Example sentences of "[adj] mean that [adj] [noun pl] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that criminal laws were clarified and in some countries codified , as both Beccaria and Bentham advocated , but leaving a greater degree of flexibility and judicial discretion than either would have found congenial . |
| 2 | He moved round the room — in so far as it was possible in such cramped quarters — glad to he relieved momentarily of desk work but perhaps by way of indicating that the interview must be conducted as if we were both on the move ; and this meant that certain remarks were addressed to the window or the mantelpiece . |
| 3 | None of this meant that American companies were no longer interested in financing British filmmakers or even British ideas , but they were no longer committed to doing so , and did n't expect to be sufficiently involved to justify keeping offices in London . |
| 4 | Does this mean that conventional ways are mistaken and should be abandoned ? |
| 5 | I think , in fact , if I 'm right about soaps becoming more conservative in this way , then does this mean that feminist arguments are no longer seen as relevant for a mass audience ? |
| 6 | This means that non-US residents are prepared to use the dollar in settlement of debts , as a unit of account and as a store of value . |
| 7 | The Wages Council order continued " and has the right to choose , without penalty , whether or not to come to work " , and , according to current interpretations of labour law , this means that casual workers are not employees at all . |
| 8 | This means that unnecessary barriers are not created for the great majority of paraprofessionals who must keep working to support themselves and their families and who often do not have the formal academic credentials necessary for university entrance . |
| 9 | In spectral terms this means that new frequencies are generated , the main ones being the sum of the strong and weak frequencies are generated , the main ones being the sum of the strong and weak frequencies and their difference . |
| 10 | This means that proactive strategies are particularly suited to those forms of deviance which are continuing or episodic — in terms of pollution , the persistent failures to comply . |
| 11 | This means that bureaucratic actors are but one among a plurality of forces maintaining the growth of government rather than primary cause of its growth . |
| 12 | This means that imported goods are treated the same ( in terms of the rate of tax levied ) as home-produced goods . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd be delighted if governments could prove all our reports wrong , if that means that human rights are n't being violated , ’ Smart said . |
| 14 | The stock market crash of the 1930s meant that British watercolours were to be had at bargain prices , with major compositions costing less than £20 . |
| 15 | The last means that good manners are important . |