Example sentences of "mean more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I suppose more salted meat I mean more home home butching and erm making bread I suppose or the womenfolk were likely baking every day . |
| 2 | Why holidays mean more work |
| 3 | She says staffing problems in her area are n't especially acute — but that these days , short hospital stays mean more work for the community midwives . |
| 4 | More pupils mean more money for the school . |
| 5 | The public mood seemed to be that more organizations mean more bureaucracy , complexity and expense . |
| 6 | Assynt is so heavily populated with small fish , it is considered good policy to reduce their numbers ; fewer mouths mean more food all round , and larger trout . |
| 7 | But will the increased availability of energy in the village really mean more energy for the very poor ? |
| 8 | A third reason is the rise in water-quality standards , which mean more attention is paid to monitoring contamination in water supplies . |
| 9 | It meant more bread for the hungry , higher wages , and fewer hours of work . |
| 10 | More media , equally , meant more scope for conglomeration — horizontally , at local , regional or national level , and vertically between all three . |
| 11 | Better ploughs meant more land could be planted . |
| 12 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 13 | Dr Margaret Ashwell told the conference that the worst form of middle-age spread was around the middle as the traditional beer-belly shape meant more fat was concentrated where it does most harm — around the internal organs . |
| 14 | For Kylie , however , there was no looking back , and the future for now meant more work with SAW in London where she was to record an album as soon as her Neighbours commitments allowed . |
| 15 | I could see the attraction for the Government ; a positive response was more difficult to formulate and meant more work . |
| 16 | But then the good old American public elected Nixon so here you had Al Capone in the White House and these same political scientists wrote books saying hey hang on , when we said more power to the president we meant more power for our kind of president , you know , Jack , you know , and L B J and the boys , not this Nixon , Tricky Dicky character . |
| 17 | Eva 's graduation year meant more joy for the family . |
| 18 | More spare time , it was discovered , meant more time spent watching TV , the chief leisure activity for all classes . |
| 19 | ‘ Also , a lot of the big names are getting less advertising work , and they are more prepared now to do editorial , which does mean more competition ’ . |
| 20 | Will independence bring more opportunities for adults and mature students , a wider range of vocational courses and a higher staying-on rate or will it mean more competition , cuts in expensive courses and no overall structure to educational provision from 11–19 ? |
| 21 | But the removal of barriers will also mean more competition with customers being offered a wider choice of materials . |
| 22 | ‘ The new playlist will mean more music in daytime programmes across the broader range , ’ claimed Chris Lycett , Head Of Music at Radio 1 . |
| 23 | She was now only a step away from her target , so she was n't far from getting to know him well enough to question him about his allegiance — just as long as she could keep his escort sweet , which would probably mean more bondage if that was the only way he could get his nuts off . |
| 24 | It 'll mean more Day Care , more Home Care , more Occupational Therapy , for people in an area of the county who get far less levels of service than elsewhere in the county . |
| 25 | There 's only one thing , it might mean more part time jobs for college leavers and things if they go to work on a Sunday in the big stores and they did , give them a foot up to start a job , then get taken on you know as . |
| 26 | More law might often mean more liberty . |
| 27 | The growth of wide area networking and the recent introduction of wireless networks will mean more mobility , easier access to information , electronic mail and video conferencing — anywhere in the world . |
| 28 | This report provides an overview of recent changes in policy makers ' assumptions about the family , particularly in relation to the benefit system , where the recognition of relationships can mean more money for some and no money for others . |
| 29 | The scheme should cut out waste , which will mean more money is available to spend on other patient services in the NHS . |
| 30 | If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that a review of defence by an incoming Labour Government , should we happen to have such an Administration , would mean more money being spent on defence , I am a Dutchman . |