Example sentences of "[verb] mean that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given trust as a first condition , the changes which followed each stage of review , assessment and evaluation came more easily — even if it did mean that some criticisms had first to be voiced and discussed ( JM Dobson conversation , 1990 ) . |
| 2 | This , of course , does mean that new data have to be gathered . |
| 3 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |
| 4 | Yet it does mean that Japanese borrowers now face high real long-term borrowing costs . |
| 5 | As we shall see in the following chapter , this does not necessarily mean that the interests of farmers and landowners are no longer dominant in rural society , but it does mean that this dominance has increasingly to be carried out by reaching an accommodation with these new conditions . |
| 6 | ‘ But it does mean that some people have to wait as much as three hours . |
| 7 | It is an imbalanced situation at the moment , it does mean that some investigators are doing types of work which |
| 8 | Yes , it is inhabited again , only this time by an army detachment which monitors the efforts of a missile range in the Hebrides , but it does mean that electric light and other amenities are made available — including a pub called the Puff Inn ! |
| 9 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |
| 10 | The very rapid pace of change in the computer market does mean that second-hand computers can be excellent value . |