Example sentences of "it [verb] [not/n't] [adv] mean " in BNC.
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1 | It did n't really mean a lot . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ It does not necessarily mean that people should not be told the truth in school about what happens in reality . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It is thought that it does not necessarily mean granted or refused . |
8 | Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | It is a big job , it does n't just mean changing the colour of your stock , er , and it 's difficult to think of erm , er , Alan wearing the purple so to say , but erm , I 'm sure he , I went to his consecration in York about two months ago , it was a very moving and er , enjoyable occasion and he 's erm , er , now entered upon that inheritance . |
13 | It does n't just mean that he loved a mass of humani , he does that , but he does n't love the mass as a mass , he loves the mass as individuals , one by one , God loves you ! |
14 | Just because we 're a rave band it does n't automatically mean we take Ecstasy . |
15 | If terminal five does n't get the go ahead , if it does n't automatically mean that we 're faced with expansion at Stansted erm this is one of the reasons |
16 | Sometimes string makers print the tension of their strings on the packets , but it does n't actually mean that much . |
17 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |
18 | It does n't actually mean necessarily erm how you behave . |
19 | Wonderful but it does n't actually mean anything . |
20 | It does n't incidentally mean that one is good and the other is bad . |
21 | It is standard procedure , and it does n't usually mean you actually get evicted ; it is a way of frightening people . |
22 | WHEN actors say they are ‘ resting ’ it does n't necessarily mean that they are lying on the sofa all day waiting for the phone to ring . |
23 | It does n't necessarily mean being totally idealistic — there are some situations where you can take control — ’ |
24 | Feeding most species of marine fish is not therefore as simple as it may seem and even if a fish feeds eagerly , it does n't necessarily mean that it 's eating the right food . |
25 | It does n't necessarily mean it 's going to work at front of house , so the sound man takes a direct feed , just a regular Marshall , dry , up to the house . |
26 | It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’ |
27 | We can incrementally manage our way towards open systems component by component , ’ is his message to users , ‘ but do n't do it all at once — and remember it does n't necessarily mean Unix . ’ |
28 | You could have you could have open land within within a village , it does n't necessarily mean it 's open countryside . |
29 | ‘ And it does n't necessarily mean taking loads of drugs either . |
30 | It does n't necessarily mean that you will be . " |