Example sentences of "can only mean [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Receiving mercy from God can only mean that it will overflow , as a full cup runs over . |
| 2 | Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient . |
| 3 | This can only mean that the University Press at Oxford kept the type of the second edition standing for over fifty years , or else had a large number of the second edition sheets left over and stored . |
| 4 | All in all , it can only mean that tea time is on the up and up . |
| 5 | Mr. Beloff submits that the requirement of notice to bodies , such as Winchester , was necessary to ensure that they did not breach the intervention notice , but in my view the limitation of the category of those entitled to be given notice to persons who will be prejudicially affected can only mean that it is the prejudice which brings with it the necessity to serve . |
| 6 | That can only mean that he found it , on the balance of probabilities , to have had a causative effect . |
| 7 | From the point of view of historians this can only mean that training must be broadened and will need to include a heavily element of information technology ( Greenstein 1993 ; Schürer 1993 ) . |