Example sentences of "[pron] mean [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't imagine I meant that hideous model you sent round to stay with us , can you ? ’ |
| 2 | Considering the recent near-miraculous developments in fibre technology which mean that synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber while they absorb sweat , change colour , fill in your tax returns and remix Michael Jackson singles , polyester and cotton ( at the cutting edge of style in about 1953 ) is an insult to our national game . |
| 3 | Some indications of future policy moves , however , were to be seen in the increasingly tight controls on capital spending including the introduction of Housing Investment Plans ( HIPs ) which meant that individual councils had to agree the pattern of their housing capital spending with the Department of the Environment . |
| 4 | Although their American peers used mainly American guitars , these were expensive if available at all in Europe , which meant that home-grown lookalikes were snapped up by the hard-up young musos eager to perform — especially if they were reasonably playable in their own right . |
| 5 | These bills of exchange almost invariably sank to a discount in terms of sterling , which meant that British merchants exporting to America lost money if they were compelled by colonial legislation to accept them as payment . |
| 6 | The major benefit of the deal for BA was described yesterday as the sharing of flight codes which meant that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 7 | Many of us are shallow breathers ; we use only the upper part of our lungs , which means that toxic residues are not completely removed . |
| 8 | These can turn out to be expensive , making the return to work unfeasible for many middle to lower paid people ; they can also prove to be unreliable , which means that working mothers can find themselves alienating their employers through no fault of their own . |
| 9 | The particularly high rate of loss of manufacturing jobs in the UK and the consequent problems for inner cities and manufacturing regions would therefore on this reading be in part due to the relatively fragile development of Fordism , which means that certain manufacturing industries had remained relatively backward and therefore less competitive . |
| 10 | British Rail and London Transport have a massive expansion programme of new investment , which means that certain projects must be completed before others can reasonably be expected to begin . |
| 11 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 12 | Both newly separating couples and already existing lone-parent families will be brought into the scheme , which means that existing maintenance orders will be re-assessed according to the formula . |
| 13 | The potential is underlined by the fact that the US market , with just twice the population of Japan , absorbed about 10m personal computers last year , against the modest 2.2m sold in Japan — although the comparison is distorted by the fact that the dedicated word processor is still a major force in the Japanese market , and 2.24m Japanese-language word processors produced in 1992 according to the Electronics Industry Association of Japan , which means that combined sales for word processors and personal computers are much closer to parity with the US market . |
| 14 | In Quebec as a whole , the birthrate has fallen below replacement level , which means that total numbers are maintained by immigrants . |
| 15 | Partly this is due to better treatment , but the lion 's share of the credit must go to the invention of the smear test , which means that small growths can be picked up and destroyed before they get out of hand . |
| 16 | If this is so , then these facilities are urgently needed , because it is intended to produce the revised OED in serial form , which means that forward cross-references could be rendered incorrect by revisions undertaken after the fascicles in which the cross-references appear had been published . |
| 17 | The animals must be reared in humane conditions , which means that intensive operations — like battery henhouses or veal units — are forbidden . |
| 18 | Most modern systems are of the very powerful relational type , which means that different databases can be linked together through the use of common fields . |
| 19 | The DCS200 is built around a Nikon 801 35mm professional camera , which means that conventional Nikon lenses can be used . |
| 20 | The report also notes that owing to serious technical difficulties a new assembly building has only just been commissioned , which means that nuclear-warhead production has had to continue in old buildings which should have been closed down . |
| 21 | Ninety per cent of the places go to package rafting firms which means that independent spirits can not pit themselves against the boiling waters of the Colorado . |
| 22 | Sony are also guarded about the technical specification of their search and retrieval engine which means that potential publishers must enter into confidentiality agreements before receiving even the essential information on which to base their preliminary data preparation costs . |
| 23 | The greatest benefit of the deal for BA comprises the sharing of flight codes which means that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 24 | Local authorities were given a duty to appoint sufficient numbers of them , which means that social workers must have relevant training in order to demonstrate their appropriate competence in the mental health field . |
| 25 | Which means that ontological object-categories have to be analysed in conjunction with certain experiential modalities . |
| 26 | Over-production led to the infamous butter mountains and ultimately set aside , which means that arable farmers here can only work 85% of their land . |
| 27 | None of their currencies are convertible , which means that Polish zloty or Hungarian florints have no value outside their country and can only be exchanged in their country , unlike sterling and dollars . |
| 28 | Yet the interview , especially of the formal and standardised type in which questionnaires are used , is more commonly used in connection with survey research , which means that standardised interviews using questionnaires are the most frequently used social research technique . |
| 29 | ‘ If you mean that crummy flat of yours , no . ’ |
| 30 | Jessica said : ‘ If you mean that old guff about the Orangemen . |