Example sentences of "[verb] do not mean " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In birds , therefore , the fact that a female has already mated does not mean that the paternity of her offspring is assured . |
| 2 | What I propose does not mean that our Party is going to cease to exist . |
| 3 | The fact that the threshold test is met does not mean that the family proceedings court have to make a care order . |
| 4 | That there are the difficulties we have uncovered does not mean that the hypotheses linking Protestantism to the expansion of science are necessarily false . |
| 5 | The fact that a monument is scheduled does not mean that it will automatically be preserved under all circumstances . |
| 6 | The fact that Suragai clearly believed what he was saying did not mean that it was true . |
| 7 | The fact that a transmitter substance has been found does not mean that a new drug has been discovered . |
| 8 | The mere fact that a vessel has sunk does not mean that there is a recoverable claim . |
| 9 | ‘ Not proven does not mean the same as not guilty or totally exonerated , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Dismissing the appeal , the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Taylor , said the sentence for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility — which he said did not mean total loss of responsibility — was entirely proper and could not be faulted . |
| 11 | While the fact that a phenomenon was perceived allows one to infer and assert that it actually occurred , the converse is not true : the fact that it was not perceived does not mean that it did not take place . |