Example sentences of "it may [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may also mean freedom to purchase ‘ Playboy ’ magazine , to indulge in the vulgarities of verbal and visual displays of the sexual and sexist types , though at a much lower level than those current in Scotland or England at soccer matches and in public houses . |
| 2 | This does not mean ‘ just-enough ’ telecommunications on site ; it may also mean the nearness to a micro-wave or satellite TV link or surface links to a major town . |
| 3 | This may simply mean adding a flower , an attractively draped scarf or a glass of wine to the products to be photographed , but it may also mean creating a complete atmosphere . |
| 4 | It may also mean that there may be a sharper ‘ problem ’ of old age as people live longer after their retirement from work . |
| 5 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 6 | It may just mean that you might see Er I mean is elevated above the A Nineteen , and indeed you can catch glimpses of it |
| 7 | It may simply mean that at this moment only one entrepreneur has taken the step of presenting this particular opportunity to the market . |
| 8 | It may actually mean that you 're getting a bit too rough on your skin ! |
| 9 | At one extreme , it may mean that the world will not contain an example of any single human being doing that thing ; at the other end , it may merely mean that if a group of human beings adopt a norm requiring that behaviour , the norm will often be broken , its observance will give rise to a good deal of anxiety , those who comply without anxiety to the norm will be unusual in other respects , and so forth . |