After the long catalog of things already visibly wrong, the statement didn't mean very much.

The simple statement, they all realized, meant a great deal.

On its own that statement does not mean very much.

In the case of geometry, the statement means just what it says.

For all their familiar ring, what do such statements mean?

Lord Robertson's statement does not mean the issue has gone away.

Such a statement could have meant nothing more than its plain words.

They were instructed to describe what the statement meant to them.

If a prosecution were brought it would be for the court to decide what the statements meant.

This statement means that the new design was intended for foreign markets as well.