Example sentences of "mean no " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 2 | I mean no one noticed anything unusual about her and she seemed to be full of plans for the wedding . ’ |
| 3 | Too much sun mean no setting for runner bean ‘ Sunset ’ |
| 4 | In Angola and Mozambique , there are strange creatures called ‘ Marxist-Leninist States ’ when Marx and Lenin had both spent much time denouncing the State as intrinsically oppressive , but the media mean no more by this phrase than radical nationalists . |
| 5 | Longer-lasting evergreens mean no replanting — saving you time and money |
| 6 | They should be protected by law from moral persecution as the majority of men mean no harm . |
| 7 | Punishment need mean no more than : |
| 8 | Taken together , however , these figures mean no more and no less than services managing to expand rapidly enough to maintain their overall world share whereas manufacturing steadily dropped way behind in this race . |
| 9 | If pine comes mean no more to you than the pretty seed carriers that litter out countryside in the autumn , think again . |
| 10 | Let me repeat that we Weasels mean no harm . |
| 11 | and does that mean your a very calm person because your so big , I mean no one |
| 12 | ‘ No … no , ’ said Creggan quickly , ‘ I mean no harm . |
| 13 | ‘ I am a golden eagle , ’ he said fiercely , ‘ and I mean no harm to you or yours . ’ |
| 14 | To say that all cultural practice is ‘ ideological ’ need mean no more than that ( as in some other current uses ) all practice is signifying . |
| 15 | I mean no one is going to come on and drag us off … |
| 16 | " I mean no disrespect , of course . |
| 17 | They mean no disrespect to your ma . ’ |
| 18 | Any one of your tenants , Sir John , and I mean no offence , could be the assassin . |
| 19 | ‘ I mean no offence . |
| 20 | ‘ Father Reynard , I mean no harm . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Look , we mean no offence . |
| 22 | I mean no disrespect to the media , but some matters are carried forward more easily with the calm deliberation that the right hon. Gentleman described . |
| 23 | I mean no disrespect to the hon. Member for South Shields ( Dr. Clark ) , but , apart from his whinge against my right hon. Friend 's personal qualities , I did not detect that he would do anything fundamentally different were he in my right hon. Friend 's shoes . |
| 24 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 25 | Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total . |
| 26 | I mean no one got upset with Alfie Stewart ( did they ? ) |
| 27 | Well it was a question in those days whether you got a bay window or a flat window I mean erm the houses down Street are better quality I suppose really er all property around there is rented , I mean no one bought the houses at all not even up , I mean they were all rented houses . |
| 28 | ‘ Father , I mean no offence , ’ Colebrooke answered , taking off his conical helmet and cradling it in his arms . |
| 29 | dreadful it is , and there 's no erm , I mean no hope for the kids |
| 30 | I mean no one 's suggesting doctors sit and learn all the theory of and the history of the development of medicine , but I 'm sure that it 's important to have some knowledge of your area . |