Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [adv] imply " in BNC.

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1 It is certainly true that popular rule , conceived of in the simplest terms , does not logically imply a commitment to respect for individual liberty : there could be such a thing as popular tyranny , or a popularly endorsed tyranny .
2 This in itself does not immediately imply that there are irreducibles in Z[x] which are not primes .
3 It should be pointed out however that the to infinitive construction does not always imply non-entailment of the truth of the complement , as Riddle 's comments above might give one to understand .
4 They demonstrate this partially by their support for the two nationalist parties , Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party , though support for the latter does not necessarily imply nationalism .
5 Similarity of style could suggest similar age , but dissimilarity does not necessarily imply the opposite .
6 NOTE : Inclusion does not necessarily imply recommendation .
7 It should be noted , however , that to accept the retrieval-failure account of latent inhibition does not necessarily imply a rejection of all other theories of the phenomenon .
8 Although endothelial replication is increased in response to hypertension or hyperlipidaemia ( Florentin et al , 1969 ; Schwartz et al , 1980 ) , this does not necessarily imply that the arterial intima is denuded of endothelium .
9 Health teaching does not necessarily imply an elaborate preplanned programme of instruction ; it does involve being alert to cues from the clients and assessing the appropriate time to discuss issues which they and the nurse consider important to the client 's circumstances .
10 These solutions thus illustrate the fact that a proof of null incompleteness does not necessarily imply the existence of a scalar polynomial curvature singularity .
11 This does not necessarily imply a chase and no evidence of an attack was found when the Roman town at Casterton was excavated in the 1950s .
12 Witnesses must be clear and open about their own position , but this does not necessarily imply that they will be effective in convincing and persuading others .
13 ( It should be pointed out that , if a region 's GDP per head declines as a proportion of UK GDP , it does not necessarily imply that the region 's GDP per head has declined in absolute terms , but only in comparison with that of the UK . )
14 More generally , family businesses still are more significant in the British economy than is often supposed ( Scott , 1986 ) although participation in a family firm does not necessarily imply pooling living expenses .
15 This does not necessarily imply acceptance of these images since they may be seen as unacceptable in their own right .
16 Demanding pay for childcare does not necessarily imply that only women at home would receive it .
17 However , this does not necessarily imply that virtually all use of heroin leads to a daily habit , but only that those who contact these agencies have established daily use of the drug .
18 Finding the largest numbers of drug users in our largest cities and towns does not necessarily imply that they have proportionately more drug users than smaller communities .
19 For example , if the process selects the correct word one in four times this does not necessarily imply 25% accuracy — it depends on the number of candidates from which each choice is made .
20 While this evidence does not necessarily imply that children will always cope with empirical and intentional explanations in the classroom , it does imply that failure to do so is likely to be due to factors other than children lacking an understanding of causality , of intentionality , or of the causal connectives .
21 It has been one of the cliches of modern liberalism , since at least the time of de Tocqueville and the younger Mill , to dwell on the possible , even probable , disjunction between democracy and liberty , to stress the fact that popular rule does not necessarily imply personal freedom , and to conjure up the spectacle of the " tyranny of the majority " .
22 Hence with our present framework perfect competition does not necessarily imply an efficient set of firms .
23 An interest in home and family does not necessarily imply that modern British families are inward-looking .
24 To say that the stance is one of knowing does not necessarily imply a belief in ‘ objectivity ’ ; the process may be thought of as a hermeneutic , interpretative one in which objective knowledge is not possible .
25 It does not necessarily imply essence or totality , but merely a derestriction of the stances of knowing and doing .
26 Accountability usually presupposes evaluation , but evaluation does not necessarily imply accountability .
27 It must be pointed out , however , that rejection of this aspect of the human capital theory does not necessarily imply rejection of its main claims , i.e. that education or health contribute to economic growth .
28 Such an awareness does not necessarily imply theoretical sophistication in linguistics , or an ability to analyze sentences into themes , rhemes , and focally marked or unmarked elements .
29 This parallels our finding of a higher incidence among women , but does not necessarily imply a causative role of anal intercourse .
30 The presence of a sewer does not necessarily imply that connection is possible .
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