Example sentences of "does [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , a non-controlled ( Dodson & Humphreys , 1981 ) and a controlled ( Beard et al , 1982 ) trial have shown such a combined diet does lower blood pressure and , importantly , the quantity of antihypertensive medication required for good blood pressure control . |
| 2 | How then does output increase ? |
| 3 | As it is difficult to imagine a direct advantage conferred by shell banding for survival in wave-swept conditions , banding must be a pleiotropic consequence of a physiological or morphological trait that does affect life under those conditions ( Berry , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | In the first outcome , we discover that being female does affect likelihood of absence , but being female does not increase the chances of being in a low status job . |
| 5 | Owen believes , for example , that lepidopteran populations fluctuate so widely due to entirely natural causes that the use of pesticides had little effect on them — although it does affect ground predators . |
| 6 | We have now erm at least the World Met Organisation has established a world global trunk communication system , and this can transmit information and it does transmit information to right round the world at very , very high speed . |
| 7 | But the teaching does treat adultery and divorce with the seriousness it deserves . |
| 8 | It is in David Mechanic 's Medical Sociology ( Collier Macmillan ) , one book which does treat hypochondria seriously . |
| 9 | Who does want VAT on domestic fuel ? |
| 10 | Paths with whatever surface is chosen can be laid at the start when the beds are being dug or later at a more convenient time , but it does make life easier if they can be finished before planting the beds . |
| 11 | The law does make provision for a person on a child-abuse register to know and to challenge that decision but the information does not have to come through the school record . |
| 12 | However , the 1988 Act does make provision for the ‘ whole curriculum ’ ( in section 1 ) . |
| 13 | I am aware that the the Secretary for the erm er Secretary of State 's approval letter to the area alteration does make reference to erm |
| 14 | Marjorie said , ‘ But surely , once your wife started to make money — she does make money , does n't she ? — surely your mother could n't complain about her being helpless any more ? ’ |
| 15 | However , the idea of having a Science Minister who has other ministerial responsibilities does make sense . |
| 16 | It really does make sense to protect yourself against tetanus . |
| 17 | It 's easy to be deceived into thinking none of it makes any sense but it does make sense : a strange , twisted , whimsical , surreal kind of sense . |
| 18 | But it does make sense to paint floors last thing at night , giving the paint a chance to dry overnight . |
| 19 | One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter . |
| 20 | I said that whereas it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about presentation appearances it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about perceived-as appearances . |
| 21 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 22 | The third reason relates to the fact that whereas it does n't make sense to say ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Sun , it does make sense to talk of other people 's feelings . |
| 23 | But since it does make sense we can employ arguments from analogy to answer factual questions that arise within the language-game . |
| 24 | However , if you need to work particularly closely with specialist or local media it does make sense to get to know the organisations and their needs , and meetings with editors and journalists to see how you can best help each other are a good idea . |
| 25 | The second , which has only one complete sentence out of six units bounded by full stops , very clearly does make sense ( at least it seems fair to predict that for most people it will ) . |
| 26 | It does make sense that the lateral line would be adversely affected by prolonged exposure to unusually high voltage . |
| 27 | She wrote to Jane at the start of her employment : ‘ There are two things I beg you to do : get your time each day in the fresh air and strictly limit the hours you spend on your work , which I have always had to do anyway with such a large family and it does make sense in the end . |
| 28 | Added to that , from an author 's point of view , it really does make sense to by published by the same house for hardback and paperback — partly because of straight-through royalties , but also because the publisher can plan the promotional campaigns properly , and co-ordinate the publications dates . |
| 29 | This extraordinarily convoluted definition , the whole of which is in italics , must have been responsible for deterring thousands of readers from proceeding beyond page 15 of the General Theory , but it does make sense . |
| 30 | Now , as a matter fact I do think that there are contexts in which species selection does make sense . |