Example sentences of "would mean a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Postponement would mean a two-year delay in improving services from King 's Cross and the nearby St Pancras station and the implementation of safety measures arising from the King 's Cross underground fire in 1987 . |
| 2 | Thus , if education were promised a rise in its allocation at 2 per cent a year , this would mean a real increase in its capacity to employ teachers or build schools of 2 per cent a year . |
| 3 | On the other hand , there is the blueprint for EMU laid down in stages two and three of the Delors report , a far more ambitious scheme which would mean a European central bank , a single currency , a framework for budgetary policy and , in effect , pave the way for political union . |
| 4 | We now know that the Opposition 's approach to national insurance would mean a something-for-nothing society . |
| 5 | However , its wholesale introduction would mean a sharp rise in prices . |
| 6 | The problem of high numbers : a military force of over 600,000 would mean a total population of some 2–3 million . |
| 7 | To launch an attack , the Russians would have to bring troops from beyond the Urals — which would mean a serious breach of the East-West treaty on the stationing of conventional forces in Europe . |
| 8 | This idea is attractive because it would mean a nice symmetry between the expanding and contracting phases . |
| 9 | Maybe one of the reasons Microsoft Corp 's NT is n't pegged to go on Sparc is because it 's little endian and Sparc is big endian : we 've heard that it would mean a major rewrite , something Bill Gates had n't figured on . |
| 10 | This was primarily due to a concern that given commitments elsewhere , we did not have the logistical support and any activity in former Yugoslavia would mean a major diversion from a already established programmes overseas . |
| 11 | It would mean a great deal of money . ’ |
| 12 | But it would mean a great deal |
| 13 | However , the improvement gained for the cost incurred would mean a financial breakeven point of several thousand miles . |
| 14 | It means that , as in the USA , a change of the party in power would mean a complete change of those holding the most senior posts in government departments . |
| 15 | The landing of one blow from such ham-fists would mean a smashed face . |
| 16 | The evening performance — a Mozart Symphony — did n't start until seven and it would mean a late return home . |
| 17 | Those responsible for initial teacher training , for example , were apparently relieved that the Polytechnic , upon its merger with the Lady Spencer Churchill College of Education in 1975 , was not intending to leave them as a monotechnic island in the interdisciplinary sea of the Polytechnic , particularly when it remained possible ( as confirmed by subsequent experience elsewhere ) that isolation would mean a low ranking in whatever prioritization exercises the Polytechnic might be forced to undertake . |
| 18 | In essence this would mean a parallel document recognised by the Church within each diocese and used as a basis for provision of R.E . |
| 19 | But by increasing the area of cereals by 5% , there would be a net profit of about £70 , though Mr Bent says a drop in yields of 0.5t/ha ( 0.2t/acre ) would mean a net loss of more than £400 . |
| 20 | If he agreed to marriage it would mean a whole new lifestyle . |
| 21 | Ultimately that would mean a common kernel , apparently a MACH microkernel . |
| 22 | What is hard-programmed can not easily be changed ; to do so would mean a drastic re-ordering of the system . |
| 23 | Allowing 1% error either way , a 1% maximum tolerance in measurement would mean a reliable detection of growth after half an hour . |
| 24 | The arrival of Mosley would mean a British controlling interest at the top , much to the astonishment of the French and the Italians , the selfstyled ‘ Mediterranean mafia ’ who had hoped to retain a balance of power . |
| 25 | Of course this liberal reform would mean a dramatic increase in the cost of the probation service . |
| 26 | Still , it would mean a clean pillow for him . |
| 27 | A capital injection from the company 's bank has to be looked at as a probable source of additional finance , although this would mean a secured loan . |
| 28 | Indeed there were also sizeable groups of Poles in Pomerania , East Prussia and Silesia who saw very clearly that passing under the administration of the new Polish state would mean a severe drop in their standard of living and who preferred to remain as second-class citizens under German administration . |
| 29 | If she made a success of the job it would mean a permanent saving in police manpower as well as a useful training for her . |
| 30 | Such a move would mean a fundamental change in how information is gathered and acted upon . |