Sentence examples for meant first from inspiring English sources

That meant, first, having a well-found vessel.

The next play, a fielder's choice groundout to third, meant first and second stayed occupied.

What he meant: First mention of policy, and a clear marker.

The settings are meant, first and foremost, to be crucibles for the text.

He showed me what he meant, first asking me to put my wallet in my inside jacket pocket.

By everything she meant, first, the children, then a dear person to live with, preferably a man, but not necessarily".

That meant first-time buyers were very quickly able to buy themselves out and move up the property ladder.

The CML said cheap mortgage rates meant first-time buyers were putting the smallest proportion of their income towards their mortgage payments since its records began in 2005.

Bowlers' compliance - encouraging an early declaration, perhaps - has often meant first-class sixes have not been overearned by batsmen, although there was no suggestion of such easy gains in any of the above chronicles.

Shares in the group fell 8% to 69p after it said its beauty departments had enjoyed a strong run in December, but a challenging season in clothing meant first-half profits, which are due in April, would be at the lower end of expectations.

Gill said the government's £250,000 cap on starter homes outside London combined with rising prices meant first-time buyers "may soon see a lot less property for their money", and called on the chancellor to relax planning restriction and increase incentives to sell.