Example sentences of "though it do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second kind of solution , the universe is expanding so rapidly that the gravitational attraction can never stop it , though it does slow it down a bit . |
| 2 | This may not prevent a GATT deal , though it does make one less likely . |
| 3 | This does not necessarily disprove the contention that TNCs exploit women workers in particular in the Third World , though it does modify the thesis to the extent that in some developing countries TNCs do provide some good jobs for women that help them to fulfil relatively freely chosen cultural needs . |
| 4 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |
| 5 | Water condition : The water should be very clear , but otherwise C. thwaitesii is not very demanding , though it does prefer soft water with a pH of 6.5–7.0 . |
| 6 | Not that Britten 's Prologue is in " sonata-form " or any other nominal academic form ( though it does bear some passing resemblance to the first movement of Sibelius 's Third Symphony , which is in sonata-form ) . |
| 7 | It does not wholly undermine the principle though it does leave it somewhat tarnished . |
| 8 | None but the dedicated fusion watcher would want to read what is essentially a conference report , even though it does contain a scattering of important insights into the prospects for fusion . |
| 9 | In any event , the Treaty itself envisages extra-Community inter-governmental co-operation in certain areas , whilst providing for Community action which will not involve all the Member States — though it does contain some welcome institutional reforms , a number of which reflect the case law of the European Court . |
| 10 | Stepping towards the opponent 's closed side provides fewer targets , though it does succeed in preventing an immediate , effective counter . |
| 11 | To take a similar proportion of everyone 's income away will not affect individuals ' capacities to express their preferences between goods or services though it does bias their choices between goods and leisure . |
| 12 | Even though it does seem to have taken over the house a bit . ’ |
| 13 | A similar but somewhat more conventionally presented set of controls is also available on the system 's remote control handset ( an extra cost item ) , an unusually well built device which does not come from the Philips parts bin , though it does obey Philips commands . |
| 14 | This is almost certainly not the case and does Canberra a grave disservice , though it does illustrate one of the problems behind the fixture . |
| 15 | ‘ Factota , then — though it does sound like a new kind of vacuum cleaner ! |
| 16 | ‘ Though it does pose another one … |
| 17 | As I shall argue in Chapters 6 and 7 , this does not necessarily mean that the socialist or communist countries are ‘ going capitalist ’ , though it does highlight changing relationships between the global capitalist system and its alternatives . |
| 18 | When studying wild living apes , the contribution to this ongoing debate is a relatively easy one ( though it does require time and patience ) , consisting of making enough observations and asking the right questions . |
| 19 | They point out that the group has a banking facility limit of £190m , and though it does have £10m more of properties to be sold it does not take much to push the Lowndes to this limit . |
| 20 | His argument was based on personal opinion , feelings and intuition though it does have a loose connection to Carl Gustav Jung 's theory of racial memory , which has fallen into disuse in modern times . |
| 21 | But there is an alternative theory of lunar development which overcomes the difficulties outlined above , and which also overcomes several other difficulties , though it does have its own particular set of difficulties to face . |
| 22 | Though it does figure in my plans . |
| 23 | We have that freedom because the law has not taken it away , though it does limit its exercise . |
| 24 | Before the ark disappears from the narrative for the time being ( it does not play a major role again until its triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6 , though it does feature in another battle with the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14 ) , it leaves behind one more reminder that it is not to be trifled with . |
| 25 | Of the top terminal manufacturers , only IBM ( the biggest ) does not yet support the AlphaWindows effort , though it does market JSB 's AlphaWindows MultiView Mascot product and DIA is continuing talks with it on the subject . |
| 26 | The committee 's general ambivalence probably reflected its membership though it did admit that recent investigations suggested that to some extent investment was going abroad because of the unfavourable economic environment at home . |
| 27 | " My kingdom is not of this world " was not regarded as releasing the pope from an active role in government , though it did express the great moral fervour that fuelled the late eleventh- and early twelfth-century reforms — especially in the attack on clerical marriage and in the drive to rid the Church of unchaste priests and to control the proprietary church system ( secular theocracy ) . |
| 28 | Such a project was tried in Wales and though it did identify cases , logistical difficulties in community health care made the rate of detection unacceptably low . |
| 29 | Come to think of it , I was n't that keen on it either , though it did serve a cracking pint of Young 's bitter . |
| 30 | In literature I was going to offer both British and American authors , both prose and poetry , so that was no problem , though it did mean that I should have to read authors I disliked — Conrad , Hemingway , Woolf , Graham Greene , C.P. Snow — but I leavened this stodgy bunch with those I felt more in sympathy with , though they were not officially on the syllabus — Waugh , Firbank and Forster at their head . |