Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1958/9 and 1979/80 it rose sharply ( in England from 36.1 per cent to 48.5 per cent ) , but this did not automatically mean more central control , any more than the subsequent fall by 1984/5 to 39.2 per cent meant increased local freedom ( all figures from Travers , 1986 , table app. 7 ) . |
| 2 | By ‘ thought ’ Descartes did not just mean deliberation , or some strictly intellectual activity ; he took it to include other forms of consciousness , such as imagining and feeling . |
| 3 | Pentecost did not only mean the offering of the firstfruits to God ( and what remarkable firstfruits of the Spirit were offered to the Lord that day as three thousand people believed , were baptised , and joined the company of the disciples praising God in the temple ) : first-century Jews would also have recalled the giving of the law on Mount Sinai ( see Jubilees 1:1 , 6:17 ) . |
| 4 | This did not necessarily mean that all local party chiefs in the minorities were also lethargic during 1922 . |
| 5 | ‘ We ’ , McLeish remembered from Francesca , did not necessarily mean this administration but must mean one of the same political persuasion . |
| 6 | At first , this stress on ‘ natural religion ’ , as it was called , did not necessarily mean the abandonment of Christianity as revealed in the Scriptures ; so long as it was not inconsistent with reason , it could be accepted . |
| 7 | This did not necessarily mean that the churches opposed alleviation of pain , but it did mean that the ministrations of the pastor were much more important than those of the physician , and those of the latter should not be permitted to interfere with the spiritual task of the former . |
| 8 | The Prince began to be talked about though this did not necessarily mean that he was being taken seriously as a political alternative to the regime of Louis-Philippe . |
| 9 | Adoption of this route , however , did not necessarily mean that the association would defy the police in order to march on it . |
| 10 | However , his failure to leave before 6 February 1981 did not necessarily mean that he had ‘ waived ’ the breaking of his contract . |
| 11 | The fact that the drug 's manufacturer had proposed a tightening of safeguards did not necessarily mean that the committee should agree to them . |
| 12 | A shared language between parents and professionals did not necessarily mean shared attitudes . |
| 13 | This did not necessarily mean that they took a very exalted view of their own importance . |
| 14 | Yet these divergences did not necessarily mean that the Plantagenet dominions were an incoherent and ‘ overextended ’ political , economic , geographical and cultural agglomeration . |
| 15 | Examples would be the abandonment in the later eighteenth century of figured bass and of optional parts in favour of completely written-out orchestral scores ; and the writing out of vocal ornamentation by Rossini , followed by other nineteenth-century Italian opera composers , instead of leaving it to be improvised — though this did not necessarily mean that singers followed their instructions ! |
| 16 | Being poor , she knew from experience , did not necessarily mean being without taste . |
| 17 | She argued strongly that nineteenth-century feminism had neglected women 's need for love and a family life ( although this was by no means wholly the case ) and that sexual equality did not necessarily mean ‘ sameness ’ . |
| 18 | Social services were more closely involved through their provision of home care services , although this did not necessarily mean that a social worker was appointed . |
| 19 | Those corps came into existence in the early 20th century , when it was discovered that attendance at university did not necessarily mean an ability to lead troops . |
| 20 | This did not necessarily mean that de Gaulle already took for granted that self-determination would lead to an independent Algerian state . |
| 21 | This did not necessarily mean a dramatic change in the substance of French policy : in its last phase the Fourth Republic had asserted French independence through a nuclear policy and a far from submissive attitude towards the US and Britain . |
| 22 | In particular it is important to appreciate that while the Americans frequently accused the British of old-fashioned colonialism , this did not necessarily mean that the spokesman or writer was wholly ignorant of the evolution of British imperial policies since Queen Victoria . |
| 23 | He conceded there was less reading of ‘ non-purposeful ’ material , such as comics , but added that this did not necessarily mean there was less literacy . |
| 24 | There was a robust denial of those allegations from Borders Regional Council 's assistant education director , Kenneth Paterson , who said the temporary closure did not necessarily mean a permanent shutdown . |
| 25 | The room itself would have been enough to efface any human material less striking than Clelia 's mother , and it did indeed more or less totally efface the unobtrusive Martin , who sat quietly dissociated , perched on the edge of a gilt-framed armchair , looking as though he did not quite mean to be there . |
| 26 | By this we do not Just mean that many people believe that the system is unjust . |
| 27 | We do not just mean convenience foods , but the convenience of eating a meal in relation to the time allowed , and the situation . |
| 28 | By an unemployment reserve , I do not just mean a register but a reserve of people who are being trained and well paid and who feel part of the economy and of our industrial community . |
| 29 | By these we do not just mean that lots of people do research and take time over it . |
| 30 | When Americans talk about an ‘ underclass ’ in their cities , they do not simply mean the poor ; they mean poor but healthy young people who can not or will not , but anyway do not , get a job . |