Example sentences of "[conj] do [not/n't] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether two expressions do or do not mean the same is a matter of some importance , but , again , it is evidently not something we should expect informants to tell us directly . |
| 2 | ‘ My dear sir , you must not tell me what I do or do not mean . |
| 3 | Like them or not , one could never be sure what Ken did or did not mean . |
| 4 | They invent a few rules that do n't mean anything so that you can ruin your health trying to change them . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to put in a few of those brutal German proverbs that do n't mean anything . |
| 6 | I know what I said about possessions being like leeches , but that do n't mean I 'll surrender them to a pair of punks . |
| 7 | It did n't have documents inside , but that do n't mean nothing . |
| 8 | I know that , she knows that , but that do n't mean it did n't hurt her . |
| 9 | ‘ That do n't mean nothing , ’ said Ed Kelley . |
| 10 | It was an answer that did not mean much to me then and I confess that it means very little to me today : it is not only a rather arid and pompous definition , which seems to drain the idea of God of imaginative life , but it also seems arrogant — even hubristic . |
| 11 | ‘ But when that postcard arrived , that ridiculous postcard , with that ridiculous message that did n't mean a thing , I thought … ’ |
| 12 | But the Transport Minister , who today tried his hand as driving the new train , said that did n't mean the route was under threat of closure . |
| 13 | But he added that did n't mean it might not affect others and that 's what worried him . |
| 14 | But other than does not mean worse than . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid that does n't mean anything to me . ’ |
| 16 | Oh , I hope that does n't mean bad luck ! ’ |
| 17 | Just because you 're assertive that does n't mean you 're gon na get everything that you want because you 're not being assertive just means that other people are aware of what you want . |
| 18 | Just because you 're looking for win win relationships all the time that does n't mean that you 're gon na get walked over all the time because by being assertive and by this is this is really what I want , what is it that you want and looking , listening to the other person 's point of view as well as making sure your point of view goes across as well somewhere , somewhere in all of that through all this down here , there 's a way of finding something for both people . |
| 19 | But he said ‘ that does n't mean we interrupt the negotiations . |
| 20 | Clare you were asked to run a bath that does n't mean to say you go across the landing six times , just run her a bath and Amy will you get in it and then come down Clare . |
| 21 | Since the problems at Strangeways , prison violence has rarely appeared in the headlines , but John Bartell , chairman of the Prison Officers Association says that does n't mean violence in our jails has decreased . |
| 22 | But he said that does not mean the administration has ruled out the use of force in future efforts to oust the general . |
| 23 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 24 | However , as Lennie ( 1980 ) points out , that does not mean that these cells respond more rapidly to visual stimuli than the other classes , since the latency of response to visual input is determined largely by events in the retina At low spatial frequencies they are linear but as the spatial frequency is increased non-linear properties emerge . |
| 25 | Defending , Mr Noel Philo , said Brooks loved his son and did not mean to harm him , but he was an inadequate father who could not cope . |
| 26 | Ochirbat stated that the reforms were intended to " develop socialism into a humane democratic society " and as such were based on what already had been achieved and did not mean that the country " must go over to capitalism " . |
| 27 | Applying those rules to the facts of this case the Court of Appeal decided that the word " Practice " in the partnership agreement clearly meant practice as a general medical practitioner and did not mean anything wider . |
| 28 | He comforted himself that his wife , being foreign , had just repeated the phrase parrot-fashion and did n't mean by it what he would have meant . |
| 29 | One of the other things , of course , we 've got to always bear in mind when we und , try to understand the parables of Jesus is that you can not , and Jesus never meant for us , to find us u our , you know a parallel for every single little detail , the for for the colour of this , or the colour of that , or th the shape of something else , he did n't expect us and did n't mean for us to find out a pa a a parallel , a meaning for every single detail because otherwise you 're gon na be contradicting yourself again and again but what we must see is , what is the main basic truth that Jesus is teaching here ? |
| 30 | ‘ If you wo n't do that , then it shows what we did was a sham and does n't mean anything . |