Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] mean that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not mean that the mind just responds to information in the way in which a thermostat , for instance , transduces information about temperature and performs switching operations . |
| 2 | Sure enough , we would expect the input systems to ensure that the right kinds of distinctions are drawn — between contour changes that define occlusion and those which define disappearance , for example — but this surely does not mean that the possessor of these input systems is capable of thinking about unperceived entities . |
| 3 | That he went grossly wrong in applying the standard does not mean that the standard as such was inapplicable . |
| 4 | This does not mean that the vast provinces of Russia should be ignored , although they usually are . |
| 5 | Secondly , even though group weddings do occur , for example among people like the Samburu of East Africa , where traditionally all the young men of the same age group married on the same day a group of girls , this does not mean that the marriages are any less individual affairs for having been celebrated all at the same time . |
| 6 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |
| 7 | ‘ Efficiency ’ does not mean that the market is sufficiently clairvoyant to gauge the cash flow of General Motors for the next 30 years or more . |
| 8 | Locke 's description of a person as ‘ a thinking , intelligent being ’ does not mean that the continuity of self-consciousness which constitutes personal identity is the continuity of some immaterial substance , a soul , mind , or spirit , which is self-conscious , for he is clearly unhappy with a Cartesian view of this sort . |
| 9 | But this does not mean that the words ‘ soul ’ , ‘ spirit ’ , or ‘ spiritual substance ’ are meaningless . |
| 10 | To load a program into the computer : this does not mean that the future has been planned down to the last detail , that everything is written ‘ up above ’ . |
| 11 | However , this does not mean that the kinds of plant foods we have mentioned are bad or are to be avoided . |
| 12 | A Christian can strongly believe in a triumphant entry into eternal life for the person who has died , but this does not mean that the people who remain on earth will not still deeply regret their passing . |
| 13 | But , the layman may object , this does not mean that the communicating classes should be allowed to get an election wrong , and just carry on communicating as if nothing had happened . |
| 14 | This does not mean that the training of professionals is not considered important , only that it should be placed in proper perspective and that it should be accompanied by the training of the front line paraprofessionals who constitute the bulk of the social service work force ( CCETSW , 1975 ; 1981 ; 1987 ) . |
| 15 | Certain methods of construction must be carried out , but this does not mean that the building inspector has full control over the quality of workmanship . |
| 16 | To say this , of course , does not mean that the consent is not binding on the agent . |
| 17 | Although the civil rights strategy could not have been adopted by republicans without the approval of the leadership of the IRA — and Roy Johnston stressed the importance of its involvement in the Maghera meeting of 1966 — — this does not mean that the army council initiated the setting up of NICRA or that it paid any detailed attention to the work being done by republicans within the association . |
| 18 | The important thing to remember , however , is that in many cases no definitive diagnosis can be made until the results have come back from the laboratory and the fact that nothing has been found at the time of the first visit does not mean that the follow-up visit should be missed . |
| 19 | The second implicit proposition is that the diagnosis of a terminal illness does not mean that the doctor 's obligations to his patient cease . |
| 20 | The absence of a Committee on a particular subject ( for example , agriculture or poverty ) does not mean that the Government do not attach importance to it ; and the fact that a particular Minister is not on a Committee does not mean that he does not attend when his interests are affected . |
| 21 | Her craving for advice with a Thatcherite spin on it does not mean that the Prime Minister will automatically diminish Civil Service contributions as flowing from a tainted source . |
| 22 | This does not mean that the officer must obtain the signatures of the proposer , seconder , etc. , but if advantage of this opportunity is taken , the officer is always willing to give assistance and advise the candidates as to the correct completion of nomination papers . |
| 23 | This does not mean that the governing body should involve itself in the day-to-day running of the school . |
| 24 | This does not mean that the interviewer becomes a cold clinical robot , but it does mean that he or she uses a particular instrument in the way that it is designed to be used — for objective study . |
| 25 | But this does not mean that the outmoded and discredited instruments of business evaluation should be wished upon education . |
| 26 | This does not mean that the admission was unjustified . |
| 27 | This new evidence does not mean that the redshift/distance relation for galaxies has to be discarded . |
| 28 | This , of course , does not mean that the Library Association 's Code of Professional Conduct was in disarray or no longer credible . |
| 29 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 30 | Similarly , a perception that the brain is involved in the outworking of mental processes does not mean that the mind arises from the physical brain . |