Example sentences of "mean [be] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he did not mean is that women lack rationality ; they can and do deliberate . |
| 2 | This is not to say that man can mine coal where it does not occur geologically , or that some settlements do not originate because of the existence of some material which the inhabitants extract ; what it does mean is that people themselves determine what is exploited and how they deal with the extraction . |
| 3 | What this means is that ships can now have some protection against guided bombs released from a great height . |
| 4 | ‘ What that means is that NHS hospitals will be resourced according to the number of patients they treat . |
| 5 | What this means is that telephones utilise variations in electrical current to mirror what is being fed into them , in this case the human voice . |
| 6 | What this means is that B should have raised the substance of his Convention claim under any domestic procedure which was capable of giving him a remedy , including any avenues of appeal , unless , according to Commission practice , there were some reason for excusing him from doing so . |
| 7 | But when a lawyer asserts that A can sue B , what he means is that A can sue B , successfully ; if he meant his words to be taken literally , they would not have been worth the uttering . |
| 8 | What he means is that Nigeria is notoriously difficult to police . |
| 9 | All I mean is that brides are always described as beautiful . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I suppose what I mean is that Richard is someone I would never have introduced to my parents — and he is someone I had quite a … sexual relationship with . |
| 11 | What this is taken to mean is that people find it easier to interpret and take in pictures than words . |