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 | ‘ Just because I knew Mills was suspected of betraying someone does not necessarily mean that I had anything to do with his unfortunate death . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By this we do not Just mean that many people believe that the system is unjust . |
| 8 | We do not just mean convenience foods , but the convenience of eating a meal in relation to the time allowed , and the situation . |
| 9 | By these we do not just mean that lots of people do research and take time over it . |
| 10 | When Americans talk about an ‘ underclass ’ in their cities , they do not simply mean the poor ; they mean poor but healthy young people who can not or will not , but anyway do not , get a job . |
| 11 | Bukharin pointed out that many features that characterise Primitive accumulation carry on into the history of capitalism itself , yet they do not thereby mean that capitalism is forever stuck in that particular stage of development . |
| 12 | The room itself would have been enough to efface any human material less striking than Clelia 's mother , and it did indeed more or less totally efface the unobtrusive Martin , who sat quietly dissociated , perched on the edge of a gilt-framed armchair , looking as though he did not quite mean to be there . |
| 13 | When Lacan speaks of the Other , he does not only mean the world of concrete others , but indicates an outside symbolic field of language which we are inserted into . |
| 14 | Even if individuals do live in a nuclear family group it does not necessarily mean that their closest emotional ties are to be found there . |
| 15 | ‘ It does not necessarily mean that people should not be told the truth in school about what happens in reality . ’ |
| 16 | Of course , little bits of practice help ; but if a child goes on doing exactly the same thing just as incompetently every day for a month , or even three months , it does not necessarily mean that no progress is being made : it is , but inside , where you ca n't see it . |
| 17 | It is thought that it does not necessarily mean granted or refused . |
| 18 | Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups . |
| 19 | But just because the ranger service has expanded it does not necessarily mean there will be similar increase in the number of school visits or guided walks . |
| 20 | An advantage of this approach is that it does not necessarily mean that there should be any general factors which directly impair or enhance memory . |
| 21 | Erm , but in fact , the way that I use it er , would not be the way that Andy uses it , the way that Andy uses it would not be the way that Martin uses it , it does not necessarily mean that any of us are wrong . |