Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [adv] mean [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did not mean their parents had happily shelled out the £2,000 for the trip — many had been sponsored by local firms and one girl had taken out a bank loan . |
| 2 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
| 3 | And a few years later , when Edwin Hubble found that nearly all other galaxies are flying away from our own , he correctly reasoned that this did not mean we were at the centre of the Universe . |
| 4 | But this did not mean I was happy with it , or knew , precisely , when and how I could carry it out . |
| 5 | This did not mean he did not know . |
| 6 | Answering , she matched my silly spite with careful , sensible remarks ; politics , she said , was the art of the possible and a good man , once in power , might find himself forced to do some things not quite in accord with his principles , but this did not mean he had forgotten them , nor that he would not act upon them the moment he practically could . |
| 7 | This did not mean there were not still big divergences of belief about ends . |
| 8 | This did not mean she was prepared to throw herself headlong into a relationship with the first half-decent male who happened by . |
| 9 | This does not mean their cost of capital is low . |
| 10 | This does not mean we have to put ourselves down all the time : this would just be false humility , which is another subtle form of pride . |
| 11 | Being a lesbian requires some shifting away from sexual conformity , but this does not mean we necessarily question other ‘ sexual norms ’ . |
| 12 | The radio can not demand that we listen to it : even if we leave it switched on , this does not mean we are listening . |
| 13 | I am confident that we are well able to meet any of today 's challenges but this does not mean we can ever relax our efforts to achieve the best in every possible respect . |
| 14 | However , this does not mean we are any less efficient or offer any less of a service than before . |
| 15 | ’ This does not mean they have to argue that their belief will never be given up . |
| 16 | But this does not mean they do not win ; as I can testify , they do . |
| 17 | Fish do scratch , and this does not mean they are infested with gill flukes . |
| 18 | But this does not mean they are not involved . |
| 19 | This does not mean they should be complex — indeed complexity can be perplexing and therefore counterproductive . |
| 20 | Although building professionals may not have to manage workers in the building , this does not mean they can ignore the elements of motivation and job satisfaction . |
| 21 | But this does not mean they caused them to appear . |
| 22 | Millichip refused to be drawn further and then fudged the issue by saying : ‘ This does not mean there is a question mark over the manager but we have to examine the situation . ’ |
| 23 | This does not mean you should behave like an automaton . |
| 24 | This does not mean you are lacking in initiative — just well organized . |
| 25 | This does not mean you should buy huge Koi , simply the biggest your budget will stand … assuming your pond is up to housing them properly , of . |
| 26 | But this does not mean you not ever go out . |
| 27 | But this does not mean you should limit yourself in how many expressive purposes you discuss . |
| 28 | But — hoo-ha ! — this does not mean I have to stay in one particular mirror . |
| 29 | Well , to clarify , I have a season ticket for Ibrox and I also ‘ support ’ leeds united , but since I see Rangers play every week , I would probably class them as my number one team — this does not mean I do nt like Leeds — its all a matter of prioritising the teams . |
| 30 | If someone ca n't read aloud competently , this does not mean he ca n't read at all : consider the number of us who could read French silently and understand it , but who would find it very difficult to " sound it out " and read it aloud . |