Example sentences of "it does [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lying as it does near the putative centre of the town , the building may have had some public function . |
| 2 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |
| 3 | Could I just start with the white paper on community care funding because I think , as he said in the introduction , it is a complex subject , erm , and it does involve a lengthy transition period , and therefore in terms of its understanding , I think it 's important that members are aware both how the money is coming to us , broadly what we 're doing with it , and , and how it is that we 've reached the conclusion that there 's a great under-funding in the , in the present proposals . |
| 4 | But it does give a distorted picture of the level and nature of business in the market . |
| 5 | Simply because it does give a numerical score , rather than the subjective impression given by an interview , credit scoring may give a spurious and therefore dangerous impression of accuracy . |
| 6 | All the best rocking horses have heads which look to the left or right , and this angling is well worth the small extra trouble since it does give the finished horse a little more ‘ life ’ . |
| 7 | Drama school is n't going to teach anybody to act but it does give the vital techniques with which to act and gives you a chance to make mistakes , experiment and find out about yourself . |
| 8 | Our role is to propose a prudent council tax and that is what we 've done and at the end of the day I agree , the figures are juggled one way or another but it does show a net saving of one point three million and however you look at it Mr Mayor I 'm sure the leader of the council , if he adopted these proposals , could then find somewhere a sum for a stress control officer . |
| 9 | It does show the darker side of the band , I suppose . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the story did have a happy ending and it does emphasize an important point . |
| 11 | I love working with handicapped people ; I did similar work in Australia in my spare time and , you have to admit , it does make a pleasant change from accidents and medicals . ’ |
| 12 | So it does make a slight difference to the erm the lump sum . |
| 13 | Although no one would claim that Kansas City is now a model of racial harmony , it does make a sharp contrast to St Louis , Missouri 's other main city . |
| 14 | I am glad that so many more knitters are using double jacquard as it does make a super skirt . |
| 15 | Just a mention about the Good Old Days Quiz Book , a B B C publication which is at your local B B C radio station , costs three pounds for one thousand questions , do n't be without it this Christmas , and it does make a lovely Christmas present as well . |
| 16 | It does make a measurable difference . ’ |
| 17 | I think the people of Wiltshire recognise that we have been able to set a budget that enables all the departments to have more money in real terms to spend on delivery of service for next year , and I think that 's something that we can some credit in , and I think it does reflect a new partnership between councillors , officers and those that are delivering services to the public across the county . |
| 18 | However much , therefore , we might wish to point to Wordsworth 's poem as a pure organic growth , it does owe a great deal to previous epics , both in its form and in its religious content . |
| 19 | Why this should be so will be discussed in a moment but it does enable the other observations to be accounted for by a single theory . |
| 20 | Furthermore , though the Fos-Core region does not bind DNA effectively alone , it does contain a basic region and has been shown to bind DNA non-specifically . |
| 21 | Undoubtedly , it does form an integrated web of ideas and , whether right or not , provides a framework within which folklore and legends can be assessed . |
| 22 | It does not propose any significant environmental measures , but it does suggest a lower duty on diesel . |
| 23 | This is admittedly mere speculation , but it does suggest an interesting line in telepathy experiments . |
| 24 | This is not an unduly difficult task but it does demand a little effort . |
| 25 | Well for a start it 's not a joke , but it does bring a wry smile in the aftermath of Ireland 's crunching victory over England last week . |
| 26 | However , to be serious , while flexitime , certainly in the way it is put forward , is what most of us would describe as a ‘ complete nonsense ’ for area staff , it does embody a legitimate concern . |
| 27 | It differs from traditional criticism by not pretending to retrieve a single , definitive meaning from the literary text , but on the other hand , it does ascribe a special kind of content to literature : form itself . |
| 28 | On the other hand it does offer a usable alternative where ‘ clean ’ actually sounds too clean . |
| 29 | It all sounds rather complicated , but it does serve a useful function in ordering the almost countless number of species in the most economical way . |
| 30 | But , then again , it does do a good thing , and I would n't be against giving them some support , |