Example sentences of "it [adv] meant [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nelson Mandela 's wife , Winnie angered the government by saying that it merely meant contemporary end to armed action and that the A N C reserved the right to reactivate its armed guerrillas at any time . |
| 2 | The Girls smoked despite the fact that it usually meant instant dismissal if they were found out . |
| 3 | Natural history in the nineteenth century meant not only arguments about the system and man 's place in it ; it also meant great quantities of illustrated books and papers . |
| 4 | It also meant constant fighting right up to the last day , and for Bomber Command no let-up in the night by night sorties into enemy skies . |
| 5 | If it meant anything at all it probably meant other people thought you were a bit like them . |
| 6 | For the tenants and farmworkers , it probably meant little change , since the religious were rarely benevolent landlords . |
| 7 | Poverty amongst the general populous was still quite common , at that time , and it often meant appalling destitution . |
| 8 | In the early Middle Ages it often meant kaleidoscopic change on the political scene but the new pattern ( unlike a kaleidoscope 's ) took some time to form . |