Example sentences of "it did [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test . |
| 2 | The crux of the criticism directed at the Labour Party , in particular , is that while it provided food and medical help it did little to try to persuade the British government to end its policy of non-intervention towards Spain . |
| 3 | She got a handkerchief from somewhere , and wiped herself , but it did little good . |
| 4 | He had been carrying his umbrella but it did little to protect him . |
| 5 | The singing , the pomp and the pageantry may have galvanised Welsh emotions , but it did little for their skills or tactical awareness . |
| 6 | The arguments among wartime commanders focused both on the ineffectiveness of indiscriminate bombing ( there was strong evidence , confirmed in post-war surveys , that it did little to disrupt war production and had a reverse effect on popular morale ) , as well as legal and moral unacceptability . |
| 7 | For example , it did little to improve parents ' view of teachers when schools in one local authority were told to implement a policy aiming to lead young children to an understanding of such things as lesbianism and homosexuality . |
| 8 | Moreover , it did little to alter the relative financial attractiveness of occupations . |
| 9 | It did little more than endorse reforms already introduced : the second ecumenical Council of the Lateran ( 1139 ) did likewise . |
| 10 | Edward 's diplomatic achievement in Flanders was substantial , but it did little immediately to improve his position . |
| 11 | The buxom , ginger-haired woman also had a shady past , and it did little to help the poor woman 's image when it was resurrected by two regular carmen . |
| 12 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 13 | When Susan Einzig was appointed to the illustration department in 1946 she saw instantly how destructive Minton 's influence could be , for the drawback of his teaching was that it did little to encourage the discovery of a personal style . |
| 14 | The Leverhulme study also devoted one volume specifically to the arts in higher education ( Robinson 1982 ) , but although this contained much interesting material , particularly on social and anthropological views of the arts , it did little to establish their epistemological base . |
| 15 | Since the DFR was not a document of title , but merely a receipt and notice of shipment it did little to assure the consignee or bona fide purchaser of the goods that the shipper would not resell or reroute the goods in transit . |
| 16 | The heating was on inside the car but it did little to drive out the chill that seemed to have settled in her bones . |
| 17 | He could even appreciate how tricky a situation this must have been for the DIA , although it did little to ease his sense of injury . |
| 18 | It did little or nothing to remove de facto segregation in certain institutions , and apparently made no impact on imbalances in the distribution of wealth in South Africa . |
| 19 | Fran jerked her arm away but it did little to loosen the crushing grip of his powerful fingers . |
| 20 | She had left the ceiling fan on all night , but as ever it did little more than sluggishly push the warm air around . |
| 21 | It did much to establish Britain 's reputation as the ‘ Dirty Man of Europe ’ . |
| 22 | In fact , it did much to disguise Sadat 's unpopularity at home and his break away from the other countries of the Middle East . |
| 23 | It is not even certain that the Diet ( parliament ) will reform the electoral system this summer , or that if it did much would change as a result . |
| 24 | A considerable number of the newly enfranchised capital class now ally their interests with the top echelons of society , rather than help sustain the old political coalition of interests , encompassing as it did much of the working class , and significant parts of the lower-middle and middle class . |
| 25 | In the devising and implementing of PNP the Authority 's advisory service was pivotal ; it did much to raise the profile of primary education in Leeds , and to secure development on a number of significant fronts . |
| 26 | It did much to bring about the Anglo-Dutch conflict of 1780 . |
| 27 | Though completely ineffective in obtaining the results at which Louis feebly aimed , in particular the strengthening of Poland , it did much , until his death , to confuse and weaken French policy , particularly in Eastern Europe . |
| 28 | It did neither of them any good , especially after Gifford had his stroke , but there was nothing anyone could do about it . ’ |
| 29 | The Tribunal had held that the offer , involving as it did such dramatic alterations to employees ' contracts , was not reasonable . |
| 30 | The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life . |