Example sentences of "means the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What can be stated with some certainty is that ‘ London ’ is by no means the be-all and end-all of the emerging story and that an ‘ explosion ’ is occurring in terms of new record labels . |
| 2 | The Inquisition was by no means the be-all and end-all of the fight against corruption ; nor was the secret inner order of the Inquisition the ultimate either . |
| 3 | Provocative dress and casual promiscuity ( which are by no means the same thing ) may be abhorrent to juries in the southern states of America or to judges in this country . |
| 4 | It considers the objectives of stability tests which are by no means the same in all instances , the stages of development of a product at which stability should be assessed , the test procedures and the interpretation of results . |
| 5 | But their faces are by no means the same as Matteo 's : features and expressions , though consonant with the half-tender , half-dreamy look of Matteo 's Madonnas , are not based on any particular model . |
| 6 | Though the two may have isolated similar problems , the political and intellectual context of their work was by no means the same . |
| 7 | This goes to show that alliances formed in the conflict over recreation and access to the countryside are by no means the same as those which coalesce over issues of wildlife preservation and landscape change . |
| 8 | And you did that with your two times table so because times means the same as sets of or lots of . |
| 9 | What are the common wages of labour , depends everywhere upon the contract usually made between those two parties , whose interests are by no means the same . |