Example sentences of "[pron] means [pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Morrissey fan said : ‘ By sending the original tickets you 're giving up the only proof you ever had of having bought them , which means they can just ignore you . |
| 2 | SOME disabled people may qualify for a new parking facility which means they could always reserve a space outside their home . |
| 3 | ‘ Only because you Americans insist on fighting among yourselves , ’ said Dr Neil , and began to whistle ‘ Dixie ’ , ‘ which means you can never lose … so there ! ’ |
| 4 | Meetings now on Thursdays , which means you can still attend practices at the First Aid Post on Wednesdays . ’ |
| 5 | After Wentworth he will play two tournaments in Japan which means he will also miss the World Cup in his home country . |
| 6 | John Major wants to take credit for the recovery without owning up to earlier mistakes — which means he can neither praise the ERM nor bury it . |
| 7 | Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ? |
| 8 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
| 9 | It means we 'll actually get to see some of it . |
| 10 | And as our science correspondent David Whitehouse reports , it means we can now see what cities and building looked like hundreds of years ago . |
| 11 | Because it means you can always criticize the individual , for either not having done the job well enough or for having not done it quite the way you thought it ought to be done . |
| 12 | The 24-year-old Middlesbrough player , beaten 5–3 , said : ‘ It means I can now get back to Ayresome Park to watch the Rumbelows Cup semi-final against Manchester United . |
| 13 | It means I can now play solidly for the next 18 months knowing that tennis is not the be-all and end-all . ’ |