Example sentences of "does [adv] [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not just mean interviews with a therapist , but also appropriate contact with nursing and other ward staff . |
| 2 | Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves . |
| 3 | To leave self behind does not just mean denying oneself . |
| 4 | This does not just mean ‘ frequent ’ : exceptions are perceived as ‘ odd ’ , but are not necessarily disapproved of , sanctioned , etc . |
| 5 | Hence , a dynamic consideration of portfolio analysis , as applied to major investment decisions with their relatively long time horizons , does not just mean moving SBUs up or down the portfolio grid by transferring resources between them ( from ‘ cash cows ’ to ‘ problem children ’ and ‘ stars ’ ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Actuarial work does not just mean being involved in a mass of figures ’ |
| 7 | This does not just mean clever things like the expert system in the White House conference room , but simple things such as the British postcodes for the early 1980s and the digitized boundaries of old GIS systems . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , just because a lot of objections are received does not automatically mean an application will be refused . |
| 9 | While it needs to be emphasised that old age does not automatically mean ill health and dependency , nonetheless there are clear associations between advancing years and increasing ill health and disability . |
| 10 | Many referrals come from the community — councillors , local solicitors , Age Concern — but a referral does not automatically mean a solution . |
| 11 | That does not automatically mean that his character is equally reliable . |
| 12 | This does not automatically mean that the research is biased . |
| 13 | This does not automatically mean that the provision will be made , but it does make it possible to plan in the light of solid knowledge rather than guesswork . |
| 14 | An object of a particular date in a particular context does not automatically mean that it dates that context : a context often contains artefacts of quite different dates , and it is the archaeologists 's task to arrive at an interpretation that fits all the facts . |
| 15 | And yet this does not automatically mean they will be quids in . |
| 16 | If a product carries the word " patent " or " patented " or similar , this does not automatically mean that the defendant knows of the patent unless the number of the patent also appears on the product concerned . |
| 17 | ( 'Prime' does not simply mean ‘ expensive ’ — it refers to the more desirable types of property within each group , whether quaint country cottages , Georgian rectories or large estates . ) |
| 18 | It is made clear that this does not simply mean that each school must offer such a curriculum ; each individual pupil must take it up . |
| 19 | But uneven development does not simply mean that types and quantities of physical and social phenomena vary from place to place . |
| 20 | But that does not simply mean Walker 's case but the law , whatever it might be , that the English court would apply in the absence of the Act of 1976 in the light of all relevant authorities including decisions , so far as helpful , of other Commonwealth jurisdictions . |
| 21 | It seems clear to me that the expression ‘ the parties ’ means all the parties to the ‘ transaction in contravention of section 3 ’ and does not simply mean ‘ the investors . ’ |
| 22 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk , North ( Mr. Howell ) spoke recently on the radio about his idea of paying , say , £100 a week to people joining a community task force , enabling them to obtain work experience and contribute to society , which does not simply mean filling in holes in the road but involves going in for a range of useful activities , from working on environmental improvements to caring for the vulnerable in society . |
| 23 | Thus , in non-anaphoric uses , ( 73 ) How are things there ? does not generally mean " how are things at some place distant from the speaker " , but rather " how are things where the addressee is " . |
| 24 | This does not however mean that one can clearly distinguish a concept of ‘ rule of law ’ in the legal system from ‘ rule of law ’ as part of the ideological system . |
| 25 | A ‘ life sentence ’ does not usually mean that the prisoner is kept in prison until he or she dies ( although it may ) , but lifers are only released at the discretion of the Parole Board and the Home Secretary . |
| 26 | A dull , cold , rainy day does not literally mean ‘ sadness ’ — it is possible to be happy on such a day — but it is so obviously a metaphor for sadness that when it appears in writing it has become a cliché , intended to trigger a predictable response . |
| 27 | Spenser , however , does not literally mean the sword . |
| 28 | Dimension does not merely mean the space to be filled . |
| 29 | The important point , however , is that the two " likes " must be treated as like in some respect ; and in the linguistic cases this does not merely mean that the two items co-ordinated must be on the same level in terms of specific syntactic classifications , as has often been remarked ; more importantly , it is clear that they must be alike in both bearing one of the other relations , already introduced , to some third element ; thus , in : ( 38 ) Nora is Irish and beautiful the structure is such that Irish and beautiful are both related to Nora by assignment , while in : ( 39 ) bed and board is going to take half his wages the relation of instantiation links both bed and board to the single entity in the subject position . |
| 30 | Does the Secretary of State understand that the testing of seven-year-olds does not quite mean that ? |