Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that , I do not simply mean the gods , but human culture itself as well . |
| 2 | By an unemployment reserve , I do not just mean a register but a reserve of people who are being trained and well paid and who feel part of the economy and of our industrial community . |
| 3 | But by language I do not only mean that of spoken words or written symbols . |
| 4 | I do n't just mean the skin … other things are different … ways , habits , everything ’ . |
| 5 | I suppose there 's always nutters about , but there is something special about the band , and I do n't just mean their liability to lawsuits . |
| 6 | No , no , I know what you mean , and on the whole yes , you 're right ; your modern fairy-tale — I do n't just mean what 's miscalled ‘ science fiction ’ , but all the stories that feed the modern hunger for the supernatural — they do tend to be more or less moral now . |
| 7 | I do n't just mean the other stuff . ’ |
| 8 | And I do n't just mean the belief that you 're trying to communicate . |
| 9 | I do n't just mean that He has to remove me — but He may use it . |
| 10 | ‘ The universities have a lot to offer industry , and industry has a lot to offer universities , and I do n't just mean money , ’ he said . |
| 11 | There was a lot of stress on resources , and by resources I do n't just mean books in libraries , I mean staffing resources primarily … and we used to be very fierce about the quality of course leadership , for example . |
| 12 | And by low temperatures I do n't just mean a few degrees below freezing , but the world close to what scientists call ‘ absolute zero ’ . |
| 13 | I do n't just mean decentralizing the housing by having it in area offices . |
| 14 | I do n't just mean the sort of things that Walsal Council have done of decentralizing Social Services and that sort of thing . |
| 15 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 16 | When I say corporate plan , I do n't necessarily mean you have to live with it rigidly . |
| 17 | I call them niggers myself now , but I do n't really mean it . ’ |
| 18 | Actually , I do n't really mean that , back in time . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't exactly mean that … ’ |
| 20 | He added quickly : ‘ I did n't really mean it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't really mean any harm . |
| 22 | I 'm positive I did n't really mean yes I was really meaning we might get some answers that are n't |
| 23 | I did n't really mean it . |
| 24 | I did n't act I did n't actually mean from erm the sexual point of view . |
| 25 | I did n't always mean … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Just because I knew Mills was suspected of betraying someone does not necessarily mean that I had anything to do with his unfortunate death . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | These simpler meanings ( which does not necessarily mean ‘ simple ’ ) are carried by identifiable parts of the sentence ; and the way they must be combined to yield the global meaning of the sentence is indicated by the syntactic structure of the sentence . |
| 29 | Paternalism in the guise of ‘ The doctor knows best ’ or ‘ You do n't really mean that ’ provides the social justification , and necessity the legal justification . |
| 30 | No , I I 'm gi it 's not my , I I would just look at mathematical skills and saying that you 're not really yo you do n't really mean mathematical skills . |