Facts don't necessarily dictate a specific policy response, and there is plenty of ground to argue policy from a partisan perspective.

Economics do not necessarily dictate such a change; in fact, they may be irrelevant.

Mary Shapiro, an S.E.C. commissioner, said that Mr. Levitt's background at the Amex would not necessarily dictate his point of view.

Bruce F. Pennington cautions that "the etiology of a disorder does not necessarily dictate its treatment."

"In this case, because this is a strict liability offense, this disposition doesn't necessarily dictate the result in the civil case," Mr. Bohrer said.

Common sense does not necessarily dictate either constitutional rights or how people behave.

Also, in an effort to court a broader market, Apple opened several "mini" stores in October 2004 in attempt to capture markets where demand does not necessarily dictate a full scale store.

However, just because a person acts in a certain way does not necessarily dictate that the usually related motive for this behavior is responsible or indeed that the person wants to act this way.

But Dr. Montgomery does not agree that the nature of the Web should necessarily dictate policies for children.

The theory of evolution necessarily dictates that organisms select the most useful mutations in the genepool in order to develop according to their natural environment.