Example sentences of "did [adv] necessarily mean " in BNC.

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1 This did not necessarily mean that all local party chiefs in the minorities were also lethargic during 1922 .
2 ‘ We ’ , McLeish remembered from Francesca , did not necessarily mean this administration but must mean one of the same political persuasion .
3 At first , this stress on ‘ natural religion ’ , as it was called , did not necessarily mean the abandonment of Christianity as revealed in the Scriptures ; so long as it was not inconsistent with reason , it could be accepted .
4 This did not necessarily mean that the churches opposed alleviation of pain , but it did mean that the ministrations of the pastor were much more important than those of the physician , and those of the latter should not be permitted to interfere with the spiritual task of the former .
5 The Prince began to be talked about though this did not necessarily mean that he was being taken seriously as a political alternative to the regime of Louis-Philippe .
6 Adoption of this route , however , did not necessarily mean that the association would defy the police in order to march on it .
7 However , his failure to leave before 6 February 1981 did not necessarily mean that he had ‘ waived ’ the breaking of his contract .
8 The fact that the drug 's manufacturer had proposed a tightening of safeguards did not necessarily mean that the committee should agree to them .
9 A shared language between parents and professionals did not necessarily mean shared attitudes .
10 This did not necessarily mean that they took a very exalted view of their own importance .
11 Yet these divergences did not necessarily mean that the Plantagenet dominions were an incoherent and ‘ overextended ’ political , economic , geographical and cultural agglomeration .
12 Examples would be the abandonment in the later eighteenth century of figured bass and of optional parts in favour of completely written-out orchestral scores ; and the writing out of vocal ornamentation by Rossini , followed by other nineteenth-century Italian opera composers , instead of leaving it to be improvised — though this did not necessarily mean that singers followed their instructions !
13 Being poor , she knew from experience , did not necessarily mean being without taste .
14 She argued strongly that nineteenth-century feminism had neglected women 's need for love and a family life ( although this was by no means wholly the case ) and that sexual equality did not necessarily mean ‘ sameness ’ .
15 Social services were more closely involved through their provision of home care services , although this did not necessarily mean that a social worker was appointed .
16 Those corps came into existence in the early 20th century , when it was discovered that attendance at university did not necessarily mean an ability to lead troops .
17 This did not necessarily mean that de Gaulle already took for granted that self-determination would lead to an independent Algerian state .
18 This did not necessarily mean a dramatic change in the substance of French policy : in its last phase the Fourth Republic had asserted French independence through a nuclear policy and a far from submissive attitude towards the US and Britain .
19 In particular it is important to appreciate that while the Americans frequently accused the British of old-fashioned colonialism , this did not necessarily mean that the spokesman or writer was wholly ignorant of the evolution of British imperial policies since Queen Victoria .
20 He conceded there was less reading of ‘ non-purposeful ’ material , such as comics , but added that this did not necessarily mean there was less literacy .
21 There was a robust denial of those allegations from Borders Regional Council 's assistant education director , Kenneth Paterson , who said the temporary closure did not necessarily mean a permanent shutdown .
22 This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such .
23 But this did n't necessarily mean , from my point of view , that we had to go around with Oliver .
24 I would talk about the call to the WTN office in Beirut saying that John was OK , and tell them that Sontag 's sighting of Brian showed that silence from the kidnappers did n't necessarily mean that a hostage was dead .
25 But it did n't necessarily mean that they would stay together all the time the they may they may even fall out with one another .
26 So it did n't necessarily mean that you get a squad of riveters that would stayed together all the time , erm for various reasons , as I say they may have been , unfortunately some of them might even die and therefore you had to make up the squad again
27 She gave herself a mental shake ; Marianne was simply like many other egocentric actresses she 'd met — interested more in herself than in anything else — but that did n't necessarily mean she was trying to shut Shannon out .
28 Although that did n't necessarily mean he would n't take anything she was unwise enough to offer , she reminded herself .
29 Students at London University were almost unanimous today in saying a couple going to bed together did n't necessarily mean the woman consents to sex .
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