Example sentences of "[pron] it [modal v] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | goodnight to you it 'd mean |
| 2 | In itself it could mean nothing ; in regard to him it could mean only that he was mad . |
| 3 | In itself it could mean nothing ; in regard to him it could mean only that he was mad . |
| 4 | But I do n't think that means we have to adjust our sales structure to them it may mean that we have to look at theirs and decide who 's gon na deal with what , but th but we do n't have to gear all our structure |
| 5 | Cos it it would mean the decision would be taken by the Secretary of State and not by the local authorities . |
| 6 | Jay knew it , numbed herself against what it might mean . |
| 7 | Which is interesting because here the three of us are , thinking about what it means to belong somewhere , what it might mean to belong to this idea called ‘ theatre ’ . |
| 8 | Yet it is only through particular instances of truth that we can come to understand what it might mean to speak of absolute Truth . |
| 9 | For Gandhi , particular religions are necessary to convey what it might mean to speak of the one , true and perfect Religion which is beyond predication and not realized within finite existence . |
| 10 | To go onstage in the flag is to be a 50p magnet , no matter what it might mean in an ideal world . |
| 11 | As part of the process of clarifying what might be meant by brainwashing , I proposed a working definition of what it might mean to make a choice : |
| 12 | From this it follows that we could give some account of what it might mean to ‘ change the context ’ in the sense in which Fillmore ( 1977 : 119 ) envisages this when he says ‘ I … find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different . ’ |
| 13 | Nobody else was moved over the next couple of days so we talked endlessly about what it might mean . |
| 14 | For a while he tried to read , tried to sink back down into the fortunes of young Pao-yu and his beloved cousin , Tai-yu , but it was no good ; his mind kept returning to the question of the Aristotle File and what it might mean for Chung Kuo . |
| 15 | This leaflet is intended to provide a concise overview of the 1992 process , focusing on what it might mean for local authorities . |
| 16 | He stared back at her , realising what it might mean . |
| 17 | Now she was perplexed and afraid ; perplexed because she did not understand what had happened , and afraid of what it might mean if she did . |
| 18 | ‘ Imagine what it would mean to Britain if you had a player in Manchester and a player in Liverpool who won Wimbledon and the US Open , ’ he said , boggling the mind . |
| 19 | First , it is not clear what it would mean to say that I can see the map in my head . |
| 20 | ‘ The ramifications of what it would mean has not yet been understood , either by Scotland or elsewhere in the UK . ’ |
| 21 | What it would mean is that we would consider it immoral to treat animals as if they had no intrinsic value , as if they were of instrumental value only , merely means to human ends . |
| 22 | He had spoken without thinking , and presently realised what it would mean to them both . |
| 23 | And that does n't mean what it would mean if said by one of your generation ! ’ |
| 24 | In order to make appeal to this methodology , which is very commonly used in linguistic and philosophical discussion , we need to know what it would mean for the context to be ‘ slightly different ’ . |
| 25 | I do n't think she has the faintest idea what it would mean to marry a chap without private means , and if she did , I 'm afraid she 'd change her mind . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 27 | Clare thought of telling her what it would have meant to her as a young girl to have a nicely furnished room to herself — what it would mean to her now for that matter — but sensed that such remarks would serve no useful purpose . |
| 28 | Erm before we do anything let's have a look and see what it would mean if , it would mean just as numbers . |
| 29 | If you did n't think of what it would mean to me , what about the clothes she was supposed to model for you ? ’ |
| 30 | For that was what it would mean . |