Example sentences of "means [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Communications means the transferring of information , In this case , by radio and television . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ the Act ’ means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 : |
| 3 | That means the call was made by the murderer or an accomplice . |
| 4 | Further , once women get themselves into the position of dependent housewives , they have a vested interest in the maintenance of the status quo since it is too late in their lives to think of independent careers , and sexual freedom merely means the freedom for their husbands to seek younger women . |
| 5 | Yet it is worth reminding Catholics that when Paul in the New Testament refers to the saints ( hagioi ) he means the church people who are alive at that time . |
| 6 | By this means the church is preserved from ‘ analysis paralysis ’ , with the church curtailing its activities and returning its plans to cold storage while it contemplates its navel . |
| 7 | That means the Church was founded , and was able to carry on , without them . |
| 8 | in fact , erm anybody that says a lot of sensible things and says look if people are asked to er , to er increase their giving by nought percent that me , it probably means the church might have to be |
| 9 | Sadly , the lack of a real craft tradition today means the architect may have to design most of it himself . |
| 10 | At St Cuthbert 's this belt tightening means the vicar must ask his parish for an extra £5,000 and the church steering committee is co-ordinating the appeal for funds , beginning with a planned giving campaign in Lent . |
| 11 | this means the stitches go behind the latches and are then knitted off . |
| 12 | The link means the fachhochschule joins the poly and colleges in Surrey , the Netherlands and Switzerland , piloting a pan-European masters degree in biotechnology |
| 13 | After all , cells that have passed through different bottlenecks may be distinguished by all but the most recent mutations — and this means the majority . |
| 14 | The majority in this case means the majority in value . |
| 15 | The monstrous inflation of land values from building permission means the majority must pay , or sleep under the arches . |
| 16 | The free and easy movement of the fabric , particularly around the arms , means the jacket comes into its own when you 're climbing and scrambling . |
| 17 | The perceived decrease in the public 's generosity means that it is even more important for businesses , and I mean all business , not just the larger ones that have traditionally provided the pool of resource , to realise that their businesses would only succeed within a healthy society , and a healthy society means the support of business men and business women . |
| 18 | Mr Foster , for the appellants , submits that it means the inhabitants of a particular geographical area . |
| 19 | A new distribution deal with the Gaymer Group means the cider should be on sale in around 1,000 pubs within the next five years , says boss Richard Purdey . |
| 20 | By this I take it he means the miners strike of 1974 . |
| 21 | they are capable of much more sophisticated thinking than previously ( which means the likelihood of involved debates and arguments ) ; |
| 22 | A failed test means no progress that round , and a test failed by 30 or more means the character has slipped right back to the bottom of the stairs — anyone beneath him must make another I test at -20 to avoid being carried back down as well . |
| 23 | A third round of inhalation means the character automatically acquires the disease . |
| 24 | 1.2 ‘ The Converted Text of the Work ’ means the Work in the machine-readable form in which it is supplied by to . |
| 25 | Privatization means giving businesses the chance to flourish ; the process of deregulation means the Government getting out of the way . |
| 26 | The Opposition has agreed to abstain , which means the Government will win a clear majority . |
| 27 | The association has stated clearly that it is up to British Rail — and , perhaps , the Government — to take such dangers into account if they wish to increase railway speeds , as many of us would like , and to ensure that people can cross the line safely , even if that means the Government providing the money either for an underpass of for a bridge over the line . |
| 28 | The NIESR warns that this means the Government 's target of keeping inflation between 1 and 4 per cent ‘ is clearly at risk ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ So that means the drought goes on . |
| 30 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |