Example sentences of "[subord] it mean [adj] [noun] " 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 | It has been pointed out that " unreasonableness " has been used in two ways in this area : ( a ) in an " umbrella " sense where it has been used as a synonym for abuse of power covering the various aspects of abuse of power already mentioned ; ( b ) in a substantive sense where it means manifest unreasonableness , a decision or exercise of power that is so unreasonable that no reasonable man would agree with it . |
| 3 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Once it meant political independence and freedom from commercial pressures , but given the increasingly prescriptive and bureaucratic nature of grant-aid that has become a dubious notion . |
| 6 | John Redwood , a former head of Mrs Thatcher 's policy unit , saw no mileage in his current job as local-government minister if it meant non-stop council-bashing . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Most ( 70 per cent ) said they would prefer the shortest possible repayment period , even if it meant large instalment payments . |
| 9 | They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects . |
| 10 | He could n't bear the thought of a child like Anna ever being subjected to the indecencies and ugliness of a house such as Claybury 's , and he vowed that from now on he would work only to make life for lunatics stress-free and tolerable , even if it meant less money for himself . |
| 11 | He threatened tough action to control council spending — even if it meant painful limits on Tory authorities . |
| 12 | Cost her what it might , she would break off her engagement , and if it meant social ruin , so be it . |
| 13 | And if it means fifty percent of whatever we get in capital receipts going to pay off our debts , it 's a worthwhile attitude , and I think we ought to take our debts responsible . |
| 14 | They might see it as better to take-over their main supplier , even if it means that company losing some existing orders from competing manufacturers of food products ; * buyers may deliberately seek international suppliers , so as to maintain their choice and retain some degree of control over the prices and terms of supply . |
| 15 | And after scoring the derby winner against Everton in March , Rosy said : ‘ I 'd like to stay at Liverpool but not if it means another season on the bench . ’ |
| 16 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 17 | When both taxes and public spending seemed out of control at the end of the Callaghan era , the proportion of voters telling Gallup that ‘ taxes should be cut even if it means some reduction in government services such as health , education and welfare ’ was exactly the same as the proportion saying ‘ government services such as health , education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes ’ . |
| 18 | Yeah and we 've seen some different erm they had I think it was actually waiver paper as well when Murdoch bought it , and for a while he honoured the political content and then he decided he was gon na do major changes , and this may all sound familiar to you but erm the effect that that had I mean not only on the , on the , on the end up being this side , but also on erm the Mirror because it meant that Page Three Girls were in on the Daily Record in Scotland erm it was , it was quite profound I mean there 's a broader argument here as to whether you you should get pampered to those possible denominator to taste erm it 's interesting that the Daily Sport and the Sunday Sport which are two I do n't know if they have anything like it in Japan , but they 're a bit like the National Enquirer erm it 's all made up baseball there 's a sad proportion of erm journalist stories of fantasy land stuff erm along with erm photographic content and er copy content which probably |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | John has always said that prejudice is hard to combat because it means changing people 's inner feelings , ‘ their hearts and minds ’ . |
| 21 | And the industrialised world often encourages this , because it means such countries continue to be dependent on foreign technicians . |
| 22 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 23 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Ms Gordon said the recruitment agencies were enthusiastic about broking as it meant less time was spent pairing applicants with jobs . |
| 26 | But such charity was rare , for it meant real sacrifice . |
| 27 | That is a bad thing in itself , for it means less competition and more wasted resources . |