Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although such characteristics probably do play some secondary role , we find this interpretation unconvincing and suspect that it stems from a need to make a connection with what are perceived as the relatively more ‘ attractive ’ features of psychosis , rather than with those emphasised in descriptions of schizophrenia , a concept that has taken on almost entirely negative connotations . |
| 2 | While the exercise about to be described was a theoretical model , not an empirical test , its results indicate that positive NPV opportunities probably do exist in some ‘ cash cows ’ and that an integration of DCF and portfolio-grid analyses may lead to a more careful and sophisticated use of portfolio grids . |
| 3 | Its demands probably do exclude some otherwise suitable candidates . |
| 4 | Most animals today do seem to have bodies that accord well with the functions they have to carry out to survive : flyers are aerodynamically efficient , active swimmers have suitable streamlining , herbivorous mammals have teeth appropriate for grinding plant food , and so on . |
| 5 | She advised him that-parents sometimes do know best , and to ensure the best they sometimes have to insist that children do as they say . |
| 6 | It 's agreeable to know that although star temperaments certainly do exist , there are just as many nice people as awkward ones . |
| 7 | words certainly do go out , you forget , when you go to use a word that has n't been in use sometime and the younger person says to you what does that mean ? |
| 8 | Research is showing that many animals actually do possess a sixth sense but this is a natural " supersense " , rather than anything supernatural . |
| 9 | Convincing evidence that animals actually do operate this way comes from James Serpell of the University of Cambridge ( Animal Behaviour , vol 30 , p 1244 ) , who has been studying the aggressive behaviour of nine species of tropical parrots of the genus Trichoglossus . |
| 10 | But the monetary authorities in most advanced countries normally do make such contingency plans , and therefore the administration lag is unlikely to be excessive . |
| 11 | This illustrates a point discussed later ( p. 181 ) that repeat overdoses often do occur despite apparent improvement in patients ' social circumstances . |
| 12 | Catering careers in to-day 's Royal Navy and Royal Marines really do offer you something different . |
| 13 | Parents really do want to know how they can bring their children up to understand , very simply , what is right and what is wrong . |
| 14 | So Blackburn Rovers now do have an opportunity to put themselves back in with a shout in this tie . |
| 15 | We know , too , that meteorites often do contain complex organic molecules . |
| 16 | It is contentious as to whether such a ‘ women 's art ’ does indeed exist , yet female concerns and experiences evidently do exist , as show so clearly in the ‘ Wicked Women ’ animations . |
| 17 | the marines definitely do pay . |
| 18 | However , aggravations still do occur and are useful guides to remedy reaction as they are with the C scale . |
| 19 | However one check to this theory should be that , although the poems all do fit their settings in the story very tightly , there is a strong sense even so that the same words can mean different things in different places . |
| 20 | What makes the modularity argument more compelling is the fact that brain lesions usually do produce effects , but those effects are highly specific to the area that has been damaged . |
| 21 | So far the trials have shown an average saving of around 10–15% , so meters clearly do have an impact . |
| 22 | It is high time a border poll was taken with all citizens of voting age here asked ( a ) their religion and ( b ) whether they want a united Ireland or not , to find out just how many Catholics really do want the British to leave . |
| 23 | Some Anglicans would certainly go further : the Bishop of Birmingham , the Right Rev Mark Santer , who is the Anglican co-chairman of the theological commission trying to overcome doctrinal differences between the two Churches , says : If Anglicans and other non-Roman Catholics really do believe that the Christian Church is called to be at peace with itself , how — given the fact that Christians are sinful — do you actually keep the show together ? |
| 24 | Social workers really do need to take a stand alongside the old person involved listening and respecting the expressed wishes as far as possible . |
| 25 | Fleece jackets and pullovers really do offer significant advantages , but there are scores on the market at the moment , which makes choosing the right one a little difficult . |
| 26 | But banks unfortunately do charge , negotiating fee and then interest at exciting rates , erm solicitors will do it sometimes , we 've done it for clients where we know that it 's not too large an amount and we know that there are assets easily obtained because that way the client saves the banks administration fee . |
| 27 | Now these adjectives clearly do retain a restrictive quality even in predicative position . |
| 28 | Erm and I would I would want to try and do some er organize some press coverage at that time for the losers as well as for the winner so that a a and one of the things when we select the participants , er the entrants , er we will not have them all coming from the same school or from the same area , even if the five best entrants all do come from the same school . |
| 29 | But if things finally do get to them , the women succumb first . |
| 30 | You actually have three children under the age of seven , and if your husband died while they were still young , still in education , heaven forbid , but these things still do happen , it might be that you think that you would need more cover at that point in time , than later on , maybe when the children have left home . |