Example sentences of "[adv] mean that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two factors together mean that the fundamentals of the metric system present difficulties to them . |
| 2 | Science as a vehicle through which the national curriculum 's concerns can be met for equal opportunities , the heightening of economic awareness , the creation of links with industry , the enhancement of knowledge about the technological aspects of science and the effective use of information technology — these all mean that the principles of TVEI can be embraced at one and the same time . |
| 3 | This can only mean that the University Press at Oxford kept the type of the second edition standing for over fifty years , or else had a large number of the second edition sheets left over and stored . |
| 4 | Capricious and Lothian , two of the flotilla 's escort frigates , swung at their buoys , which could only mean that the Jan Mayen had gone out to bring the submarine in . |
| 5 | If this should occur it will only mean that the symptoms will intensify a little further , making it even more difficult to ignore the stress , forcing you to act to reduce the level . |
| 6 | ‘ I only meant that the coincidence is amazing . ’ |
| 7 | As we shall see in the following chapter , this does not necessarily mean that the interests of farmers and landowners are no longer dominant in rural society , but it does mean that this dominance has increasingly to be carried out by reaching an accommodation with these new conditions . |
| 8 | This does not necessarily mean that the cholesterol is the cause , or certainly not the sole cause , of heart attacks . |
| 9 | So , I believe that what you 're also saying is that even if there were war , that would n't necessarily mean that the tap would suddenly turn off and there 'd be no more oil coming out of the Middle East ? |
| 10 | This does not necessarily mean that the customer is always right , but it does mean that the customer forms the starting point for the organization 's corporate strategy . |
| 11 | The fact that the drug 's manufacturer had proposed a tightening of safeguards did not necessarily mean that the committee should agree to them . |
| 12 | In particular it is important to appreciate that while the Americans frequently accused the British of old-fashioned colonialism , this did not necessarily mean that the spokesman or writer was wholly ignorant of the evolution of British imperial policies since Queen Victoria . |
| 13 | But a constant real wage does not necessarily mean that the money wage is constant . |
| 14 | It is worth mentioning , all the same , that a time will come when a frequent absentee can be fairly dismissed and that a failure to consult him at the time of dismissal will not necessarily mean that the company will be powerless to resist an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 15 | The potential to produce ever more sophisticated reports and analyse and measure against every type of performance indicator does not necessarily mean that the firm will take action to correct profitability problems or reduce work in progress or collect debts more quickly . |
| 16 | ‘ Ideology ’ , for Castells , does not necessarily mean that the Chicago School is in an absolute sense ‘ wrong ’ . |
| 17 | This did not necessarily mean that the churches opposed alleviation of pain , but it did mean that the ministrations of the pastor were much more important than those of the physician , and those of the latter should not be permitted to interfere with the spiritual task of the former . |
| 18 | Yet these divergences did not necessarily mean that the Plantagenet dominions were an incoherent and ‘ overextended ’ political , economic , geographical and cultural agglomeration . |
| 19 | This does not necessarily mean that the program needs modifying — indeed it could be a positive sign that the unit can respond to a wide range of teaching styles . |
| 20 | The fact that costs are uncontrollable does not necessarily mean that the budget-holder would not be asked to find savings to cover uncontrollable increases . |
| 21 | N.B. A higher classification does not necessarily mean that the quality of what is provided is higher than that available in an establishment with a lower classification . |
| 22 | ( Note that the final line ‘ LIFESPAN DATABASE FILE CREATION COMPLETE ’ does not necessarily mean that the database has been correctly created ) . |
| 23 | The awareness provision would not necessarily mean that the defendant in Parkin v. Norman lacked sufficient mens rea . |
| 24 | What is clear is that the word oppressive does not necessarily mean that the defendant has been induced to enter the restriction by fraud , misrepresentation , deceit or forced to enter it by duress . |
| 25 | Adoption of this route , however , did not necessarily mean that the association would defy the police in order to march on it . |
| 26 | Although we have identified a recognition sequence for the DNA-PK , this does not necessarily mean that the kinase is unable to recognise other types of sequence . |
| 27 | ( vi ) If the date for the first review is fixed 17 years after sentence , the prisoner is told that this does not necessarily mean that the period for retribution and deterrence has been set at 20 years . |
| 28 | ‘ Primary ’ does not necessarily mean that the visit must be arranged first chronologically : the ‘ Secondary ’ period can happen first if that is more convenient . |
| 29 | As it happened , it merely meant that the monster had sprouted two heads . |
| 30 | To do so would not , on Mr Miller 's terms , increase the penalty ; it would merely mean that the criminal could escape the more easily for want of key witnesses . |