Example sentences of "it do mean that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did not mean that ideas and values came from some supernatural source , but it did mean that they came from the history of society , not the history of the individual . |
| 2 | In literature I was going to offer both British and American authors , both prose and poetry , so that was no problem , though it did mean that I should have to read authors I disliked — Conrad , Hemingway , Woolf , Graham Greene , C.P. Snow — but I leavened this stodgy bunch with those I felt more in sympathy with , though they were not officially on the syllabus — Waugh , Firbank and Forster at their head . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But it did mean that in order to understand a particular way of thinking — for instance that of the theist — it was necessary to pay careful attention to the way in which theists actually spoke . |
| 5 | There was , presumably , a sound evolutionary reason for the fact that no one had yet designed a lavatory in which the occupant faced away from the door , some relic of the time when primitive man was most at risk when at stool , but it did mean that the lavatory user was finely tuned to the approach of strangers . |
| 6 | The presence of these South American lines naturally does not prove the existence of British leys , but it did mean that Watkins 's theory was no longer an isolated , irrational concept . |
| 7 | It was n't all that much help , anyway , as far as tracing the kidnappers was concerned , but it did mean that on that point at least the Nilsen girl was telling the truth . |
| 8 | This meant a lot of work with the Treasury solicitor 's office ; but it did mean that the commissioner had to write the report and not us , so there was something to be said for the arrangement . |
| 9 | It was all a little hyperbolic , but it did mean that when , four months later , the issue shifted from the soft abstractions of industrial good will in general to the hard reality of reducing wages in the coal industry , the Prime Minister started with a store of self-confidence . |
| 10 | Public activity of this kind was , he said , a kind of sedative — no doubt to counteract feelings of uselessness — but it did mean that he was forced to postpone any creative work . |
| 11 | There was thirteen years difference between my elder sister and youngest brother — two girls and then three boys , of whom Basil was the eldest — and though this arrangement was not ideal when we came of an age to meet husbands among our brothers ' friends , it did mean that we all got along very well together and as sisters were not looked down upon by older and superior male beings as I often saw happen in other families . |
| 12 | It did mean that keeping the Seayak on a bearing in a big sea was a somewhat tiring and frustrating battle . |
| 13 | In the past , this did not mean that we would not move from company to company , it most certainly did not mean that we ha that we thought we had a job for life , but it did mean that we expected a degree of permanence and improvement as part of the reward for our endeavours and labour . |
| 14 | If the public acceptance of psychoanalysis meant anything for secondary selection it did mean that the scientificity of any description of the mind became more suspect — its subjectivity more evident . |
| 15 | Given trust as a first condition , the changes which followed each stage of review , assessment and evaluation came more easily — even if it did mean that some criticisms had first to be voiced and discussed ( JM Dobson conversation , 1990 ) . |
| 16 | Being together in this way did not mean that either party treated the other with excessive informality but it did mean that teachers knew pupils well . |
| 17 | The dogs follow the trail , so there is no problem , but it does mean that I miss seeing the sudden three metre drop that we go down to reach a frozen river . |
| 18 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |
| 19 | It does not mean that we have been made righteous as if we are perfect and free from sin , because our daily experience will tell us of the power of sin ; but it does mean that we are declared righteous . |
| 20 | It does mean that there will be more newsletters , posters , notice boards and more use of the school in out of school hours . |
| 21 | This exciting and popular event raises a considerable amount of money for conservation work at Clumber , but it does mean that the park will be closed that day to visitors ( including National Trust members ) , except for those spectators purchasing tickets to watch the rally . |
| 22 | But it does mean that , at present , cloning of mammals is not possible by nuclear transplantation . |
| 23 | This does not mean that the interviewer becomes a cold clinical robot , but it does mean that he or she uses a particular instrument in the way that it is designed to be used — for objective study . |
| 24 | But it does mean that there is little chance for physical closeness or the impulse cuddling that can say so much in its own right , as well as leading naturally and delightfully to full sexual enjoyment . |
| 25 | This sounds simple enough , yet it does mean that the data subject ( to whom the information relates ) and the data user ( who puts it into a computer ) should each see the handling of the data in the same way , and this has not always been the case when data have been disclosed to third parties , or have been collected for one ostensible purpose and used for another . |
| 26 | Never mind if it does mean that lunch is ten minutes late . |
| 27 | However , it does mean that reformers will have to have consistent answers to the arguments about instability , weak government and power to small or extremist parties . |
| 28 | ‘ But it does mean that some people have to wait as much as three hours . |
| 29 | But it does mean that the job is immensely diverse , with a lot of administration and only a small element of number crunching , which he seeks out as an extra because he likes doing it . |
| 30 | Living in modernity does not mean living in an age that is intrinsically evil because it is modern , but it does mean that we have to understand that we are living in a fallen culture : a culture whose people and institutions and social habits need to be redeemed . |