Example sentences of "mean that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You mean that brute she ran away from ? |
| 2 | Away from the South East , in particular , lower land prices mean that clean-up expenses would be a much higher proportion of any investment , making many developments uneconomic . |
| 3 | The Trojans wish to avenge the death of Hector ; their misplaced values mean that patience in adversity is impossible . |
| 4 | The differences in technology also mean that teletext is slower , has a smaller capacity and is less interactive than Prestel . |
| 5 | They argue that long-term technological changes mean that manufacturing needs more space per worker , and also often larger plots , and that this both puts cities at a disadvantage in relation to other areas and means that , even if all available urban land were used for manufacturing , there would still be a decline in employment . |
| 6 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the measures introduced yesterday by our right hon. Friend the Chancellor , the harmonious industrial relations restored by the Government and the substantial investment from home and overseas mean that manufacturing in the heart of England is deeply grateful for all that the Government have done in the past 13 years ? |
| 7 | There are primitive layers , even in modern Europeans who were then fighting the war , which mean that man has a capacity for brutality exceeding that of other animals . |
| 8 | Nowadays the problem is quite the reverse : medical science is generally able to determine whether D's conduct caused the death , and innovations such as life-support machines mean that life can be prolonged for months and years in some instances . |
| 9 | A plethora of organic molecules does not , of course , mean that life will inevitably emerge , but it does increase the probability . |
| 10 | But — perhaps more than ever before — personal stresses within marriage and stress upon marriage mean that life will not always be blissful or even comfortable . |
| 11 | ‘ Would the fact that he was put in as priest at Oldfield mean that Marr would have to have been known to Lord Dersingham ? ’ |
| 12 | Economies of scale mean that size does still matter : to succeed , companies have to grow while constantly guarding against building the sclerotic bureaucracy that bolsters a sense of infallibility that was IBM 's ultimate downfall . |
| 13 | Current advances In new technology mean that computer analysis of complete texts is already possible . |
| 14 | Such constraints mean that Virgin 1215 can succeed , cutting into Radio One 's audience — and , ironically , making it harder to use its popularity to justify its subsidy . |
| 15 | The new drugs mean that treatment can now be offered to patients suffering from different types of the disease . |
| 16 | The new drugs mean that treatment can now be offered to patients suffering from different types of the disease . |
| 17 | The effective teacher of the 1990s can not simply be the skilled , classroom practitioner ; the evolution of the National Curriculum and the dominant consumer ideology mean that history teachers should be as careful and professional in the presentation of the case for history as they are in their curricular activities . |
| 18 | coupled with French spending cuts mean that government funds for future breeders will be that much more difficult to win . |
| 19 | Such criteria mean that space has to be planned carefully and , in this particular garden , a low budget was also stipulated . |
| 20 | This did not , however , mean that nationality matters were free of problems , or that they could be isolated from real life with its diversity and difficulties . |
| 21 | ( Direct deliveries sometimes mean that packing materials are left lying about — these must be cleared away Immediately , because they form a hazard to staff and/or customers . ) |
| 22 | By this Marxists mean that change and power in all human society can be explained as the result of the struggle between contending classes . |
| 23 | Changing demography and limited resources mean that manpower issues will be increasingly important for the provision of health services in the years to come , not only in less glamorous specialties such as old age psychiatry but in all areas of medicine . |
| 24 | It is ss839(7) and 416 of the Taxes Act which mean that management could be " connected " with Newco for these purposes . |
| 25 | I mean that Christianity proclaims there to have been a revelation of God in history . |
| 26 | Advanced manufacturing techniques mean that clay is no more expensive to use than any other drainage material . |
| 27 | Shortening product life cycles and rapid product proliferation mean that investment in innovation is critical in global competition . |
| 28 | Thus discrepancies between social costs and benefits and private costs and benefits mean that market allocation is socially inefficient . |
| 29 | the limitation on circulation of the report : normally the client 's instructions , the scope of work and the time constraints in which it is performed mean that circulation should be restricted to those to whom the report is addressed and to other named parties to whom the report is relevant . |
| 30 | They also mean that hospital care for all patients with diabetes is impracticable but that care in general practice must be sufficient to maximise glycaemic control . |