Example sentences of "does [adj] [prep] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Since it does this without increasing the money supply , it is raising the velocity of the existing stock .
2 The brain does this by recognising the rhythm and pattern of the sounds , including their frequencies .
3 It does this by initiating the transfer of data between units , and by sending appropriate control signals , in accordance with a schedule or program of instructions .
4 It does this by altering the supply of Treasury bills on offer , at times when it is trying to reduce liquidity ; or by altering the amount of bills ( eligible commercial bills and local authority bills as well as Treasury bills ) it is prepared to buy , at times when it is trying to provide more liquidity .
5 A good bag does this by protecting the body with a barrier layer of air .
6 It does this by gripping the silk with its back legs and hanging from it .
7 He does this by making the labour process , and the shift from Fordism to neo-Fordism , more central to his analysis and by bringing in social and political forces at every stage .
8 It does this by noting the angle the course makes with a point on the horizon directly below the sun , known as the azimuth .
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