Example sentences of "it [verb] mean that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it has meant that those genes are favoured that have the property of ‘ cooperating ’ with those other genes that they are likely to meet in circumstances that favour cooperation . |
| 2 | It has meant that proposed talks with Forest over his return to the club have been put on hold , and the transfer is not expected to be completed until the weekend . |
| 3 | Given trust as a first condition , the changes which followed each stage of review , assessment and evaluation came more easily — even if it did mean that some criticisms had first to be voiced and discussed ( JM Dobson conversation , 1990 ) . |
| 4 | Yet it does mean that Japanese borrowers now face high real long-term borrowing costs . |
| 5 | It is an imbalanced situation at the moment , it does mean that some investigators are doing types of work which |
| 6 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |