Example sentences of "[conj] this [verb] not imply " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , the group of verbs which occur with predicate qualifiers will be expected to exhibit some degree of compatibility with the noun phrase element of the structure which they govern , although this does not imply that they have to make exactly the same sort of sense when they occur with that phrase alone as they do when the adjective is present , for the very reason that the adjective provides the syntactic-semantic condition under which the relation between the verb and its object holds ; compare leave the items and leave the items date-stamped .
2 French sovereignty , it was suggested , had been recognized over Indo-China ; but the paper maintained that this did not imply any commitment on the part of the US to assist France to exert its authority over the Indo-Chinese people .
3 On a visit to Moscow on Aug. 20 , the Iraqi Foreign Minister Sa'adoun Hammadi met Shevardnadze , who explained , however , that this did not imply any softening of the Soviet " firm condemnation " of Iraq .
4 He insisted that this did not imply French dependence on foreign technology .
5 All three denied the allegations , although Viehweger resigned on Sept. 28 , maintaining that this did not imply his guilt but admitting that he had had contact with the Stasi .
6 This can be applied to the case of marriage , where there will of course be usually sanctions of varying degrees against behaviours that threaten marriage , and sexual activity outside marriage may be disapproved of , but this does not imply that merely not engaging in marriage is disapproved of , nor that an unmarried condition is sanctioned .
7 Not surprisingly , ownership has become less personal or familial , but this does not imply that enterprises have become any less capitalistic as a result .
8 Massey 's schematic representation of this form seems to imply that particular production units may be associated with head offices , but this does not imply a privileged status for any particular unit because head office functions may not be associated with any productive unit and are in any event highly mobile .
9 Junctions whose sugar puckers can be classified as XS can be transformed to the B II state with less structural perturbation and , in particular , little effect on the facing strand , but this does not imply that the energetics of the transition is easier in these cases .
10 But this does not imply that they become more successful at killing gazelles .
11 But this does not imply public generosity either .
12 The Local Government ( NI ) Act 1972 closely followed the recommendations of the Macrory Report , but this did not imply a consensus about the merit of the proposals .
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