Example sentences of "it do [verb] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the public acceptance of psychoanalysis meant anything for secondary selection it did mean that the scientificity of any description of the mind became more suspect — its subjectivity more evident . |
| 2 | This meant a lot of work with the Treasury solicitor 's office ; but it did mean that the commissioner had to write the report and not us , so there was something to be said for the arrangement . |
| 3 | There was , presumably , a sound evolutionary reason for the fact that no one had yet designed a lavatory in which the occupant faced away from the door , some relic of the time when primitive man was most at risk when at stool , but it did mean that the lavatory user was finely tuned to the approach of strangers . |
| 4 | Well , occasionally , it did happen that a shortage of male Jews was evident . |
| 5 | Although similar requisitions were carried out on treasures in museums , it did seem that the state had finally decided to test the power of the Orthodox Church on a socially explosive question . |
| 6 | It did seem that the mother 's intrusion in quarrels led to more conflict over the longer term . |
| 7 | It does mean that the way in which the case has been handled , the way in which it 's been approached , the cooperation between various departments in a particular office , has been done properly , and if the client has the opportunity of winning , he will win and not lose by sloppy work in his solicitor 's office . |
| 8 | This exciting and popular event raises a considerable amount of money for conservation work at Clumber , but it does mean that the park will be closed that day to visitors ( including National Trust members ) , except for those spectators purchasing tickets to watch the rally . |
| 9 | This does not necessarily mean that the customer is always right , but it does mean that the customer forms the starting point for the organization 's corporate strategy . |
| 10 | But it does mean that the job is immensely diverse , with a lot of administration and only a small element of number crunching , which he seeks out as an extra because he likes doing it . |
| 11 | This is all very limiting for the pilot but it does mean that the investigator is able to know exactly what the pilot is , or should be , doing at any stage in the flight . |
| 12 | This is , of course , a much shorter period than that represented in Figure 11.1 , but it does show that the growth of the real money stock has been consistently faster than the growth of real GDP . |
| 13 | However , it does suggest that the patient 's distress beforehand was more likely to have been related to environmental stresses than an endogenous illness . |
| 14 | However , it does suggest that the issue of how and why children come to be labelled as abused is a problem in its own right , and one which may well be prior to questions of cause and control . |
| 15 | This is not to argue that prior activation of one hemisphere can not introduce a bias towards the opposite ear ( Nachson , 1973 ; Morais and Landercy , 1977 ) but it does suggest that the effect of activation may be to engage the processing mechanisms of a particular hemisphere rather than upset a hemispheric balance of attention . |
| 16 | The extent to which individual disciplines make use of libraries in their researches may be expected to vary , but when one sees that some universities spend 50% to 100% per capita more than others , it does suggest that the value placed by university managers on their libraries varies in some highly individualistic ways . |
| 17 | However , it does appear that the notion of language teachers joining a profession with its own history does not figure largely in tutors ' conceptions of their work , that English tutors do not see ‘ language ’ as something requiring separate attention , and that all tutors tend to play down aspects of language policy or language in society . |
| 18 | And it is plausible that they should , because it does appear that the game is a true Prisoner 's Dilemma , albeit a somewhat complicated one . |
| 19 | Thus it does appear that the search space can be such that an admissible algorithm will perform in an excessively breadth-first manner . |
| 20 | On the facts , it does appear that the inspector is being unreasonable . |
| 21 | Sproull , in Gorthie 's opinion , was ‘ the most unacceptable man in the whole earth ’ , and in fact it does appear that the official was chiefly concerned with his own profits , for he had even interfered with the jurisdiction of the Duke of Montrose 's regality court of Lennox . |
| 22 | It might be quixotic , it might be full of contradictions and loopholes ( how will the traffic flow if the ring road is downgraded as Holyoak plans ? why save the Rotunda , when trying to recreate a traditional city centre ? ) , but it does recognise that a city centre works best when it is the sum of a number of interrelated parts . |
| 23 | Although this credential does not confer professional standing , it does signify that the holder has undergone a nationally-approved training programme . |
| 24 | Though one always has to treat figures such as these with caution , it does seem that the line-out project had considerable success both in terms of a reduction in operator dissatisfaction , reflected in lower turnover and a less rapid increase in absenteeism than other parts of the plant , and in terms of very substantial savings for management because of the increased flexibility of production it gave them . |
| 25 | Despite the scientific evidence to prove the point , it does seem that the ratio of ‘ real ’ books to non-books , masquerading behind soft or hard covers , is tipping alarmingly towards the latter . |
| 26 | They claimed that this was an annual event and it does seem that the date coincided with a regular initiation ceremony for new members of their organisation . |
| 27 | Despite Buckley 's reluctance to play up the siege of Derry as a key myth and his preference for general categories of interpretation derived from various historical experiences , it does seem that the siege has particular significance . |
| 28 | It does seem that the inspection provided a dimension in the appraisal process which otherwise would have been lacking . |
| 29 | Thus it does seem that the sequence of more and more refined theories should have some limit as we go to higher and higher energies , so that there should be some ultimate theory of the universe . |
| 30 | As I 've tried to suggest , many books do not face up to the very evident problems confronting psychology , but it does seem that the discipline is alive and kicking . |