Example sentences of "they do [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the 1992 results are not public , a highly-placed source at USL tells us that they did make a small profit last year ( on revenues of $91m ) . |
| 2 | Yet they did face a genuine dilemma , which the simple formulas offered by critics could not resolve . |
| 3 | Although these theories could not easily be deployed in the ‘ real ’ world , they did serve a valuable purpose as condensations of patterns of thought about the media . |
| 4 | In addition , while they were not restricted to any one social class , they did develop a clear sense of identity , fostered by a number of distinctive badges , such as their preference for Christian names of an Old Testament origin or of their own elaborate and didactic construction , such as Sin-deny , Be-Thankful , Praise-God , and Sure-Trust . |
| 5 | The restored Stuarts did not have to deal with any difficulty of this sort but they did have a general problem of making sure that the King 's authority was accepted . |
| 6 | Despite being easy trips they did have a valuable effect on crews . |
| 7 | I ca n't help but wonder why on earth they did have a different strip for the World Cup . |
| 8 | But they did have a drastic effect . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not quite sure , ’ the writer said , ‘ why these American officers were in the Catalinas ’ , and he went on to say that if they did play a valuable part in the operation , the Admiralty might care to recognize their services . |
| 10 | Russian industrialists were still largely dependent on foreign raw materials and machinery , but from the late 1860s they did enjoy a steep rise in orders . |
| 11 | In so far as they did see a coming energy source they thought it would be atomic energy , and they wrote the treaty that 's called the Euratom Treaty to cover this , but it did n't cover oil , and that is perhaps why it 's been a much less contentious subject . |
| 12 | ‘ CO&sub2 ; extract hops are expensive but they do give a good hop nose when they 're added in the conditioning tank . |
| 13 | While these figures refer to crimes committed by juveniles , they do give a good indication of the extent of class differences in crime statistics generally , given the high proportion of offenders who are juveniles . |
| 14 | But even allowing for such problems and treating the figures with due caution , they do give a dramatic picture of the relative sizes of different currency segments of the world bond market . |
| 15 | All these controls can be turned off , but they do form a comforting security blanket . |
| 16 | On the other hand , they do favour a horizontal row of dots moving horizontally over a vertical row of dots moving vertically . |
| 17 | So that there will be general consensus whilst they do represent a reasonable view of the people . |
| 18 | And they do represent a little slice of history … |
| 19 | Contrary to ( uninformed ? ) views sometimes expressed it is acknowledged that physical geographers are respected for the contribution that they can make — when they do make a specific contribution . |
| 20 | And even when they do make a specific choice , non-cost factors are generally more important to them than cost factors . |
| 21 | For both Somers and Tutchin , our representatives were the " Trustees and Guardians of the People 's Liberties " ; if " instead of Executing this Trust , they do make a Forcible Attempt upon our Liberties … |
| 22 | While the criticisms outlined above do not obviate the necessity of some nativistic assumptions , they do suggest a different way of addressing the problem . |
| 23 | Of course , whether the Anura constitute a family , an order , or a class is an arbitrary matter : the point is that they do constitute a natural group . |
| 24 | Nevertheless they do provide a rough scheme for organising the multitude of empirical facts concerning the growth of unions . |
| 25 | Although such correlations do not amount to conclusive evidence of a causal relationship between opioid use and social deprivation , they do indicate a stable association between variations in the two phenomena over time . |
| 26 | They could indeed but they do indicate a western relief road . |
| 27 | In fact I 've known people to go right in , so it , it , it 's not a simple job , you know , and they do take a great deal of risk with this , and I do , I mean it 's much more serious than I think than the government find , it should really work hard to try , to try to find something else . |
| 28 | There might be occasions when we feel that we 'd like MPs to take a particular line , in fact there are occasions when I 'd like to see MPs take a particular line , but we can only ask them , we can not in fact insist that they do take a particular line . |
| 29 | While they do not mark a return to a prescribed curriculum ( like that which applied to schools in England and Wales before 1926 ) , they do signify a subtle change of direction . |
| 30 | Fish likewise require as much sunlight as possible if they are to retain their brilliant colours and make satisfactory growth , although they do appreciate a shady corner in which to glide during the heat of a summer 's day . |