Example sentences of "mean [conj] the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that the 5% to 10% cuts in ski length that people took were compensated by increases in width — the surface area stayed the same . |
| 2 | Second , the pace of technological development meant that the advantages to companies from new products or improvements were short-lived and soon overtaken by others . |
| 3 | By this he meant that the appeal to revelation upon which Barth laid such emphasis , especially in the 1920s and 1930s , was in the end all too arbitrary and served to evade genuine questions about the basis for theological affirmations . |
| 4 | This of course does not mean that the opposition to birth control expressed in the early years of the century , particularly by religious authorities , has completely ended . |
| 5 | In fact , the problem seems to be determined genetically , which means that the tendency to hyperkinesis is passed down from parent to child . |
| 6 | The traditional problem is that abandonment in many cases means that the investment to date may have been totally wasted , so there is a motivation to keep going . |
| 7 | This means that the claim to validity of his work is postponed until its success is demonstrated through its effects in an emancipatory practice . |