Example sentences of "[vb -s] not mean [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that this idiom , which was never spoken on sea or land , is NOT fit for use in the new poetry of 1933–4 does not mean that it is unfit for use in a translation of a poem finished in 1321 . |
| 2 | Just because not everyone may spot the toy gun in this ad and attach a certain symbolic significance to it , it does not mean that it is not there nor that it has no effect . |
| 3 | If a horse is sensible it does not mean that it is plain and ordinary — like an old pair of shoes — rather , being sensible is exactly that . |
| 4 | To give power to arrest on reasonable suspicion does not mean that it is always or even ordinarily to be exercised . |
| 5 | This chapter is about selecting a home , but that does not mean that it is valueless if you already have a home . |
| 6 | And just because the fish lives in the water with it , does not mean that it is going to eat it — it would be like you eating mouldy food . |
| 7 | The fact that ahi sā is regarded as the law of the human species does not mean that it is an easy matter to practise it . |
| 8 | Just because it is a necessary last resort for one refused instruction does not mean that it is necessary for another . |
| 9 | In this sense , Kant argues , ‘ the dog can not judge ’ , which does not mean that it is fair game for any purpose we might devise . |
| 10 | The apparently well-founded discovery that AZT is not a useful drug for the treatment of people infected with HIV does not mean that it is useless in the treatment of those with AIDS . |
| 11 | But this does not mean that it is fitted only to be used on matters at the extreme end of the spectrum of abstraction — that it can , for instance , discuss people only in so far as they are rational beings , or sets of behaviour-patterns , or immortal souls . |
| 12 | In contrast , verbs are particularly frequent in the passage ( 5 ) ; but this does not mean that it is full of action . |
| 13 | This bottom-up approach may well be a very fruitful way of trying to understand what language is and how it works , but that does not mean that it is the best way to teach a language , or that it is the way we use a language when we do know it . |
| 14 | Just because a road runs past a group of Bronze Age burial mounds does not mean that it is prehistoric . |
| 15 | Simply because the egalitarian society has yet to become a reality does not mean that it is not possible . |
| 16 | This does not mean that it is the product of labour ( such as could be required by a technique of narration and the mastery of style ) but the very theatre of a production where the producer and reader of the text meet : the text ‘ works ’ , at each moment and from whatever side one takes it . |
| 17 | And remember , just because a lender brings out a loan with the ‘ professional ’ as its target market , this does not mean that it is necessarily the right one for you , no matter what your taste in trousers . |
| 18 | However , this does not mean that it is wrong . |
| 19 | This does not mean that it is simply an exercise in resource management . |
| 20 | to the parties does not mean that it is costless . |
| 21 | The fact that the beer has been produced in a different way does not mean that it is therefore harmful , and so on . |
| 22 | The fact that something happens to be legal as a matter of tradition going far back into history does not mean that it is not a vice in society . |
| 23 | Just because the regional dimension has not received the attention afforded to monetary union , that does not mean that it is less important to our future economic well-being . |
| 24 | The available body of existing tempo evidence may appear to Neumann to be slim , but this does not mean that it is insignificant . |
| 25 | Bear in mind that any speed limit is a maximum , it does not mean that it is safe to drive at that speed , always take into account all the conditions at the time , never drive so fast that you can not stop well within the distance you can see to be clear . |
| 26 | The fact that it was rejected in a referendum last year does not mean that it was a bad reform package . |
| 27 | Even though I make fun of it , and it 's not my favourite music , that does n't mean that it 's less valid than bands who last a long time , especially if it is enjoyed . |
| 28 | But just because something can be used wrongly does n't mean that it is wrong in itself . |
| 29 | Just because you can buy a scanner which will capture photographs and drawings does n't mean that it is necessarily the best way . |
| 30 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |