Example sentences of "[conj] it mean [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wheat was favoured , not merely because of its immediate importance as a basic food , but because it demanded least capital and least care , even where it meant wretched cultivations : only one-tenth of the cereal secano was farmed in regular rotations of wheat and legumes ; a quarter was cultivated only once every six or ten years . |
| 2 | Fortunately , that family was able to put in extra money — although it meant some sacrifices , such as doing without holidays and so on — but I contend that if those two girls had come from a less fortunate background , they simply would not have been able to continue their courses in current circumstances . |
| 3 | The great treeless plains from Salamanca to Valladolid were most economically employed with wheat and grazed fallows , while other poorer provinces — Avila for instance — could grow little else , even if it meant wretched crops and three-year fallows . |
| 4 | He threatened tough action to control council spending — even if it meant painful limits on Tory authorities . |
| 5 | ‘ It is a serious offence , but it means first-time offenders committing that crime could find themselves in prison . ’ |
| 6 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 7 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 8 | Speaking to the European Parliament ( EP ) after the summit Ruud Lubbers , Prime Minister of the Netherlands , said that the word federal had been dropped because it meant different things to different people . |
| 9 | And the industrialised world often encourages this , because it means such countries continue to be dependent on foreign technicians . |
| 10 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 11 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 12 | In some respects this is good when it means such topics as non-aqueous solvents are covered , but bad when the reader searches this chapter in vain for information about new solvents . |