Example sentences of "it mean [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my great surprise and that of everyone else , I found that it meant that black holes are not completely black . |
| 2 | It meant that colonial administrations had an extremely difficult time controlling these peoples . |
| 3 | Since Ferdinand 's instructions to the Junta of Government ( which he left in Madrid to govern while he was at Bayonne ) were to cultivate French friendship at all costs , and since these counsels were not modified until after the outbreak of a popular rising , it meant that official Spain could not take the leadership of the instinctive movement against France . |
| 4 | It meant that major strikes almost invariably began from the bottom up and were largely outside the control of the unions . |
| 5 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal doubted the validity of trespass ab initio , as it meant that lawful acts could be made unlawful by subsequent events and the lawfulness of an act should be judged at the time it took place . |
| 7 | While this was a huge boost to such manufacturers as Acorn and Research Machines , it meant that British schools still found themselves committed to relatively basic , 8-bit technology at a time when the rest of Europe was establishing a base of more powerful 16-bit MS-DOS technology . |
| 8 | It could not prevent conflict and the outbreak of armed clashes between England and France , but it meant that considerable efforts were made , on both sides , to avert disputes or to seek a speedy reconciliation . |
| 9 | In co-evolution terms it means that herbivorous dinosaurs may have grown large as a means of attaining thermal stability . |
| 10 | This latter point is all-important for it means that political considerations are not relevant to the decision which is , of course , primarily concerned with air safety . |
| 11 | It means that young people , instead of staying in their home town or village , have to stay with their friends or relatives or move to bigger places like Newcastle or Gateshead and that means more people on the waiting list . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't believe it was a coincidence , and if it was n't — ’ he had finally sorted it out — ‘ if it was n't then it means that Sardinian shepherds dressed themselves up as Sardinian shepherds to do a kidnapping . |
| 13 | Some firms that make TV sets like the idea of the tree and branch system because it means that profitable electronics must be built into the receivers which they sell . |
| 14 | Rather , it means that socioeconomic processes are themselves uneven , increasing the disparities in preexisting social and natural systems . |
| 15 | In turn it means that adaptive evolution may be faster than biologists had thought . |
| 16 | However , if the yield does fall on equity-based PEPs , it means that other investments , such as gilts and building society deposits will become more competitive . |
| 17 | It means that vital decisions have to be made quickly at an extremely difficult time for the mother , decisions which may have to be made from an ill-informed base . |
| 18 | This regulation of registration often causes bad feeling because it means that Chinese people friendly with foreigners are easily recognised and traced . |
| 19 | Above all , it means that national action should be the rule and community action the exception . |
| 20 | It means that social science should not be seen as developing a stock of knowledge about an object which is external to us , but should develop a critical self-awareness in people as subjects and indeed assist in their emancipation . |
| 21 | It means that public awareness has been raised and that professionals are ( more or less ) willing to entertain the possibility of its occurrence . |
| 22 | It means that medical staff and others around you will know your wishes should you become unable to communicate with them directly . |
| 23 | It means that medical staff and others around you will know your wishes should you become unable to communicate them directly . |