Example sentences of "[verb] it mean [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you see that phrase written down anywhere you 'll know it means Sale of Goods Act . |
| 2 | This really means relationship by marriage , but naturalists used it to mean family relationship , recognizing that horses and donkeys were closely related even though they denied any actual evolutionary connections . |
| 3 | I know it means brother Jack but |
| 4 | As the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Taylor , commented in the 1992 Dimbleby lecture , British ratification of the convention obliges the Government in the end to accept it , but the refusal to incorporate it means acceptance occurs only after a decision in Strasbourg , much delay and eventual humiliation . |
| 5 | When I saw my picture on the front page of the local newspaper I knew it meant trouble . ’ |
| 6 | During the day if the whistle blew , she knew it meant death — somebody 's poppa or brother , perhaps her own — in that fearsome place below the ground , the mine . |
| 7 | He thought it meant breasts . |
| 8 | from Gloucester , he thought it meant Glasgow . |
| 9 | The form of privatisation , normally held to be conversion into a limited company with sale of shares and promise of profits generated from the company 's activities was unclear , but most took it to mean sale at auction . |
| 10 | yes , but I mean that 's land , that looks , people might think it means mountains , and when they read that , then they read that bit look |
| 11 | ‘ Induction offers the chef total control down to the last degree , and because only the pan is heated it means chefs no longer have to work in a hot , uncomfortable kitchen environment . ’ |
| 12 | All very well , but did it mean Ferdinando would be taken with them , together with Annunciata ? |
| 13 | When they see headscarves on Muslim girls they think it means repression , but it means the opposite . |
| 14 | I think it means brother . |
| 15 | I presume it means John and Andy have formed a tree planting group in school not the teacher . |
| 16 | They said it meant death . |
| 17 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost out on a major attraction to the North-East . |
| 18 | And Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost the chance of a major tourist attraction . |
| 19 | what does it mean sugar |
| 20 | I 'm delighted to have given them two er security men does it mean security men are now available for all the county ? |
| 21 | What does it mean Elaine ? |
| 22 | Does it mean Andrew is seriously planning a reconciliation with Fergie ? |
| 23 | So he said yes you know , they say well if you want to be paid it means people 'll have to be sacked and all this , well you know ! |