Example sentences of "mean [that] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The numbers mean that the first bulb flashes every 12 seconds , the next every 8 seconds , and the third every 6 seconds . |
| 2 | Remarkably , Halifax 's performance meant that the First Division leaders Wigan , 66-0 winners in a 12-try romp at Barrow , were not the day 's top scorers . |
| 3 | There were a number of errors in the raw data which meant that the first attempt to convert it into system files failed . |
| 4 | The battle was fought out in three short Parliaments which met between 1679 and 1681 , after which politics was driven out-of-doors for the rest of the reign , whilst during the period of the Tory Reaction a successful campaign of legal recriminations taken against the political enemies of the Court meant that the first Whigs as a political movement were almost destroyed . |
| 5 | But I think , but I do think it does mean that the first thing we say is that the work is more important than some of , maybe some of the , the nicer to have three year projects at the moment . |
| 6 | In general , however , the needs of tropical territories meshed into the modern economic order , have meant that the first wave of human invaders in the rain forest have had to take second place to the exploitation of the second wave . |
| 7 | Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time . |
| 8 | The recent greening of the world means that the first clover of summer is greeted with an enthusiasm previously reserved for the cuckoo . |
| 9 | This means that the first set of questions about facts mentioned at the outset can now be answered . |