many factories could produce only at half their potential capacity . |
| 9 | Firstly , changing external factors meant that many plans became rapidly out of date and so they could never be implemented properly . |
| 10 | Notwithstanding Clinton 's protestations , the agonies suffered over the issue of draft evasion by Dan Quayle as vice-presidential candidate during the 1988 campaign meant that many Republicans seized upon the allegations against Clinton with undisguised delight . |
| 11 | This last fact means that many aspects of Salibi 's theory can not as yet be put to the test . |