Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [not/n't] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , bully things , possibly in , in isolation do n't mean very much , put them over there . |
| 2 | President Fidel Castro Ruz in his address to the conference again ruled out a multiparty political system for Cuba and stressed that the encouragement of inward investment did not mean the end of the country 's brand of state-led communism . |
| 3 | Punk did n't mean shit to a palm tree to them even if it meant so much to us . |
| 4 | Mummy did n't mean those things . |
| 5 | ‘ Two years ago , our lovemaking did n't mean anything to you and now this marriage means damn all . |
| 6 | A baby carriage Do n't mean a marriage — |
| 7 | In use , the 305 feels good , and my enjoyment of it was probably helped by subconscious relief that any accidental misuse did n't mean joining the Foreign Legion until the importers forgot my name ! |
| 8 | Just because our MPs give themselves a three-and-a-half week break does n't mean we can all benefit from copying them . |
| 9 | Effective study does not mean reading twice as fast ( one measure of efficiency ) or writing twice as much in a given time period ( another measure of output over input ) . |
| 10 | However , aggression in the horse does not mean that he will be aggressive or hostile towards us . |
| 11 | Being on the safe side does n't mean throwing financial caution to the wind . |
| 12 | That the situation may not be anyone 's fault does not mean that no sacrifices are required . |
| 13 | The fact that several types of relatives can be called by the same term does not mean that they can not be distinguished . |
| 14 | The fact that we call both our mother 's brother and father 's brother by the same term does not mean that we are unaware of the fact that we are related to them in different ways or that we can not express this difference by using such phrases as ‘ my uncle on my mother 's side ’ . |
| 15 | Just because Carol 's wearing that ring does n't mean I 'm ready to get out my fucking pipe and slippers , either . ’ |
| 16 | The fact that they show little grief does not mean they are unmoved , but they may have been less inclined than are many women to see their relationship with their partner as the fulcrum of their lives . |
| 17 | Proper delegation does not mean abandoning the person . |
| 18 | Yet God 's pardon does not mean we can put memories of the Flood out of our minds . |
| 19 | First , that a system is headed by a president does not mean that the system is presidential ! |
| 20 | In addition , it is worth noting that Markowitz has argued that the inconclusive nature of the empirical research does not mean that the CAPM can not be sensibly used for portfolio analysis and assessment . |
| 21 | Being HIV positive or having AIDS does not mean that there have to be any major changes to the home environment . |
| 22 | Levi 's explained intention does not mean that there is no autobiography in the book . |
| 23 | Certain kinds of events legally definable as ‘ pollution ’ are not followed by any action on the part of the field officer , supporting Becker 's dictum that ‘ an infraction of a rule does not mean that others will respond as though this had happened ’ ( 1963:12 ) . |
| 24 | Just because I 'm critic does n't mean to say I 'm . |
| 25 | The loss of paid work did not mean , therefore , a return to a ‘ normal ’ way of life , but a change to a new , more restricted and less rewarding one . |
| 26 | He said asking workmen to undertake general maintenance work did not mean they were going back on their word . |
| 27 | But revivalism in architecture did not mean lack of imagination or inventiveness — quite the reverse : it meant a prodigal outpouring of both . |
| 28 | The fact that he found it less easy to talk about such things to a young girl did not mean he was less impassioned than she was . |
| 29 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 30 | ‘ Just because I was a very talented and precocious child did n't mean that I was also a happy one , ’ says Danielle . |