Example sentences of "it mean that [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | It meant that major strikes almost invariably began from the bottom up and were largely outside the control of the unions . |
| 4 | No two boys and a girl , so it meant that two boys have to share a bedroom which they were n't doing in that other house and David 's been unemployed well |
| 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 | 160 to the end of the second century , and it meant that these defences could not possibly have been erected before AD 160 . |
| 8 | It meant that those figures were properly housed , but it was also a clear sign that the defeated gods were henceforth under the authority of their own gods , and the defeated people under their thumb . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In co-evolution terms it means that herbivorous dinosaurs may have grown large as a means of attaining thermal stability . |
| 12 | When records are filed under this system it means that all documents relating to the subject are brought together under one heading , for example : |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Rather , it means that socioeconomic processes are themselves uneven , increasing the disparities in preexisting social and natural systems . |
| 16 | If we print all this area from within a rubberband box , as we have been doing , it means that four sections of the printout will make up the width of the design and the height will need the total height of squares used for the design , divided by 38 . |
| 17 | With a squad of 16 it means that five players spend a majority of their time watching . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It means that those shops are no longer viable and we condemn the Government 's inaction on the reform of the Shops Act 1950 . |