Example sentences of "[noun sg] mean that each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way the funding mechanism works on the teaching side means that each student arriving in an institution brings with him or her less money than before . |
| 2 | The mise-en-scène showed a sad confusion , too , between a coup de theéâtre and a mere coup de tête : over-emphatic projection meant that each piece was ejaculated with the abruptness — but neither the insouciance nor the demotic wit — of the slices in Morecambe and Wise 's justly celebrated performance , The Stripper . |
| 3 | The use of different flowers for each picture means that each design stands on its own but when the pictures are placed together it is obvious that they form a pair . |
| 4 | Using the market price means that each division must stand on its own feet , as though it were an independent company . |
| 5 | Fewer compulsory subjects and less assessment meant that each school 's offering — represented to parents through school prospectuses and negotiated with governors and local authorities in compliance with previously agreed curriculum policies — became more open than had earlier seemed possible . |
| 6 | The unpredictability of the glaze means that each pot is unique . |
| 7 | But the printing press meant that each sermon could be distributed round the towns like an edition of the morning paper . |
| 8 | The new system means that each item of ware is made on the most suitable machine and also that anyone new to the department is quickly able to produce correctly . |