Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] to mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | This statement must not be taken to mean that exposed beaches have gentler profiles than protected beaches , because the energy available may itself affect the calibre of sediment present so that a complex relationship exists . |
| 2 | Their existence should not be taken to mean that studying the neural bases of behaviour is beyond us , but they should be recognized when designing and interpreting experiments . |
| 3 | Yet legalisation should not be taken to mean a lawless free-for-all , with no restraint on the supply or use of drugs . |
| 4 | The intention was to place a legal obstacle in the way of anyone seeking to imitate the Ordainers , but the Statute of York should not be taken to mean that the king and his supporters had a high view of the function of parliament . |
| 5 | This does not imply , and should not be taken to mean , that everything being practised as multicultural and/or antiracist education in schools is worthless . |
| 6 | ( This should not be taken to mean that such psychopathological trends could not appear in individuals before the coming of cultivation or delayed-return hunter-gathering , merely that they would have been much less common and could not have taken on the collective , cultural significance which they did in the Neolithic and subsequent epochs . ) |
| 7 | By the same token they might also be taken to mean that Richard 's right to his duchy was independent of his father 's will . |
| 8 | The demos could mean the whole citizen body living within a particular polis , or city-state , but might also be used to mean " the mob " or " the rabble " or " the lower order . |
| 9 | Clearly , the fact that ethnic minority parents do not request help can not be taken to mean that they fully understand the information they receive . |
| 10 | It has already been shown above that the argument can not be taken to mean that either institutional investors or the board of directors do in reality constrain corporate managers to profit-maximize . |
| 11 | But it can also be held to mean no more than it creates a presumption that , if there is a conflict between community and domestic law , any ambiguity in that domestic law will be resolved to give effect to our community obligations . |
| 12 | The adverbs here and there are often thought of as simple contrasts on a proximal/distal dimension , stretching away from the speaker 's location , as in : ( 72 ) Bring that here and take this there But this is only sometimes so , for although there basically means " distal from speaker 's location at CT " , it can also be used to mean " proximal to addressee at RT " . |