Example sentences of "they do not mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans are telling East Europeans that they should not think they can join NATO — that would break the ‘ do n't gloat ’ rule — and they do not mean to imply , either , that NATO 's security perimeter has been extended to the Soviet-Polish border . |
| 2 | We should constantly be aware that when most people use the term ‘ mixed race ’ they do not mean a child of Indian and African parents , nor a Chinese and a person of African descent , they generally mean the child of a white person and any other person who is not white . |
| 3 | They note in using the term " sufficient condition " that they do not mean that the condition-set is genuinely sufficient for the occurrence of the effect . |
| 4 | " They do not mean any harm , you know . |
| 5 | When people talk about momentum in the EC , they do not mean what they used to mean when we first joined the Community , which was a momentum towards the market and towards removing barriers and obstacles : they mean momentum towards more central recycling of funds , more vast transfers of resources and more commitment by the central administration to the gigantic merry-go-round of redistribution . |
| 6 | Showing they do not mean to let anyone sleep on the job in creating better relations , pupils of Brackenhoe School , Middlesbrough , organised a bed push for South Cleveland Hospital 's baby monitor appeal . |