Example sentences of "it means [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means that expert systems will never be able to replace skilled maintenance engineers . |
| 2 | ‘ It means that Marius was retaining a beneficial interest in the gift . ’ |
| 3 | Instead of selling it off we should invest , even if it means that taxpayers have to contribute . |
| 4 | It means that lambs which have lost their parents , for reasons such as sheep worrying by dogs , can quickly be given a new mother . |
| 5 | Having won the Australian Open and now the French it means that Seles is on a Grand Slam roll , though she swiftly pointed out that Wimbledon 's grass might be her downfall . |
| 6 | K being positive , it means that prices are going up faster than inflation . |
| 7 | It means that Gwynedd Civil Engineering the council 's direct labour force organisation , faced with a trading loss of £180,000 will shed 60 manual and 12 staff jobs at the end of this month . |
| 8 | Rather , it means that honour is becoming assessed in different ways . |
| 9 | So , if erm so your , your , your principal complaint , I maybe wrong it maybe not your principal , look at page a hundred and twenty seven for your assistance , erm standard form of agreements restricted competitions , the service of the petitions or the agents provided so this is names and thereby restrict the competition as the agents them say erm then impose on that it was a regime etcetera , erm that the , the competitive the anti competitive one is your sub paragraph one is n't it ? , on page one , two , seven your saying look here is a of , of dictated through their bi-laws , a standard form that all agents must use , you say , erm , er that that restricts competition because it means that agents are free , or as free as they ought to be , erm to compete with each other or providing services to outside names , I follow that , I did n't say I except it , but I follow that entirely , erm , but does n't , does n't , if you 're right does n't it follow that the agreements are void ? |
| 10 | The report therefore establishes an important precedent : it means that Government policy will not always be departmentalised but will be seen in the round . |
| 11 | In practice it means that course members may end up teaching in any of these institutions either at home or abroad . |
| 12 | It means that Mrs Thatcher 's great reforming legacy is safe and will be built on and it means that Britain 's Euro-sceptic approach to Maastricht will dominate our coming Euro-presidency at a time when the federalist dream is turning sour all over Europe . |
| 13 | It means that Britain will no longer have a permanent presence in the Security Council in 10 or 15 years ' time . |
| 14 | But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’ |
| 15 | It is cheaper than the proprietary machines most organisations use and it means that users have a wide choice of suppliers . |
| 16 | Sitting on it means that bed is where you will be next , suffering from some malady or other . |
| 17 | This is a pity , as it means that students find it harder to get their names known , and it means they lose out on a degree of publicity . |
| 18 | Cognitively , it means that students will go on examining their own beliefs , thoughts , values and practices , and will make connections between those intellectual activities and their wider life and their general values . |
| 19 | Practically , it means that students have to become used to expressing a point of view and exposing it to the critical evaluation of their peers , and in this way take on the ethical demands of rationality . |
| 20 | It means that changes in productivity have more than wiped out any potential for increased employment through growth in production . |
| 21 | It means that Mrs Thatcher 's great reforming legacy is safe and will be built on and it means that Britain 's Euro-sceptic approach to Maastricht will dominate our coming Euro-presidency at a time when the federalist dream is turning sour all over Europe . |
| 22 | Using daughter boards , he said , protected customer investments in the box and power supplies : it means that DEC has to redesign the ASICs on the motherboard , but leaves plenty of room for additional cache on the back side of the board . |
| 23 | It means that Jesus is seen as belonging to God in a special way . |
| 24 | But there is another way in which the Anthropic Principle , or more strictly a Biothropic Principle , could be indisputably self-evident , if it means that animal and biological life on just one planet has its genesis in cosmic forces . |
| 25 | It means that London 's position as Europe 's main financial centre has been weakened and that that of Frankfurt has been strengthened . |
| 26 | Not if it means that company directors are literally unable to talk sensibly to outsiders . |
| 27 | and I think that 's right but it means that things are more difficult to achieve in a lot of ways . |
| 28 | It means that women buy the whole package and can not either understand or cope when their partner 's emotional limitations emerge . |
| 29 | It means that women should seize communication power for their own emancipation and the liberation of all oppressed groups . |
| 30 | It means that man can influence the events of heaven . |