Example sentences of "does matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , it reasserts a central truth about education which ever and again we are tempted to forget or ignore , but a truth which we neglect at peril of our immortal soul : that it does matter infinitely what we teach and learn . |
| 2 | Working under the not unreasonable assumption that since all its saloons are equally good to drive , size does matter , the last thing it wants to do is create a miracle of packaging at the expense of an ostensibly bigger model . |
| 3 | To be fair , Britain 's budget does matter more than most — even though , unlike the others , it is concerned with gathering revenue rather than spraying it around . |
| 4 | It does matter to an industry whose selling point is purity . |
| 5 | What does matter is that this attitude , this adoration , this genuine sense of awe and gentle , honourable respect for womanhood should be placed on record as an accurate indication of my state of mind and pattern of conduct . |
| 6 | But what does matter is that relegation of drama to the same order of non-seriousness as game , revellings and disportings , permitted an ‘ it 's only a game ’ attitude — both dismissive and tolerant — to creep in . |
| 7 | The view that will be taken is that it does matter very much , although not quite in the way in which previous writers about environmental doom have envisaged . |
| 8 | When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you . |
| 9 | It does not really matter if a ten-inch record turns into a nine-and-a-half inch , but it does matter when the shrinkage is uneven , because the grooves become highly eccentric . |
| 10 | What does matter is that you 're wearing yourself to a shadow to make a bare livelihood — and my hands are tied , ’ he said violently , looking down at them as though he longed to tear off the invisible fetters . |
| 11 | But someone was murdered the same day and that does matter . |
| 12 | What does matter is that the Cabinet has got right not only the level of spending but where the money is to go . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the only thing that does matter . |
| 14 | However , when you come to knit the design , or load it from memory ready to knit , then it does matter , as we shall see later . |
| 15 | Liturgical song does matter and has done so down the centuries since the early days of the Church . |
| 16 | The art of task analysis always is to select what does matter , reject what does not matter and separate into categories or stages something which seems at first sight to have no internal boundaries . |
| 17 | How does matter get to the centre to form whatever is there ? |
| 18 | There is an assumption behind all this that size does matter , which seems to be belied by the fact that IBM 's enormous $60,000m a year bulk has been unable to save the company — but IBM 's problems all arise from the fact that the company 's business is so hopelessly slewed to one sector of the market , with products that fewer and fewer people are going to be happy to own . |
| 19 | If it does matter , as I think it does , then what is to be done ? |
| 20 | What does matter is that something seems seriously wrong with Gaia . |
| 21 | It probably does not matter what title is held by the people who will be dealing with press enquiries , but what does matter is that they should be reasonably au fait with the company and its products . |
| 22 | ‘ It does matter , love . |
| 23 | They are not passive little sidelines but are the actual location of class ( and if anything else other than class does matter , then that also ) action in relation to the state . |
| 24 | ‘ One thing I learnt in England : public opinion , the sum of private opinions , does matter , can matter often for good . ’ |
| 25 | In a book it does matter . |
| 26 | But you ca n't think about that because that is n't the point ; although you know it does matter , you ca n't allow it to matter , you ca n't let something like that stop you . |
| 27 | But it does matter because our relationship becomes dishonest . |
| 28 | And so , at least for Treasury bonds , the definition of returns does matter . |
| 29 | Detail does matter because concepts which are excellent in their general sweep can founder on a small matter of detail . |
| 30 | What does matter is that if we view that variable and all other variables affecting the aggregate demand curve as being determined by processes , the aggregate demand curve itself can be seen as the result of a process and shifts in the aggregate demand curve occur in line with that process . |