Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [verb] n't [adv] mean " in BNC.

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1 I think there 's always a danger of being a bit simplistic about children who I think have a right to their own family , and that does n't just mean parents , it means grandparents , people who can talk to them about their past , the past of the family .
2 Being certified deaf and blind does n't necessarily mean that people live in total blackness or silence .
3 You need a tonic — but that does n't necessarily mean visiting the doctor !
4 You know , we can produc we could consume a lot more manufactured goods , but that does n't necessarily mean that trade will rise .
5 She gave herself a mental shake ; Marianne was simply like many other egocentric actresses she 'd met — interested more in herself than in anything else — but that did n't necessarily mean she was trying to shut Shannon out .
6 Employers will , of course , want to make clear to you the level of personal responsibility you will be expected to take within the remit of your job description ( for a sample job description , see chapter 2 ) , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are trying to warn off the less confident .
7 Big animals tend to have big brains partly just because they are big , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are , in any interesting sense , ‘ cleverer ’ .
8 But this did n't necessarily mean , from my point of view , that we had to go around with Oliver .
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