Example sentences of "[adv] mean [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Understood in this way a duty to serve the interests of the enterprise can sensibly only mean a duty to further the commercial success of the business . |
| 2 | He was far too honourable to approach Asquith with a deal which could only mean the compromise of both their principles for a period of artificial power , not unlike the last years of the Coalition ; and he saw that an anti-socialist alliance could only lead , in the end , to a major Labour victory . |
| 3 | A more serious challenge to the text , however , came from a ‘ higher authority ’ — which could only mean the pope — on 24 November when the Secretary of State asked that explicit mention be made of Pius XI 's and Pius XII 's doctrine on marriage , which would not only condemn all forms of artificial contraception ( at this point , before Humanae Vitae , such a ban was not a foregone conclusion ) , but would also subordinate conjugal love to the procreation of children as the purpose of marriage . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Surely that can only mean the collapse of the bus industry , less safe services and less access for people with disabilities . |
| 6 | Note that on a Friday or a Saturday , these will coincide ; and given the rule that today and tomorrow pre-empt calendrical day names , on Wednesday and Thursday , next Thursday can only mean the Thursday of next week . |
| 7 | When Lacan speaks of the Other , he does not only mean the world of concrete others , but indicates an outside symbolic field of language which we are inserted into . |
| 8 | This does not necessarily mean a mathematics degree , as many people imagine . |
| 9 | ‘ But I do n't see why an EC minimum price would necessarily mean a price increase . |
| 10 | This does not necessarily mean a lack of interest . |
| 11 | Company spokesman John Dodds said the investment would be staggered over a period of time and would not necessarily mean a glut of vacancies in Darlington . |
| 12 | It was suggested in the workshop that this does not or should not necessarily mean a cutback in the budget . |
| 13 | ‘ That does n't necessarily mean a thing . |
| 14 | Ask Computer Systems Inc warns that it will only break even , and may make a loss for its fiscal third quarter , adding that the poor profit forecast results from its failure to close about $10m in sales in the period but that does not necessarily mean the company permanently lost those sales ; the company said a significant amount of software licence sales it had expected for the quarter did not close in time . |
| 15 | It has been said that in s.9(1) ( b ) , which does not mention the term " offence " , grievous bodily harm does not necessarily mean the offences found in ss.18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 : Jenkins [ 1983 ] 1 All ER 993 . |
| 16 | Negative reinforcement does not necessarily mean the threat of physical punishment . |
| 17 | For this reason , the low value of the correlation coefficient does not necessarily mean the lack of relationship between variables ; it may be due to the non-linear nature of the relationship . |
| 18 | Students at London University were almost unanimous today in saying a couple going to bed together did n't necessarily mean the woman consents to sex . |
| 19 | This may not necessarily mean the area has a scarcity of attractive buildings and open spaces . |
| 20 | Hence , this August does not necessarily mean the month that we are now in , in the way that this week ordinarily means the week that we are now in . |
| 21 | It should therefore be noted that four deckle edges does not necessarily mean the paper is handmade . |
| 22 | The integration of Johnson Brothers will not necessarily mean the closure of the offices at Hanley . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This does not necessarily mean an expansion of output or rise in output per head will take place , since a large proportion of the existing available workforce is either unemployed or underemployed in many LDCs . |
| 26 | In my case , being of Scottish descent does not necessarily mean an appreciation of Scottish humour ; I feel the Irish have a finer touch , giving life and subtlety to a jest . |
| 27 | Spenser , however , does not literally mean the sword . |
| 28 | Dimension does not merely mean the space to be filled . |
| 29 | We are already enjoying eternal life , and physical death will merely mean the passing from life , in which we see through a glass darkly , to life when we shall see and know as we are known . |
| 30 | DARLINGTON : Vandalism and rent increases could soon mean the end of watersports at the reservoir at Middleton St George . |