Example sentences of "[noun sg] does [adv] [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talent does n't necessarily mean facility . |
| 2 | AUTUMN COLLECTION Bass Collection SB401 SB405 SB 305 The desire to own and play a more ‘ exclusively ’ styled instrument does n't automatically mean a second mortgage … |
| 3 | ( 'Prime' does not simply mean ‘ expensive ’ — it refers to the more desirable types of property within each group , whether quaint country cottages , Georgian rectories or large estates . ) |
| 4 | But looking after the stock does n't only mean handling it carefully ; it also means planning stock levels , ordering goods and storing them . |
| 5 | It has been said that in s.9(1) ( b ) , which does not mention the term " offence " , grievous bodily harm does not necessarily mean the offences found in ss.18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 : Jenkins [ 1983 ] 1 All ER 993 . |
| 6 | Having AIDS does not necessarily mean constant sickness . |
| 7 | ‘ Actuarial work does not just mean being involved in a mass of figures ’ |
| 8 | ‘ A non-appearance at work does n't necessarily mean illness , ’ said the vicar , with what Ianthe considered unbecoming cynicism . |
| 9 | The fact that there is little or no evidence that a gift is operating does not necessarily mean , however , that it is not present . |
| 10 | Contrary to popular belief , aerobic exercise does not necessarily mean jumping around in your local keep fit class for an hour . |
| 11 | El-ahrairah does n't really mean much to us . |
| 12 | Dimension does not merely mean the space to be filled . |
| 13 | This last point does not necessarily mean that you have to be using a page description language but , for the moment at least , it amounts to the same thing . |
| 14 | But taking our morality from the Bible does not necessarily mean merely taking it on trust and authority , and abandoning all thought of moral knowledge . |
| 15 | The fact that a practitioner has a copy of the Blue Book ( which contains the Institute 's regulations and guidance notes on investment business ) on his shelf does not necessarily mean that he has read and understood it , and in some firms the Institute 's Investment Business Gazettes ( which announce changes to regulations and other requirements , and provide a general round-up of developments likely to affect authorised firms ) are filed away unread if they are kept at all . |
| 16 | Better contraception does not necessarily mean lower fertility , although it should mean less unwanted fertility . |
| 17 | Narrow driveage does n't necessarily mean then that there are coal pillars either side . |
| 18 | For this reason , the low value of the correlation coefficient does not necessarily mean the lack of relationship between variables ; it may be due to the non-linear nature of the relationship . |
| 19 | I had nothing to do with the financial side of the firm , and big output does not necessarily mean big profit . ’ |
| 20 | Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves . |
| 21 | But uneven development does not simply mean that types and quantities of physical and social phenomena vary from place to place . |
| 22 | The potential to produce ever more sophisticated reports and analyse and measure against every type of performance indicator does not necessarily mean that the firm will take action to correct profitability problems or reduce work in progress or collect debts more quickly . |
| 23 | A dull , cold , rainy day does not literally mean ‘ sadness ’ — it is possible to be happy on such a day — but it is so obviously a metaphor for sadness that when it appears in writing it has become a cliché , intended to trigger a predictable response . |
| 24 | Twenty-four hours have indeed passed , but the end of a day does not necessarily mean sleep . |
| 25 | Everyone involved has to realize that the tasks are not relearned in an automatic sequence : the fact that the patient may be able to put on his sweater one day does not necessarily mean that he is immediately able to progress to putting on his trousers — indeed , he may have forgotten how to cope with the sweater the following day . |
| 26 | Er but seriously that phrase does n't just mean |
| 27 | There is utter and total confusion and anything that stands still they used to say they would paint it in industry they now say market test it and they do admit to us that the end object does not necessarily mean complete contractorization or privatization , but at this particular moment in time |
| 28 | So again there are n't many things that do complete , swimming I think I far as I can see is the only one that does , but then again that depends on how you use the swimming , it , it just , just cos you bathes every week does n't necessarily mean that it does do it for you , it depends what you do , okay ? |
| 29 | Yeah but promoting the economy does n't necessarily mean |
| 30 | But , of course , writing something into a constitution does not necessarily mean that it will be honoured in practice . |