Example sentences of "mean [conj] it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |
| 2 | I mean that it is not really government run er . |
| 3 | For the none technical , these figures mean that it is not a super quick modem , but has features that improve data transfer and have error correcting protocols . |
| 4 | All the artificial constraints of maintaining a regulated monopoly mean that it is not in the best interests of the consumer . |
| 5 | but I mean if it 's not yet that 's fine . |
| 6 | That that 's not much but if it 's if it 's I mean if it 's not padded out with waffle and drivel cos you I mean if it 's a good ti concise answer that 'll probably get a good mark . |
| 7 | Yeah I know what you mean but it 's not it does n't necessarily work out that way cos |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Finally , if an animal is coping with extremely adverse conditions by self-narcotisation , I would say that its welfare is poor but the effect of the narcotic may mean that it is not suffering . |
| 10 | Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient . |
| 11 | Simply because the egalitarian society has yet to become a reality does not mean that it is not possible . |
| 12 | On the other hand major defects in a second-hand car might well mean that it is not of merchantable quality ( see Crowther v. Shannon paragraph 7–19 below ) . |
| 13 | The fact that something happens to be legal as a matter of tradition going far back into history does not mean that it is not a vice in society . |
| 14 | There are , moreover , reasons for expecting an attack upon the Reeve , which in turn would mean that it is not solely his unsuccessful pre-emptive strike that establishes a state of enmity between these two characters . |
| 15 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 16 | No it means that it is n't a wide driveage it means it 's a narrow one . |
| 17 | But I also think that er the Community Charge as it is being brought in is probably being brought in too sharply which means that it is n't actually taking account of some of the marginal cases where people are going to face a very steep increase in Community Charge bill , er and the Community Charge itself is rather a blunt instrument . |
| 18 | This means that it is not only effective for those who suffer from spinal disorders but in the treatment of many other conditions too . |
| 19 | Crocodiles are being preserved in some parts of the world by farming them , because that means that it is not so worthwhile to go out and kill the wild ones . |
| 20 | This means that it is not necessary to know the total number of items in advance , because each item is a separately allocated piece of memory . |
| 21 | This means that it is not necessary to oil them regularly . |
| 22 | Whilst operating systems as distinct as Unix SVR4 and DEC 's OpenVMS embrace the Posix standard , each has thousands of other calls beyond the specific Posix requirement , says Price , which means that it is not sufficient just to port an application to Posix and assume that it will then run on any Posix-compliant system , because it wo n't . |
| 23 | This means that it is not necessary to reject totalization as such — because such a rejection assumes its very possibility , whereas all attempts at totalization such as Sartre 's demonstrate rather its impossibility . |
| 24 | The huge quantity of works which are the responsibility of the Soprintendenza means that it is not possible for all restoration campaigns to be carried out by in-house staff . |
| 25 | This means that it is not necessary to require that the wavefunction is unchanged by the interchange of two identical particles but simply to specify that if it does change it does so in one of these trivial , physically equivalent , ways . |
| 26 | This condition is mostly dealt with in the community , which often means that it is not dealt with at all . |
| 27 | The fact that this lead time can be substantially reduced under special circumstances means that it is not impossible to produce books much more quickly . |
| 28 | This means that it is not enough simply to make SMEs aware of sources of technology or of development programmes which are underway . |
| 29 | In his introduction to part ( 1 of Critique et vérité Barthes argues that the degree of critical self-consciousness in literature means that it is not possible to draw a clear distinction between criticism and literature . |
| 30 | Rescission is an equitable remedy which means that it is not available if that would be unfair . |