Example sentences of "do not mean [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that did not mean that the ethos of a Roman catholic state would be in any way diminished , only that the form of political religious power would be different . |
| 2 | By repetition , he did not mean that every time a phrase was repeated it had to be the same . |
| 3 | Evidence of salmonella in chickens or in the hen house did not mean that the eggs were infected to levels that could cause food poisoning , he said . |
| 4 | This did not mean that the play itself was not exciting as drama , but it meant that for Eliot , intent on his search for a vital relation between ritual and art , this play would not suffice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This did not mean that he was above sacrificing aesthetic principle — if there is such a thing , and if he had it — to the purely partisan pleasures of Morte aux païens . |
| 7 | This did not mean that he and his colleagues were opposed to the plan . |
| 8 | Although formal channels for the rank and file to influence Party policy may have been either weak or entirely absent in the early years of the Party , this did not mean that Paisley was free to lead the party wheresoever he wished . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the formation of the canon of writings did not mean that the living tradition of the teaching Church was downgraded . |
| 10 | But he did not mean that a bishop was utterly free to act and think as he thought fit . |
| 11 | But the absence of supreme authority did not mean that everyone always rejected orders , always refused to recognize the moral authority of other Zuwayi . |
| 12 | As the hacks speculated about the cloud of black smoke that suddenly appeared over the palace roof — it did not mean that no decision had been taken , only that a chimney had caught fire — the President was browsing in his favourite bookshop , Les Arcades , just below The Sunday Telegraph 's Paris office . |
| 13 | However , acknowledging the right did not mean that the party favoured people using it . |
| 14 | But in any case , her prominence in the preparations for the 5 October march , and her leading part in it , did not mean that she intended that it should lead to a violent outcome , and the mere fact of her CPNI membership can not be taken as evidence for the existence of a violent conspiracy . |
| 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 | This point was made even clearer in a later case involving the Chief Justice , in which he stated that a ‘ breach of the Act or the Code did not mean that any statement made by a defendant after such breach would necessarily by ruled out . |
| 17 | Whereas church bells announced the times of the various religious offices , the communal clock was a secular instrument that struck the hours , and by the end of the fourteenth century some were made that struck the quarters , although this did not mean that they were any more accurate . |
| 18 | Reductions in levels of central government grant did not mean that councils had lost control of their spending . |
| 19 | If they were not employed , that did not mean that the legacy was at once void ; but if it was to be saved , all depended on construing the necessary verba sollemnia . |
| 20 | Now he could only hope that the heavy crop of elderberries , which heralded the end of summer , did not mean that all the leaves had fallen . |
| 21 | His decision did not mean that he had abandoned his commitment to persuasion and conversion ; it was the principle of non-violence and not coercion which informed the spirit of his actions . |
| 22 | The Labour manifesto did not refer to the issue , but that did not mean that a Labour government would not legislate on it . |
| 23 | The solitary life did not mean that a contemplative was deprived of all human contact , however . |
| 24 | Mambo Leo was popular not for its opinions but because it was well produced , entertaining and readable ; nevertheless , its popularity did not mean that its readers either believed or trusted it . |
| 25 | This did not mean that they were wholly resistant to new ideas — that was clearly not the case because many spoke of the helpful advice and information given on the farming , nutrition , health and child care programmes — but they seemed to resist anything which either conflicted with views they already held or seemed to have no relevance to their experience . |
| 26 | Swahili has been the dominant language since broadcasting began , but the widespread acceptance of it as the national language did not mean that no controversy was involved . |
| 27 | This did not mean that there was no danger of war . |
| 28 | Though that did not mean that , in his bubble chamber , Akbar was not still writhing in the agony of pseudo-injury — terrible burns and blindness — as he struggled to master such huge referred pain . |
| 29 | It had been faced and dealt with in the early centuries of the church and later along the lines that the inspiration of the Bible did not mean that God simply dictated the words , or that the authors ceased to be human and fallible . |
| 30 | By this , he did not mean that truth is simply subjective , merely my own opinion , what I happen to like to regard as true . |