Example sentences of "[not/n't] mean [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acknowledging the extent of social need in the elderly does not mean accepting that dependency irreversibly deepens with age , from mild to intense . |
| 2 | ‘ Organic ’ does not mean copying natural forms but seeing the structure in nature , how natural form works efficiently with minimum energy output . |
| 3 | As a growing proportion of the population escapes premature mortality to live out their natural life span , Fries ( 1989 ) argues that this need not mean adding infirm years to life . |
| 4 | I did not mean to imply that Guitarist had somehow ‘ hoodwinked ’ the public regarding Eric Johnson 's comments on brass vs chrome jackplugs ; if you felt that , I apologise for it . |
| 5 | I do not mean to imply that engineering should or could be an exact discipline . |
| 6 | Al Fajr said that " this step did not mean severing diplomatic relations … but reducing the level of diplomatic relations " . |
| 7 | Although I have said I do not mean to commend particular hotels or restaurants , I am compelled to break that rule here , just once , and say that Saint-Jean does have the only restaurant anywhere in the Pyrenees to which the Guide Michelin invariably gives two rosettes for its food . |
| 8 | Although the Laboratory was not meant to divulge any results to Alan until the eight-week period was over , it was decided that it might be better to know the results at six weeks , and perhaps to end the experimental diet at this point . |
| 9 | ‘ Federalism is not meant to serve unlimited freedom , but rather the highest possible measure of freedom within a systematic order . |
| 10 | The Sisley make-up shades are not meant to make any kind of directional colour statement ; they are merely gentle , wearable shades which have been thoughtfully devised to bring subtle definition to the features and simultaneously to condition them . |
| 11 | In an address to the Somali people on June 11 , interim President Ali Mahdi Mohammed said that the planned deployment of a UN peacekeeping force " was not meant to change Somali culture or advocate [ foreign ] occupation " . |
| 12 | And when he too sat down again , he was that much nearer — this time as though not meaning to miss any nuance of an expression that came over her face . |
| 13 | Being on the safe side does n't mean throwing financial caution to the wind . |
| 14 | I do n't mean wait fifty years — but let's meet here , in the Jade Cockatoo , in a year 's time , and have a sort of celebration ! |
| 15 | ‘ They did n't mean to hurt poor Tom , it was just a silly old accident , ’ I said , partly to comfort the child and partly to prevent Richard making an angry scene in front of him . |
| 16 | Election ‘ 92 : It was n't meant to happen this way |