Example sentences of "mean [that] [prep] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This competition made conflicts more likely and meant that in any conflict rival groups of Indians would be involved ; those who traded with the French would support them , and their enemies would support the British , so that Indian skirmishing inland played a larger part in the fighting of the 1740s than in previous wars . |
| 2 | The fact that conflict produces anti-labour , or a contingent situation that was not the original aim of either conflictual group , must mean that in this schema History has a negative unity , notwithstanding the troubled formulation of the singular-universal . |
| 3 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 4 | In both British and Spanish railways , these features of the occupational structure , closely guarded by the trade unions ( see below ) , have meant that despite equal opportunities legislation , there is still a virtual absence of female employees among groups of workers such as train drivers , permanent way , workshop or signalling staff ( on BR , see Robbins 1986 ) . |
| 5 | And this means that for such sentences meaning is determinate and translation is determinate ; we can hope to find a sentence in another language with exactly matching assent conditions . |
| 6 | This means that at 300 K polyisoprene is likely to exhibit rubber-like behaviour and be useful as an elastomer , whereas poly ( methyl methacrylate ) will be a glassy material . |
| 7 | This means that in some areas water from the mains may have to be treated chemically to neutralize the additives before it is safe for fish . |