Example sentences of "[pron] means [pron] [modal v] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to their normal teaching duties , many college teachers will teach evening-class students , which means they may not be back at college until late the following day . |
| 2 | ‘ I understand you 've got a legal problem which means we ca n't go too deeply into that , but from the outside is it hurting you a little bit ? ’ |
| 3 | This may be the trade-in price of your existing car which means you wo n't have to dip into your savings . |
| 4 | Two nights bed and breakfast , full Irish breakfast , which means you wo n't need to eat until the evening ! |
| 5 | Er , which means I ca n't be fired without a great deal of hassle , er , but , I er , er , the kind of the down-side is I have to go to the office occasionally . |
| 6 | Well , which means I ca n't come . |
| 7 | I am male which means I can not have children , I am somewhat reserved by nature so I am unlikely to be the life and soul of anyone 's party , and my chances of becoming King are very slim . |
| 8 | ‘ My mother was an only child , so my grandfather Probert entailed Gullholm on me , which means I could n't sell the place , even if I wanted to . |
| 9 | He 's serious about AA , which means he wo n't talk about it . |
| 10 | Five-year-old Boris Primorac suffers from a rare blood disorder which means he can not run around like other children , without severe bruising . |
| 11 | The idea that femaleness is part of the definition of the word wife seems relatively reasonable ; but questions arise when one considers that — as we noted above — gender seems to be a conceptual component in many unrelated lexical items ; and that oppositions often function covertly as hierarchies , which means it may not be a neutral fact that this system represents women as the negative of men . |
| 12 | ‘ My girlfriend , Ashley Fleming , is a busy company director , ’ he had told a reporter , ‘ which means she ca n't be with me at most Grands Prix . |
| 13 | as if that solves everything , as if to hate something means it ca n't have affected you . |
| 14 | ‘ At least it means we wo n't have to go to that horrid barn place , ’ said a nome . |
| 15 | I always try and go with him when he goes to medical conferences — now we hardly ever take work away from home if it means we ca n't both go . ’ |
| 16 | Really it means we ca n't do it so we 'll we make it up we 've made up these funny numbers so that it 'll always work . |
| 17 | It means he can not meet another top eight player until the quarter-finals . |
| 18 | The snag is it means you ca n't rent a car : they insist on a credit card for that nowadays so you 're going to see America by bus . ’ |
| 19 | A high factor sunscreen does n't mean that you wo n't tan , it means you wo n't burn before you tan . |
| 20 | ‘ It means you wo n't be disappointed when I choose to ignore you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It means you could n't have arrived in Seal Haven all that long before I found you . |
| 22 | Well it means I wo n't be able |
| 23 | The thought of him thinking about it means I ca n't help thinking about it , too . |
| 24 | Apart from anything else , it means I could n't pick up what you said . |
| 25 | Ses it means she wo n't be comin' to see the boy fer Christmas . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If it means she must not see Charles , that is a price she is willing to pay . ’ |
| 27 | It means there wo n't be many places the Fire Fly can go when it is completed . |