Example sentences of "the [noun sg] mean that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision means that annual government support for the railways will have dropped from well over £1 billion to around £300 million in 10 years . |
| 2 | The decision means that national legislation in this matter prevails and that Sunday trading continues to be illegal , save for certain goods , in England and Wales . |
| 3 | However , unemployment and the recession mean that many firms can no longer afford the creches and bonuses , and are reluctantly having to curtail them . |
| 4 | For example , the retention of selective schools characterised by traditional pedagogy and an elitist view of the curriculum means that some schools are less likely than others to be able to meet the expectations of a project founded on essentially comprehensive principles . |
| 5 | In an extensive review arising from IGCP 61 Kidson ( 1982 ) has concluded that the search for a universal eustatic curve should be regarded as over ; that regional differences in changes in the geoid mean that eustatic sea level curves can have only regional validity ; and that no part of the earth 's crust can be regarded as wholly stable . |
| 6 | The result meant that both parties failed to capitalise on the widespread disaffection with the mainstream parties and in particular with the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) which had been discovered in recent months to have been involved in a number of scandals . |
| 7 | The increasing availability of liver transplantation during the course of the study meant that some individuals became eligible for this procedure . |
| 8 | The deal means that 1,000 fax and 800 copier contracts for former Hill customers on Tyneside and Teesside will be transferred to the new owner . |
| 9 | The transfer of ILEA responsibilities to the council meant that future decisions around integration and children would be mainly the brief of the new Education Committee . |
| 10 | The great sensitivity of the test means that environmental samples can be tested for infectious organisms . |
| 11 | The ERM means that that situation will be perpetuated throughout the 1990s . |
| 12 | However , the expansion of the universe meant that this light should be so greatly red-shifted that it would appear to us now as microwave radiation . |
| 13 | The publishing explosion of the mid-century meant that scientific books were sprinkled with detailed illustrations done in this way . |
| 14 | Sitting on the right side of the room means that left eye movements bring the centre of the room into view whereas right eye movements do the opposite . |
| 15 | Japan 's incorporation into the American sphere of influence , her military weakness , her lack of diplomatic room for manoeuvre and her concentration on domestic rebuilding for some twenty years after the war meant that major changes or developments in Japan 's relations with the West were infrequently the result of positive action on the part of Japan . |
| 16 | The almost constant level of the lagoon means that large beds of lotus plants , the water lily with the delicate purple flower , cover the surface . |
| 17 | The postponement meant that such functions would be discharged by local officials who held office by virtue of their appointment by the government , and it was widely feared by the opposition that many would use their powers to manipulate the vote in an attempt to secure the return of the DLP . |
| 18 | The obvious lightness of the skeleton meant that this kind of existence for an air-breathing semi-aquatic animal would have been particularly inappropriate , because of the buoyancy of their air-filled bodies . |
| 19 | The reason for reducing the event 's costs is that the less money which is spent on the gig means that more money goes to the artist . |
| 20 | The unpredictability of the glaze means that each pot is unique . |
| 21 | The ruling meant that cheap tomato sauce could replace a healthier vegetable in a child 's diet . |
| 22 | The closure of the centre means that anti-poaching patrols have ceased and there is also great pressure on the park from the growing number of refugees displaced by the civil war . |
| 23 | The location of the fieldwork meant that little comment could be made in relation to differences which might arise from work in an inner-city area with a significant ethnic minority population . |
| 24 | According to figures published by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , the long hot spell over the summer meant that more birds of prey came to our shores than at any time since the eighteen nineties . |
| 25 | By the 19th century , European domination of the world meant that vast numbers of cultural and natural objects started to flow into the new museums of Europe . |
| 26 | An arrow in the diagram means that one factor affects ( often this means ‘ exacerbates ’ ) another in the direction shown . |
| 27 | The Minister meant that any surpluses will not be transferred to pensioners because that is what the Government desire . |
| 28 | If these depressions ( or low pressure areas ) are tracking in towards Ireland rather than taking a more northerly route , then the circulation of wind flowing clockwise ( as it must ) round the depression means that south-easterly winds will be blowing over Shetland from the North Sea and pushing any birds unfortunate enough to be flying to ( or from ) Scandinavia at the time in a westerly direction . |
| 29 | The system means that all companies within a building have access to a staff restaurant facility without the cost of installing their own kitchen and restaurant . |
| 30 | The agreement meant that further contracts worth dollars 1,500 million , frozen during the dispute , could go ahead . |