Example sentences of "it does [not/n't] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does not need nurses in uniform , she almost shouts : just because she is disabled , it does not mean she is medically ill . |
| 2 | Just because not everyone may spot the toy gun in this ad and attach a certain symbolic significance to it , it does not mean that it is not there nor that it has no effect . |
| 3 | Though it does not mean to , the one thing this exhibition actually proves is that new Parisian painting after Hitler 's war had no benefit ( except commercial good fortune ) from the surroundings of the new bohemia . |
| 4 | Between disquisitions on Chinese opera and Venetian architecture , the story of Marco Polo 's voyage from Venice to Peking is more or less retold , though the narrative is continually being brought to a halt in moments when it half-realises that it does not mean enough . |
| 5 | This means that ideas can not be abstract , but it does not mean that they can not be general . |
| 6 | It does not mean that we have been made righteous as if we are perfect and free from sin , because our daily experience will tell us of the power of sin ; but it does mean that we are declared righteous . |
| 7 | If a horse is sensible it does not mean that it is plain and ordinary — like an old pair of shoes — rather , being sensible is exactly that . |
| 8 | But it does not mean , ’ she said starchily , ‘ that one is totally without influence , or that propriety has been put in abeyance . |
| 9 | Just because the human ear is ‘ deaf ’ to high frequency and low frequency sounds , as every scientist knows , it does not mean they do not exist , nor that we can not be affected by them . |
| 10 | Her craving for advice with a Thatcherite spin on it does not mean that the Prime Minister will automatically diminish Civil Service contributions as flowing from a tainted source . |
| 11 | It does not mean that maggots are the best bait for bream . |
| 12 | It does not mean , however , that he should not exercise his franchise and vote as he wishes at local government elections , but he should not be a party man otherwise his advice might be regarded as being tainted and the council as a whole , in the end , would cease to have confidence in his advice . |
| 13 | It does not mean they do n't love their families , but sometimes the HC stops them showing it . |
| 14 | That is a pity , perhaps , but it does not mean that everyday language is bad ; it is imply the way of things that language is not alive unless it is vernacular , because the adornments and abbreviations are the adornments and abbreviations of human thought . |
| 15 | This criterion means that a great deal of fundamental science such as elementary particle physics or astronomy would not qualify for our support ; but it does not mean that we avoid contact with scientists working in these fields . |
| 16 | Although some of these financial benefits are hard to measure , it does not mean that they are not real . |
| 17 | Man may be distinguished from the animal by his capacity for non-violence , but it does not mean that he has shed all vestiges of the animal in him . |
| 18 | ‘ It does not mean that chartered accountancy is not attracting as many people as before — demand is still as high , but there just are n't the training places available . ’ |
| 19 | What it does not mean , except with the more experienced businesses , is that the account is due in 30 days . |
| 20 | It does not mean going without certain pleasures in life like so many people do , for example , in Lent . |
| 21 | ‘ We walked out to show them that good manners matter and when a function says 8pm it does not mean 9pm . |
| 22 | It does not mean your family or your home are not clean . |
| 23 | ‘ Just because they have had a slow start , it does not mean they are in trouble , ’ said Porterfield . |
| 24 | It does not mean market research like this |
| 25 | It does not mean the end of sex . |
| 26 | But it is not relevant to a thing 's having the position it has ; it does not mean , for example , that to have the position it has , a thing must be aware of how it stands in relation to something else . |
| 27 | Although there is evidence that those who choose to learn sign language after the age of 30 years will not reach the level of understanding of those who begin earlier ; and although there is a declining performance as the age of sign language learning increases , it does not mean that all those over the age of 30 years can not learn BSL , nor that they will be unable to communicate . |
| 28 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |
| 29 | It does not mean — what it all too often has become — an aid to impulse buying , ‘ immediate ’ gardening , and the idea that ‘ if we lift them and pot them up instead of leaving them in the ground , we can sell them in a couple of weeks time as ‘ container grown ’ ’ . |
| 30 | Printing in black tends to be the least expensive as it does not mean that the machinery needs cleaning of black ink . |