Example sentences of "this [noun sg] do [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discouraging results of oesophageal transection and gastric devascularisation in this trial do not mean that the operation has no place in the management of variceal bleeding . |
| 2 | Education in this job does n't mean an iota . |
| 3 | The fact that Sam and I differed over this concept does n't mean we did n't work well together . ’ |
| 4 | What was crucial , though , was that this development did not mean that a special category of movies was made for a sectional audience but rather that what was thought of as the ‘ quality ’ taste was allowed to shape the general output of movies . |
| 5 | Please could you also ensure that the delay in making this request does not mean that the work is excessively held back . |
| 6 | Speaking in this sense did not mean a pleasant filial initiative on the telephone . |
| 7 | ‘ This finger-moving does n't mean anything . |
| 8 | An awareness of this structure does not mean that strategic intervention is either useless or impossible ; but it does mean that analysis of how resistance actually operates , in what conditions it succeeds or fails , needs an altogether more complex model . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | in this private in this country does n't mean that you 've got to pay for it , it does mean that you 've got to pay for yourself , but its not like obligatory , so you might as well get the money you can , if you that , at that , at that standard are n't , had n't you really ? , if you can get that money , you 'd be thick not to go for it |
| 11 | Al Fajr said that " this step did not mean severing diplomatic relations … but reducing the level of diplomatic relations " . |