Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv] [adv] mean [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact , however , that they have designed a language to fulfil these functions does not necessarily mean that these functions could not be fulfilled in other ways , nor that their language is intrinsically connected with them , nor that the language has necessarily been proven to succeed in achieving these ideals . |
| 2 | This last point does not necessarily mean that you have to be using a page description language but , for the moment at least , it amounts to the same thing . |
| 3 | However , the fact that people are being charged a rate that fairly reflects the lender 's costs does not necessarily mean that this type of credit is a good buy for them . |
| 4 | An increase in unit costs does not necessarily mean that a pupil gets proportionately more resources or better educational provision , as some costs are fixed ( such as heating and cleaning ) and they simply rise for each pupil as the school roll falls . |
| 5 | The fact that a practitioner has a copy of the Blue Book ( which contains the Institute 's regulations and guidance notes on investment business ) on his shelf does not necessarily mean that he has read and understood it , and in some firms the Institute 's Investment Business Gazettes ( which announce changes to regulations and other requirements , and provide a general round-up of developments likely to affect authorised firms ) are filed away unread if they are kept at all . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the fact that he sees them as two distinct individuals does not necessarily mean that they exist as two distinct individuals when they are not perceived . |
| 7 | Whereas Russia is erm , is to do with the Cold War situation but I take Michael 's point that fascism and communism are not the same thing and to say that he has fascist ideas does not necessarily mean that he therefore represents Russia in this political equation |
| 8 | I know your ego finds that hard to believe , but just because we had a good time together for a couple of days does not necessarily mean that I 'm yours to play with whenever you feel like it ! ’ |
| 9 | But uneven development does not simply mean that types and quantities of physical and social phenomena vary from place to place . |
| 10 | The potential to produce ever more sophisticated reports and analyse and measure against every type of performance indicator does not necessarily mean that the firm will take action to correct profitability problems or reduce work in progress or collect debts more quickly . |
| 11 | The fact that the adventure story has always been very largely the province of male writers does not necessarily mean that the female characters in such fictions will be less ‘ real ’ than the heroes or villains . |
| 12 | Everyone involved has to realize that the tasks are not relearned in an automatic sequence : the fact that the patient may be able to put on his sweater one day does not necessarily mean that he is immediately able to progress to putting on his trousers — indeed , he may have forgotten how to cope with the sweater the following day . |
| 13 | So again there are n't many things that do complete , swimming I think I far as I can see is the only one that does , but then again that depends on how you use the swimming , it , it just , just cos you bathes every week does n't necessarily mean that it does do it for you , it depends what you do , okay ? |
| 14 | But , of course , writing something into a constitution does not necessarily mean that it will be honoured in practice . |
| 15 | The lack of any faster dissociation species from this large footprint does not necessarily mean that each of the 3 available sites have long dissociation times , but that binding to site 3 may be excluded for steric reasons as well . |
| 16 | This takes a great deal of effort because simply having the potential for a greater reproductive success in females does not necessarily mean that they actual have ha actually have greater reproductive success . |
| 17 | It has recently become clear that an action becoming automatic does not necessarily mean that it can not be remembered . |
| 18 | Because most of us have ignored non-European cultures in the past does not now mean that European and European/American culture have become less valid or that we must be tempted to rewrite history twisting facts to suit our present crisis of confidence . |
| 19 | Non-appearance on the ward does not necessarily mean that the clinical teacher has overslept or is sitting , feet up , drinking cups of tea . |
| 20 | But a constant real wage does not necessarily mean that the money wage is constant . |
| 21 | However , the fact that a dictionary is in machine-readable form does not necessarily mean that the required information is instantly available — pre-processing may be necessary to organise the information . |
| 22 | Indicating understanding of poor language skills does not necessarily mean that children receive what they are asking for but the fact that poor language has not interfered with the process of communication needs to be made clear to children . |
| 23 | ( Sexual intimacy does not necessarily mean that old people have been frank about their bodies . ) |
| 24 | Open land does n't necessarily mean that it should be in the greenbelt . |
| 25 | Well as I 've just said , open land does not necessarily mean that it serves a greenbelt purpose . |
| 26 | However , the provision of services does not necessarily mean that you will use them . |
| 27 | N.B. A higher classification does not necessarily mean that the quality of what is provided is higher than that available in an establishment with a lower classification . |
| 28 | And , as the hairs on head and body are all at different stages of the hair growth cycle , waxing does not always mean that some hair does n't grow back quickly — it may have been just under the skin just waiting to pop out ! |
| 29 | An object of a particular date in a particular context does not automatically mean that it dates that context : a context often contains artefacts of quite different dates , and it is the archaeologists 's task to arrive at an interpretation that fits all the facts . |
| 30 | Second , the occurrence of a strong global correlation between GNP and temperature does not necessarily mean that a cooler , more seasonal climate inherently favours socio-economic development ; it is arguable that such a relationship could be a fortuitous consequence of the high-latitude origins of modern industrialization , with that situation subsequently maintained by political and financial structures that have generally been disadvantageous to tropical nations . |