Example sentences of "do [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | More hours did generally mean more advertising revenue for ITV , and the companies frequently pressed the government for expansion . |
| 2 | This did not mean , unfortunately , that human rights were being respected , but that regimes around the world were using new methods of repression such as ‘ disappearances ’ and extrajudicial executions . |
| 3 | But that did not mean that the ethos of a Roman catholic state would be in any way diminished , only that the form of political religious power would be different . |
| 4 | By repetition , he did not mean that every time a phrase was repeated it had to be the same . |
| 5 | And Pound had later to explain what he meant , and what he did not mean , by his endorsement of Lewis . |
| 6 | Evidence of salmonella in chickens or in the hen house did not mean that the eggs were infected to levels that could cause food poisoning , he said . |
| 7 | That did not mean Labour-style intervention , but he added : ‘ I do visualise and urge the energetic use of existing agencies and resources , private and public sector alike , to give potentially fruitful initiatives a helping hand . ’ |
| 8 | That did not mean much , since Kursk was itself a drowsy centre with almost no factories and only the main railway line from Moscow to enliven it . |
| 9 | Numbers alone did not mean automatic economic and political strength . |
| 10 | This did not mean that the play itself was not exciting as drama , but it meant that for Eliot , intent on his search for a vital relation between ritual and art , this play would not suffice . |
| 11 | Maggie knew , even as she heard it , that Phoebe did not mean anything of the sort ; it was the kind of thing that Rachel dragged you into saying . |
| 12 | This did not mean that ideas and values came from some supernatural source , but it did mean that they came from the history of society , not the history of the individual . |
| 13 | This did not mean that he was above sacrificing aesthetic principle — if there is such a thing , and if he had it — to the purely partisan pleasures of Morte aux païens . |
| 14 | This did not mean that he and his colleagues were opposed to the plan . |
| 15 | This did not mean a lack of thought about the philosophical agenda behind . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | However , Mr Gorbachev made clear this did not mean the entire relationship between the two Germanys had to be frozen for ever . |
| 18 | For Labour , accommodation to the changing mood meant adopting the essentially green idea of assessing the environmental costs of growth and working them into the balance sheets ( which the Tories are also adopting ) , but it did not mean following the Greens in calling for a halt to growth . |
| 19 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
| 20 | The next moment she jumped up , almost angrily , as though she had been trapped into a softness that she did not mean . |
| 21 | Then he did not mean what he said . |
| 22 | This remark had haunted Khrushchev , who had several times explained he did not mean it literally , and finally got that famous goat . |
| 23 | Although formal channels for the rank and file to influence Party policy may have been either weak or entirely absent in the early years of the Party , this did not mean that Paisley was free to lead the party wheresoever he wished . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the formation of the canon of writings did not mean that the living tradition of the teaching Church was downgraded . |
| 25 | But he did not mean that a bishop was utterly free to act and think as he thought fit . |
| 26 | It did not mean the burglary was not talked about over Christmas lunch — it certainly was ; it became part of the event , and is now alluded to as ‘ Do you remember when … etc. etc . ’ |
| 27 | This did not mean he did not know . |
| 28 | ‘ I did not mean that . |
| 29 | But the absence of supreme authority did not mean that everyone always rejected orders , always refused to recognize the moral authority of other Zuwayi . |
| 30 | This did not mean their parents had happily shelled out the £2,000 for the trip — many had been sponsored by local firms and one girl had taken out a bank loan . |