Example sentences of "do [adv] mean [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , when we say that all biologists nowadays believe in Darwin 's theory , we do not mean that every biologist has , graven in his brain , an identical copy of the exact words of Charles Darwin himself . |
| 2 | Dr Tyrell stressed that the results do not mean that a similar vaccine can be made for HIV ‘ but at least the road now does not look like a dead end ’ . |
| 3 | I do not mean that a self-conscious conventionalist would ignore statutes and precedents altogether once it was controversial what force these should be given . |
| 4 | By this , I do not mean that the animal uses neurones , whereas the computer uses transistors . |
| 5 | If the relationship between two variables entirely disappears when a causally prior variable is brought under control , we say that the original relationship was spurious ; by this we do not mean that the bivariate effect did not really exist , but rather that causal conclusions drawn from it would be incorrect . |
| 6 | These errors do not mean that the main qualities of the mind and the soul are not biologically inherited : they show simply that scientists are ordinary people . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | By this I do not mean that the question of criteria is unimportant , or that the distinction remains meaningful even if there are no ontological objects at all to which it might be applied . |
| 9 | The results do not mean that the bottom left quadrants are not cash cows . |
| 10 | The discouraging results of oesophageal transection and gastric devascularisation in this trial do not mean that the operation has no place in the management of variceal bleeding . |
| 11 | These expressions do not mean that the parties have the right to be heard at a formal hearing : what they convey is that the parties can state their case in writing . |
| 12 | I do n't mean that the language is a problem . |
| 13 | er , no I do n't mean that the stockings me tights |