Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] mean that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a controversy going on in America at the moment because President Bush has decided to cut his military arsenal which means that many people working would lose their jobs , and because of the recession there is not much chance of them getting other jobs . |
| 2 | Sony are also guarded about the technical specification of their search and retrieval engine which means that potential publishers must enter into confidentiality agreements before receiving even the essential information on which to base their preliminary data preparation costs . |
| 3 | The gist of it was summed up in the formula cuius regio , eius religio which meant that each king or prince had the right to choose the religion of his subjects . |
| 4 | It causes a reduction in evapotranspiration ( a complicated word which means that fewer clouds are formed ) and an increase in temperatures . |
| 5 | In turn it means that adaptive evolution may be faster than biologists had thought . |
| 6 | It should not be forgotten either that in this so-called era of peace , there are wars going on in many parts of the world which means that some people are living in an unsafe environment and in constant danger . |
| 7 | According to a doctor with considerable experience of cases of dyslexia , the boy was ‘ moderately dyslexic , but the effects … are offset by his exceptionally high IQ which means that those effects are modified but not eliminated … . |
| 8 | So on top of the appalling poverty of Chinese rural life there is a very unequal distribution of land which means that some people are desperately poor compared with others . |
| 9 | The only stipulation is , if you use the PA system as a Voice Evacuation tool , it must meet the BS 5839 standard which means that all speaker circuits , eproms and amplification are fully monitored for faults or breakdown . |
| 10 | However , it would be wrong to have a system which meant that some countries set aside land so that other countries could produce more . |
| 11 | When records are filed under this system it means that all documents relating to the subject are brought together under one heading , for example : |
| 12 | Considering the recent near-miraculous developments in fibre technology which mean that synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber while they absorb sweat , change colour , fill in your tax returns and remix Michael Jackson singles , polyester and cotton ( at the cutting edge of style in about 1953 ) is an insult to our national game . |