Example sentences of "[noun] mean that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New technologies mean that high productivity is now possible with small-batch production . |
| 2 | However , unemployment and the recession mean that many firms can no longer afford the creches and bonuses , and are reluctantly having to curtail them . |
| 3 | New rules for pharmacy funding mean that any chemist 's shop which dispenses fewer than 2,000 prescriptions per month will lose grants and will face closure . |
| 4 | An internal management machinery for the handling of individual grievances exists in RENFE ( the procedure of ‘ reclamación previa ’ , or prior claim , characteristic of the public administration ) , but time limits for application to the courts mean that many grievances are the subject of concurrent actions by employees in the labour courts . |
| 5 | The proliferation of data and the increasing need for multiple datasets by researchers mean that online catalogues , navigation systems to link different catalogues and software for catalogue searching are of critical importance . |
| 6 | Lack of internal capital and entrepreneurial experience mean that rural people are often not able to take advantage of such opportunities . |
| 7 | These alignment rules mean that such computers do not in fact operate as pure byte-oriented machines , and are a consequence of a way in which the architecture of the computers has been implemented . |
| 8 | Whinges about the black market for centre-court tickets are as much a part of the Wimbledon tennis championships as thunderstorms are — but this year 's new rules mean that any tout reselling tickets at Wimbledon next month could end up in a magistrate 's court . |
| 9 | The latest losses mean that 305,344 manufacturing workers have been made redundant by more than 3,000 firms since February 1991 . |
| 10 | There simply are not enough competing news organizations to provide adequate variety and debate between them , and the technical or commercial factors that hinder the creation of rival news organizations mean that free speech can not be guaranteed by open entry into a system of competing news organizations . |
| 11 | CVCP had maintained that ‘ an expansion driven wholly by the recruitment of extra students , many of them at marginal cost , could threaten research ’ , but says that the research funds mean that some universities can ‘ increase their income without recourse to student recruitment alone ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | All of these effects mean that cold cathode equipment , while eminently convenient for qualitative work , is unsuitable for making reliable and precise observations on CL intensity and emission wavelengths ( see Section 6.5 ) . |
| 14 | Defaults in non-financial sector mean that financial institutions have to provision against loan losses . |
| 15 | Its research origins mean that these tagsets must be both comprehensive and extensible . |
| 16 | The restricted access of individuals to international arenas , and the uncertainties of State action on behalf of individuals mean that many individuals ' claims with respect to treaties are brought before national fora under domestic law . |
| 17 | Easy-to-run homes and a host of electrical aids mean that heavy housework does not take the toll it once did . |
| 18 | Requirements of this sort mean that any system must incorporate a report writer which is intelligible to ordinary users . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. Friend mean that British industrialists do not want to go back to national plans , solemn and binding undertakings , high inflation , nationalisation , high taxation and trade union unrest ? |
| 20 | In natural conversation the smooth flow and blending of sounds mean that whole phrases make a phonetic whole . |
| 21 | There should be five psychologists and one assistant at Maidstone Prison , but recruiting difficulties mean that two psychologist posts are vacant at present . |
| 22 | In the British context , does the degree of economic independence accorded to siblings mean that these relationships normally are an insignificant source of all types of support ? |
| 23 | The speed , spread and penetration of electronic communications mean that these ploys play an increasing public role not just in the ‘ theatre ’ of military operations but also in the diplomatic wrangling which custom decrees takes place ‘ behind the scenes ’ . |
| 24 | Major review of computer studies and submission of reports on physical sciences mean that all fields are approved indefinitely by CNAA . |
| 25 | Investments in Flash memory and liquid crystal diode displays mean that Sharp Corp will keep both capital and research and development expenditure almost unchanged in the fiscal year starting tomorrow : Sharp will invest $225m to double output to 200,000 displays a month and will add $130m to the $86m already invested in fabrication plants for Flash memory , using the design it licensed from Intel Corp ; and it is plans to invest $86m in research and development . |
| 26 | University funding arrangements mean that one lecturer can be financed by the fees of between eight ( Leeds ) and ten ( Edinburgh ) students . |
| 27 | In France , the drought has been the worst on record and unreplenished aquifers mean that underground water supplies are also at critical levels . |
| 28 | Many members enjoy the advantage of having their subscriptions paid by their employers and the new rates mean that these members ' employers will be penalised by the direct debit fee . |
| 29 | Demographic pressures mean that more women are likely to take up paid employment in the future . |
| 30 | The sociologist would also suggest that these patterned regularities in social life mean that social behaviour is predictable , i.e. that one can safely say that individuals in similar social situations will behave similarly . |