Example sentences of "but that [vb -s] not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ( We now know that there are several isotopes of oxygen , but that does not seriously alter the argument . ) |
| 3 | I know that the hand that rocks the cradle is supposed to be steady 24 hours a day , but that does not always hold . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So it is quite true that it is the father that is principally in focus ; but that does not necessarily mean that " mother " is only there by accident . |
| 6 | In the novels of Dickens , slum housing invariably goes upon crutches , but that does not necessarily mean that it is advanced in years . |
| 7 | Heuristic information ( that is , suggestions about how best to search ) is often more easily exploited when the language is enlarged , but that does not necessarily mean that it has to be made more expressive . |
| 8 | But that does not necessarily make a boom . |