Example sentences of "it means [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important switch is / ? , because it means Help . |
| 2 | yes , but I mean that 's land , that looks , people might think it means mountains , and when they read that , then they read that bit look |
| 3 | Hastily he added , ‘ Because it means Laura keeps the kids in better order if there 's a visitor . |
| 4 | ‘ Induction offers the chef total control down to the last degree , and because only the pan is heated it means chefs no longer have to work in a hot , uncomfortable kitchen environment . ’ |
| 5 | If you chat too long with a particular parent , it means others have to slip away without a word . |
| 6 | Unless Mel is almost back to fitness ( if he ever was ‘ fit ’ ) it means Kelly is our only right back ! |
| 7 | ‘ It means Sam still has a chance . ’ |
| 8 | In practice it means government by the representatives of a majority of the people . |
| 9 | Mum it 's a tutor period , it means work |
| 10 | Do you think that perhaps this is going to be difficult and , if we do n't get back to those levels , then presumably you have to encourage local British people to , to make up the leeway so speak , because if you do n't it means hotels , restaurants , all kinds of businesses , could be in difficulty . |
| 11 | Yet , despite the difference , the attractions of marriage for women in both groups comes through clearly ; it both symbolizes and constitutes the movement from adolescence to full adulthood ; it means independence from the family of origin ; and it is hoped that it will be financially advantageous . |
| 12 | Otherwise it means Chris got to hang about till we 're ready to come out |
| 13 | It means fight . |
| 14 | It means life-to-life , mind-to-mind contact , enhancement of well-being , affirmation of being alive and contending with the vicissitudes of existing in this world . |
| 15 | ‘ quality does not mean expense and luxury : it means reliability and service , and satisfying agreed requirements — it is the key to operating on a world-class level . ’ |
| 16 | It means it 's Wednesday — it means Joy Division to the present day |
| 17 | It means chairman Paul Woolhouse may have to quit the club after claims that he has missed a deadline to pay for £3million worth of shares . |
| 18 | It means Jim Courier retains the pole position he 's held for all but 12 weeks of 1992 . |
| 19 | It means actors are allowed by and large to have much more variety of work . ’ |
| 20 | Give me a sentence with evolution in it , and tell me , telling me what it means evolution . |
| 21 | With Saturday and Sunday not classed as working days , it means Groves is also out for Monday . |
| 22 | It means treatment , not just punishment , for drug takers . |
| 23 | But it means curtains for Denise and you . |
| 24 | Sunday brunch is one of the great American inventions and here it means Eggs Benedict washed down with a ‘ Mimosa ’ — champagne and fresh Florida orange juice . |
| 25 | It means freedom governed by law … " |
| 26 | I do n't like these sockets to be on the front , because it means cables trailing all over the amp ( and there 's so much empty space at the rear ) , although it does save having to crawl around the back before and after the gig . |
| 27 | It means Gary does n't have to pay as much on the mortgage . |
| 28 | ‘ It means Sleet , the house , the farms , the whole estate goes to Leon Kennedy . ’ |
| 29 | So if you can not decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents — oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me ! |
| 30 | It means Thanet wing has to be a ‘ sterile ’ area , with staff at Maidstone always conscious of the need to keep its occupants separate from the rest of the prison or — when contact is inevitable — well controlled . |