Example sentences of "mean [that] [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean that I should have died that afternoon , but the matchless Son of God took my place , God visited all his wrath , judgement and curses upon Jesus and therefore I can go scot-free . ’ |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the importance of trying to reduce inflation , does the Minister agree that increasing unemployment — 8,000 more jobless people in the city of Liverpool alone since January this year — and the effect on the telecommunications industry of the recent GEC announcements mean that he should look especially at ECGD funding ? |
| 3 | By describing the polytechnics as ‘ comprehensive ’ , the 1966 White Paper meant that they should provide both degree and sub-degree courses ; post-graduate and post-experience courses ; full-time and part-time courses ; and a wide range of short courses . |
| 4 | ‘ I always meant that we should have a real start — a place of our own . |
| 5 | It is typical of my childishness to suppose Pa meant that I should have ice cream — today . |
| 6 | It was as if it meant that you should love yourself as much as you should love other people . |
| 7 | Yet I am puzzled as to whether that would mean that we should leave our radios on , so long as the music coming from them is beautiful , in order that our rooms be filled with beauty even in our absence . |
| 8 | But that does not mean that we should make it even more likely that he or she commit the act by reducing the punishment . |
| 9 | This does not mean that we should act out the ‘ dark ’ side of our nature . |
| 10 | This does n't mean that we should revive the Victorian myth that women by nature are n't really interested in sex , while men are uncontrollable beasts . |
| 11 | That does n't mean to say they should n't achieve inside the home too , but it does mean that they should have the chance of doing both if they want it , and I think perhaps most do . |
| 12 | In literature I was going to offer both British and American authors , both prose and poetry , so that was no problem , though it did mean that I should have to read authors I disliked — Conrad , Hemingway , Woolf , Graham Greene , C.P. Snow — but I leavened this stodgy bunch with those I felt more in sympathy with , though they were not officially on the syllabus — Waugh , Firbank and Forster at their head . |
| 13 | This does not mean that you should stay in a firm that stoops to fraud or illegality ; but idealistic notions have to face an economic assessment . |
| 14 | Does this therefore mean that you should avoid short sentences ? |
| 15 | Of course , just because a rule could have been different does n't mean that you should ignore it . |
| 16 | This does n't mean that you should take time off work ; quite the opposite , as it is preferable that you remain occupied while on the diet . |
| 17 | This does not mean that you should fry everything in these ‘ good ’ oils and spread polyunsaturated margarine thickly on bread . |
| 18 | But it does n't mean that you should wait until summer before thumping people . |
| 19 | ‘ Having said of the poet in The Use of Poetry that ‘ I do not mean that he should meddle with the tasks of the theologian , the preacher , the economist , the sociologist or anybody else ’ , that was just what Eliot went on to do . |
| 20 | ‘ Ah well , it was not meant that I should work in such a parish , ’ said Randolph . |
| 21 | This means that they should offer the going rate for the job , acceptable working conditions , quality training and real career development opportunities . |
| 22 | By this he means that they should refrain from sexual intercourse , for no satyāgrahi should desire progeny , which , in Gandhi 's view , is the only legitimate reason for sexual intercourse . |
| 23 | This means that they should use data that are based on people and defined events . |
| 24 | This means that we should pay special attention to The Origin , since this is where the matter is discussed extensively . |
| 25 | We have seen significant changes world wide and that means that we should reappraise the amount of money that we devote to the diplomatic corps and to our aid budget . |
| 26 | The principle of subsidiarity means that we should build into the reform of the CAP a large dimension of national freedom . |
| 27 | Among other things , this means that we should look for the origins of cognisance , as did Piaget , in infancy ( babyhood ) . |
| 28 | If a potential investor should assume that ‘ preference ’ means that he should prefer them to the ordinary shares he would be sorely in need of professional advice . |
| 29 | Giving you a fair deal means that he should follow a reasonable procedure before taking a final decision that you must part company . |
| 30 | Knowing that you will invariably be outnumbered means that you should take pains to ensure that you do the best you can to cut down the number of your attackers . |