Example sentences of "[prep] [num] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the treaty of 1259 did introduce a momentous change into the relations between the two powers . |
| 2 | Despite this difference , the plot of 587 does help illuminate the crisis of two years before . |
| 3 | A generation after the first onset of the disease , the poll-tax levy of 1377 did provide such figures , but it is clearly impossible to use this to estimate the level of population before 1348 or indeed the scale of mortality in the first , or any of the intervening later , epidemics . |
| 4 | While the reforms of 1988/89 do go some way towards creating a more effective regional policy in that the dispersion of funds has shifted towards the poorer regions , given the gulf between the rhetoric of the commitment to balanced development and the extent of subsequent policy action , it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the issue of space and the impact of EC policies over space are but a minimal consideration in the design of a greater vision . |
| 5 | So it would actually be very straightforward to do this , although not a couple of problems in this model that we ought to just say something about alright , the specification of four does present a couple of problems right . |
| 6 | Unlike Scotland , where incest was punishable by death up to 1887 , or several American states , England had no civil law on incest in the nineteenth century , although the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 did include incestuous adultery as grounds for divorce . |
| 7 | The decree of 1616 did attempt to discriminate between books that aimed to reconcile the earth 's motion with Scripture and those that remained within the confines of astronomical hypothesis . |
| 8 | THREE INTO ONE DOES GO |
| 9 | But the two communications from " Ella , typelifter " in 1886 do sound authentic and throw a little light on what women may have thought about the central issues here : their being employed as cheap labour and the question of skill . |
| 10 | A further Committee in 1846 did get some results . |
| 11 | Joint studies in 1953 did produce agreement that the Zagros mountains ( in Iran ) provided the best line of defence given appropriate support on the flanks from Iraq to Pakistan . |
| 12 | Turning to company data , the fact that five leading US investment banks had post tax returns on average equity of 26% in 1982 does suggest high profitability ( Table 5.11 ) . |
| 13 | Ami Pro 3.0 does have a word count facility — it is in the Doc Info box accessed via the file menu and so my only complaint is that it entails a four stage process — select File , Select Doc Info , select Update and select OK or cancel to return to your document . |