Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [vb infin] some " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , the parties did undergo some transformation as they adapted to a changing political climate .
2 There is no doubt that the reactions of the parties do have some effect on the leaders , though probably this is a little more true in the case of the Conservative Party .
3 His objection to these studies was that the passages these investigators used made very little sense unless subjects did have some prior knowledge of their content .
4 The Boards ' lines of defence against this — replacement costs were hypothetical and difficult to estimate , tax complications might follow — read like a weary defence of the status quo , but the Ministry did in the end accept that their creation of special ad hoc depreciation reserves did go some way to meeting the point .
5 Parents do have some important rights , however .
6 None of this implies that even if such biological elements did play some role in explaining these institutions , the institutions would then be necessary or unchangeable — even if the explanation were true , this could still be a case in which becoming conscious of their rationale was a help in changing them .
7 An unsigned act which is being chased by half a dozen record companies does have some leverage in negotiations , but only as much as the levels of supply and demand will allow .
8 Only if neutrinos do have some mass , however small , can they oscillate from one type to another .
9 These broad comparisons do conceal some interesting short-term changes which I will come back to , but at a very general level Japanese manufacturing industry is twice as dependent on the contribution of small firms than other leading members of the OECD .
10 Of course some bank supervision is essential : economies need functioning payments systems , and sturdy-looking banks do mobilise some savings that would otherwise be stuffed under mattresses .
11 Reservoir Dogs does have some pretty extreme scenes . ’
12 The figures do afford some comparability between years , and even a brief examination of them shows the great shift from wool to cloth as England 's main export commodity .
13 But these concepts did provide some women with categories of self-definition around which to mobilize , negotiate and occasionally disrupt and claim as their own .
14 ‘ The investors did commission some initial market research before they invested their money , ’ says former Institute president Mike Lickiss , who is currently ATV 's independent chairman .
15 I have stock with grandparents from pure Dutch-bred sheep bred in Belgium , and Belgian breeders do buy some stock themselves from Holland . ’
16 He admits , though , that moving the baton in three dimensions does take some getting used to .
17 Nevertheless , the apparent need for periodic spring-cleaning in the professions does pose some questions .
18 And yet these mosaics do show some notable similarities to the latter .
19 Nevertheless we accept that a new period in world communications did begin some time in the 1970S — involving technology , markets and policies .
20 The FLN deputies did cede some ground to government recommendations on independent candidates , who henceforward would need to secure 300 instead of 500 signatures in support of their candidacy .
21 The above analysis is based upon a combination of the principles in BRS and Butler , but the two cases do have some differences .
22 Such brief ‘ thumb-nail ’ sketches do give some indication of the essence of sociology , but ultimately it is both necessary and perhaps more fruitful to emphasise that the most important and distinctive feature of sociology is not so much what is studied but how it is studied , i.e. it is important to indicate what is the particular perspective of sociology , its distinct way of looking at the individual and society .
23 However , the proposals do contain some features of a Type I1 model .
24 One area where the accounts do show some growth , though , is in special projects .
25 So , while the newspaper accounts do need some interpretation , it is nonetheless very welcome to have this further indication of the University 's high standing .
26 Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted .
27 Generally , most of the men did feel some guilt and disliked fiddling , but said , ‘ I do n't like it but I have to ’ .
28 Following the surrender on IS May , Tito 's men did kill some wounded at Bleiburg and some individual Croats were shot while trying to escape into the woods .
29 This , however , is not the case , for although Nuer ancestors do receive some attention from their descendants this pales into insignificance in comparison with the cult of the deity kwoth who is the unchallenged central focus of Nuer religiosity .
30 But children do need SOME direction .
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