Example sentences of "do not mean [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this , I do not mean that the animal uses neurones , whereas the computer uses transistors . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The results do not mean that the bottom left quadrants are not cash cows . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |