Example sentences of "it [modal v] [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 . |
| 10 | It should also mean that when Mr , that 's it , says the nurses were marvellous , the nurses are able to say in all evidence , and with evidence to support their opinion , yes |
| 11 | The word ‘ champion ’ by definition , means ‘ he who conquers all ’ ; it should not mean ‘ he who has driven the furthest ’ . |
| 12 | Second , it must not mean cuts in productive public investment ( including education ) since that would be self-defeating . |
| 13 | Among the many other things that Easter means to the Christian , it must also mean a particular sense of proportion about our griefs and sufferings . |
| 14 | It must also mean , of course , that the figures provided by the local authority on their HIP returns are highly questionable . |
| 15 | And although a green glow that is weaker than it ought to be might mean that some of the cells in the area are turning malignant , it might also mean that the operator has the end of the bronchoscope too far from the target , or pointing at an awkward angle . |
| 16 | If Mola got there first , not only would he snatch that honour from him , but it might also mean the end of the war and his return to the relative anonymity of normal army routine . |
| 17 | It might even mean that the personnel records and salaries systems could be cost justified largely on the basis of savings in the recruitment area . |
| 18 | ‘ It 'll just mean speeding things up a little . ’ |
| 19 | But protestors say it 'll just mean more environmental damage will be caused more quickly . |
| 20 | It 'll only mean trouble . |
| 21 | Perhaps it could also mean loving a man who was n't there and did n't deserve to be loved . |
| 22 | Broadly , of course , it meant pro-Russian or pro-Communist but it could also mean an opponent of big business or of big unionism or a proponent of birth control or atheism . |
| 23 | The word haole meant ‘ without breath ’ , lifeless ; it could also mean ‘ ignorant ’ . |
| 24 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Those visitors of hers always make such a lot of noise ! ’ could mean that the old gentleman wants to take his nap ; but it could also mean he feels left out and would welcome something to do . |
| 26 | It could also mean a study of an open-ended nature usually with a mathematical theme ( e.g. pattern spotting using numbers and/or shapes ) or shorter pieces of work prompted by the " what happens if … ? " type of question . |
| 27 | The sentence ‘ We have only shown that A is justified if B and C are ’ could mean , as was pretended above , that we have shown A 's justification to be conditional on that of B and C ; but it could also mean that if B and C are in fact justified , we have shown that A is , i.e. that the success of our demonstration is conditional , not the justification we have demonstrated . |
| 28 | But it could also mean the even more staggering truth that the saints are God 's inheritance , and pose the question to what extent he-is allowed the freehold of that inheritance which is our lives . |
| 29 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 30 | It could also mean a commitment to an East Coast motorway or improved rail services to the North-East . ’ |