Example sentences of "do not mean " in BNC.
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| 31 | Moreover , it is frequently pointed out that the early Christian definitions of faith did not mean by the Greek and Latin words that we commonly translate as ‘ person ’ exactly what we would mean by ‘ person ’ today . |
| 32 | However , acknowledging the right did not mean that the party favoured people using it . |
| 33 | Opposition to the Rada did not mean opposition to Ukrainian nationalism ( although the Rada was happy to make this deduction ) . |
| 34 | And a few years later , when Edwin Hubble found that nearly all other galaxies are flying away from our own , he correctly reasoned that this did not mean we were at the centre of the Universe . |
| 35 | But in any case , her prominence in the preparations for the 5 October march , and her leading part in it , did not mean that she intended that it should lead to a violent outcome , and the mere fact of her CPNI membership can not be taken as evidence for the existence of a violent conspiracy . |
| 36 | Speaking in this sense did not mean a pleasant filial initiative on the telephone . |
| 37 | But revivalism in architecture did not mean lack of imagination or inventiveness — quite the reverse : it meant a prodigal outpouring of both . |
| 38 | They did not mean my predecessor , but his . |
| 39 | The original observation that an extract containing prostaglandins lowered blood pressure was a good reason for further investigation , but did not mean that it would lead to an agent for treating high blood pressure . |
| 40 | This point was made even clearer in a later case involving the Chief Justice , in which he stated that a ‘ breach of the Act or the Code did not mean that any statement made by a defendant after such breach would necessarily by ruled out . |
| 41 | Whereas church bells announced the times of the various religious offices , the communal clock was a secular instrument that struck the hours , and by the end of the fourteenth century some were made that struck the quarters , although this did not mean that they were any more accurate . |
| 42 | Railways for the millions did not mean luxury . |
| 43 | God obviously did not mean her to be eaten by the wolves , for there were plenty about . |
| 44 | I did not mean it at all , I thought it was vaguely amusing . |
| 45 | Although talking of the inevitability and necessity of crime , Durkheim did not mean to suggest the more crime the better . |
| 46 | This did not mean a slavish copying of mediaeval motifs , but rather that the style would provide a basis from which a future architecture would develop , using modern materials and techniques . |
| 47 | This ignored , or misunderstood , the regular complaint of employers about the lack of good workmen , which did not mean they required ‘ skilled ’ workers , who were always available ; what they required were efficient workers . |
| 48 | I did not mean to keep you so — ’ |
| 49 | I 'm sorry , sir , I did not mean to ride |
| 50 | Reductions in levels of central government grant did not mean that councils had lost control of their spending . |
| 51 | If they were not employed , that did not mean that the legacy was at once void ; but if it was to be saved , all depended on construing the necessary verba sollemnia . |
| 52 | When Curzon taxed him with setting in motion ‘ a revolution … which will probably lead by stages of increasing speed to the ultimate disruption of the empire ’ , Montagu replied , aghast : ‘ Surely you did not mean this ! ’ |
| 53 | Now he could only hope that the heavy crop of elderberries , which heralded the end of summer , did not mean that all the leaves had fallen . |
| 54 | His decision did not mean that he had abandoned his commitment to persuasion and conversion ; it was the principle of non-violence and not coercion which informed the spirit of his actions . |
| 55 | I did not mean to imply that Guitarist had somehow ‘ hoodwinked ’ the public regarding Eric Johnson 's comments on brass vs chrome jackplugs ; if you felt that , I apologise for it . |
| 56 | We none of us , except perhaps Herman Schrijver , knew that Ivy was quite well off , and that ‘ a dip into capital ’ did not mean ruin . |
| 57 | The Labour manifesto did not refer to the issue , but that did not mean that a Labour government would not legislate on it . |
| 58 | Unlike many modernist theologians , however , by myths Lewis did not mean stories that contained spiritual truths without any historical basis whatever . |
| 59 | And he certainly did not mean legends and fairy stories ( some of which would be mythical in his sense , some of which would not ) . |
| 60 | Ceauşescu did not mean to let it come again . |