Example sentences of "[coord] do [not/n't] mean " in BNC.

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1 Whether two expressions do or do not mean the same is a matter of some importance , but , again , it is evidently not something we should expect informants to tell us directly .
2 ‘ My dear sir , you must not tell me what I do or do not mean .
3 Like them or not , one could never be sure what Ken did or did not mean .
4 Defending , Mr Noel Philo , said Brooks loved his son and did not mean to harm him , but he was an inadequate father who could not cope .
5 Ochirbat stated that the reforms were intended to " develop socialism into a humane democratic society " and as such were based on what already had been achieved and did not mean that the country " must go over to capitalism " .
6 Applying those rules to the facts of this case the Court of Appeal decided that the word " Practice " in the partnership agreement clearly meant practice as a general medical practitioner and did not mean anything wider .
7 He comforted himself that his wife , being foreign , had just repeated the phrase parrot-fashion and did n't mean by it what he would have meant .
8 One of the other things , of course , we 've got to always bear in mind when we und , try to understand the parables of Jesus is that you can not , and Jesus never meant for us , to find us u our , you know a parallel for every single little detail , the for for the colour of this , or the colour of that , or th the shape of something else , he did n't expect us and did n't mean for us to find out a pa a a parallel , a meaning for every single detail because otherwise you 're gon na be contradicting yourself again and again but what we must see is , what is the main basic truth that Jesus is teaching here ?
9 ‘ If you wo n't do that , then it shows what we did was a sham and does n't mean anything .
10 It does n't make you odd and does n't mean that you never will .
11 This is not unusual and does not mean that you are a greater failure than anyone else .
12 He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region .
13 He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region .
14 " Economic " suggests the saving of money in the management of the business and does not mean the economic value of the sale to the vendor .
15 The original observation that an extract containing prostaglandins lowered blood pressure was a good reason for further investigation , but did not mean that it would lead to an agent for treating high blood pressure .
16 Ivica Racan , a ( Croatian ) member of the party presidium , said that this meant affirming the freedom of a citizen 's political association , keeping self-management strategic to socialist development , but did not mean that political pluralism " should be reduced simply to the question of a multiparty system , because this is only one of the possible forms of political pluralism " .
17 Yeah biggest ever bag but does n't mean the contents
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