Example sentences of "because it meant " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others said Hong Kong should be optimistic , not because 1997 meant so much , but because it meant so little . |
| 2 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 3 | Although the major bookmaking firms are represented on the users committee , they were originally not keen on Hong Kong because it meant bringing in extra staff in the mornings . |
| 4 | Jason Donovan was also eleven , at school in Melbourne and also launching his acting career in Skyways , which he found exciting because it meant he could take some time off school . |
| 5 | Once VE Day was over , we were all very happy because it meant the end of air raids and bombing attacks on Germany , and we now turned our thoughts to the problem of subduing the little yellow perils . |
| 6 | In a typically grandiose gesture , CEGB chairman Sir Walter Marshall said on television that if the inquiry rejected the board 's case on safety grounds , he would resign ‘ because it meant that the technical advice I have given to government in past years has been proved to be incorrect ’ . |
| 7 | The departure of Rauschning was significant because it meant that the last liberal conscience , the last internal barrier to the complete and violent Nazification of the city had now been removed . |
| 8 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 9 | I thanked Paul 's wife for doing all the cooking , whereupon she remarked that she did n't mind because it meant that she did n't have to watch the Trek videos or play the games . |
| 10 | Do you remember Uncle Charles Lane building a bomb-proof wall outside the kitchen ? — and how you were so excited when the raids came because it meant Pop and I were able to stop work and play idiotic games with the three of you ? ! |
| 11 | We helped her with her problem because it meant she relaxed and gave a better ‘ performance ’ . |
| 12 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 13 | Her chihuahua was making its ‘ business ’ in the gutter , and that was a relief because it meant she would n't have to take him out again in the evening , and wait around for him . |
| 14 | The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush . |
| 15 | Furthermore the 1951 French elections had brought a considerable number of Gaullists into the National Assembly who opposed EDC , not so much because it meant arming German soldiers , but because it would ‘ surrender ’ the command of the French Army to a supranational institution . |
| 16 | However , some members of his family were glad , because it meant they did not have to produce cattle . |
| 17 | Yes , erm well I I 've not done a wedding in a church actually yet , but then I 've only done three weddings , and , but the most interesting one was in a Brock in Glenelg and erm , that was quite exciting because the couple really thought about the service and they had selected that sight because it meant something to them , and involved the whole community and thereabout , and it was great ! |
| 18 | All this is important because it meant that by the end of the 1930s British town planning was in a stronger position than would have been thought likely , to respond to the national emergency of physical destruction , which led to an unprecedented period of planned rebuilding . |
| 19 | I did n't relish this : not least because it meant that I did n't break my silence until the cheese course . |
| 20 | Mind , I welcomed them with open arms because it meant I could stay off school . |
| 21 | Only because it meant knocking the others over like , you know . |
| 22 | There were a few complaints about the rough was too rough and the coarse was too bad and whatnot , but I quite liked the fact that it was labelled because it meant that Rosemary could and could play the . |
| 23 | More than that he was almost certainly looking forward to it because it meant going home to be with the Lord . |
| 24 | This did not mean that he was at all sympathetic to evolutionary ideas , which seemed crude and mechanical ; but he was not patient either with ‘ Bridgewater writing ’ , because it meant seeing the hand of God more in some things than others . |
| 25 | He was n't proud of the ability to go berserk because it meant loss of control . |
| 26 | Cobalt said : ‘ He did n't mind her staying longer because it meant he was to be paid more . |
| 27 | Which was fine , because it meant that there was no pressure for her to move on . |
| 28 | The Community Charge was unpopular because it meant an increase in tax for many families , especially those with a number of adults living in one household . |
| 29 | A part of her — the silly , hopeless part — did want the job , of course , because it meant that she would see Dr Russell , since it was his own sister she would be nursing . |
| 30 | 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 . |