Example sentences of "it mean [art] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It meant a close working relationship with the chairmen of the boards , who were key figures in the developing CNAA . |
| 2 | Baldersdale was far too remote for any of the gentry to be interested in building a country residence there All the more accessible dales had their halls , manors and castles , but the high moors sweeping up to 1,500 feet above the valley of Baldersdale was the habitat of a creature which every aristocrat , and many wealthy merchants and other nouveau riche with aristocratic pretensions pursued , then and now , with fanatical zeal — Lagopus scoticus , feathered-footed member of the Tetraonidae family , otherwise known as the red grouse For the locals it meant an extra cash crop during the days following the Glorious Twelfth — the shillings and sovereigns tossed , somewhat disdainfully , at them for providing a back-up service , such as beating the heather to alarm the birds into the air and towards the buckshot , or placing their horses and wagons at the disposal of their lordships so that ammunition , lunch and the essential bottles of whisky could be transported to the guns and the day 's bag of slain birds brought safely to the all-important count . |
| 3 | Walter Smith has — and it means a European Cup headache for the Rangers boss . |
| 4 | Look out for the Animateur sign in the brochure , it means a related theatre workshop is being offered free of charge , to any school making a block booking . |
| 5 | Even if it means a few phone calls . |
| 6 | Translated into reality , it means a self-contained sewage treatment garden plant and a haven for Britain 's natural flora . |
| 7 | A POTAGER was just a grand name for a plot , where vegetables were grown to make soup ( potage ) , but now it means an ornamental vegetable garden . |
| 8 | It means the new Control Data Systems Inc company will start life as a $600m or so a year business , leaving its bigger sister , Ceridian Corp running at about $700m a year . |
| 9 | ‘ It means the long waiting lists for surgery and outpatients will be substantially shortened in the next few months , ’ Dr Mulholland said . |
| 10 | It means the whole sale change of forms and colours and it must reduce the range of other colours that we have for other forms , do n't necessarily go into those wallets . |