Example sentences of "[noun sg] do not mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | However , aggression in the horse does not mean that he will be aggressive or hostile towards us . |
| 4 | That the situation may not be anyone 's fault does not mean that no sacrifices are required . |
| 5 | The fact that several types of relatives can be called by the same term does not mean that they can not be distinguished . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Proper delegation does not mean abandoning the person . |
| 9 | Yet God 's pardon does not mean we can put memories of the Flood out of our minds . |
| 10 | First , that a system is headed by a president does not mean that the system is presidential ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Being HIV positive or having AIDS does not mean that there have to be any major changes to the home environment . |
| 13 | Levi 's explained intention does not mean that there is no autobiography in the book . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He said asking workmen to undertake general maintenance work did not mean they were going back on their word . |
| 17 | But revivalism in architecture did not mean lack of imagination or inventiveness — quite the reverse : it meant a prodigal outpouring of both . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But he said the machine did not mean a return to the days of the mid-1980s when his company made huge profits from new computer equipment . |
| 21 | Similarly , bad spelling did not mean bad writing . |
| 22 | The fact that these costs can not readily be quantified or fall outside the fundholding sector does not mean that they should be overlooked . |
| 23 | Applying purely literary , cinematic , aesthetic or philosophical criteria to such work does not mean that it can not be located in terms to which value judgements may be attached . |
| 24 | However , this comparative assessment of the respective merits of two bodies of work does not mean that we can regard the hyperpluralist perspective as an adequate explanation of British politics . |
| 25 | ‘ Incompatible ’ with internal law does not mean simply ‘ different ’ from such law , but that there must be some constitutional or statutory prohibition . |
| 26 | Quantity does not mean quality . |
| 27 | The absence of a Committee on a particular subject ( for example , agriculture or poverty ) does not mean that the Government do not attach importance to it ; and the fact that a particular Minister is not on a Committee does not mean that he does not attend when his interests are affected . |
| 28 | ‘ People should realise that passing their test does not mean that they are capable of driving all types of car . |
| 29 | Becoming an actuary does not mean that you will be chained to a desk in the U.K. About 750 members of the Institute of Actuaries are employed overseas by U.K. and other employers . |
| 30 | That I need assistance does not mean that I will be more lenient or less vigilant . ’ |