Example sentences of "[noun] do [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But individual speakers do have control over their own pitch , and may choose to speak with a higher than normal pitch ; this is something which is potentially of linguistic significance . |
| 2 | It will certainly be interesting to see how many youngsters do take advantage of the new concessions . |
| 3 | our trusts and syndicates do take part in the combined state apparatus , and their policy forms a most important part of state power . |
| 4 | It 's a pretty sight alright , even if sparks do set fire to the dry grass on either side of the track , enraging landowners . |
| 5 | Erm , whilst those credit approvals do bring reimbursement to the council over time , the equivalent amount to grant in broad terms . |
| 6 | Some organisations do make use of fixed-term contracts , but by no means all do so . |
| 7 | Many textbooks do show awareness of the need to deal with different discourse types , but few confront the issue of identification . |
| 8 | However , the diversity of the range of information and its potentially extensive scope do require consideration of the methods by which the data may be collected and thereby offers an opportunity for the development of more creative ways of defining and discussing with older people these various areas of their lives . |
| 9 | Recent Rosat observations do show evidence for substructure on some scales — and this is important because it indicates that larger-scale cosmological structures built up hierarchically — but not the smaller-scale clumping required to remove the baryon catastrophe . |
| 10 | I take your point Anne , but I would prefer to help the MP understand that the nature of the way that this department is run is that officers do take responsibility for their specialist areas of work , the senior management has always supported that , and I do n't feel minded to change it because the MP finds it difficult . |
| 11 | You will notice that the comments do pay attention to spelling , but that the main purpose of the response is to show the pupil that he has achieved what he set out to do , that is , to write it like a court report , and to include the main information from the story . |
| 12 | People do give support to their kin but they do so in a way which is patchy , possibly idiosyncratic , and which certainly can not be predicted simply from knowing how they are related to each other . |
| 13 | Their evidence suggests that , whilst people do exchange support with more distant kin , it is usually on a fairly small scale and whether one does this is treated as optional not obligatory . |
| 14 | People do like alcohol at a funeral . ’ |
| 15 | Bank loans are a possibility , often a necessity , but loans do need repayment with interest and charges . |
| 16 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 17 | I wonder how many teachers do give consideration to ‘ what the boys will like ’ when choosing a class text , and expect the girls to be more tolerant of the choice made . |
| 18 | Freight trains are a mile long and their lonely whistles do blow whoo-whoo in the night ; Coney Island hot dogs do come with a million toppings ; hamburgers are gigantic . |
| 19 | Where products do make provision for active retention management ( many do not ) it is likely to be at document level alone . |
| 20 | That these preferences do have significance for an analysis of the syntactic structure of sentences has been argued by Kuno & Kaburaki ( 1977 ) . |
| 21 | Discussions do take place within this Government — we are not so Stalinist as Labour 's national executive committee in these matters . |
| 22 | There are , however , other features of grammar ( ways of relating clauses in complex sentences , for example ) which pupils do have difficulty with and which affect the logic and clarity of written and spoken language . |
| 23 | Although a small number do find work in factories as semi-skilled or unskilled labourers , a significant aspect of the Latin American economy is the large size of the service sector . |
| 24 | These sheets do provide evidence of Moderation and correct procedure . |
| 25 | ‘ Men do put money in some funny places — particularly when they do n't want their wives to know about it . ’ |
| 26 | And yet men do have reason to be concerned if , on these occasions , women find their lonely anger or isolated oppression is understood and shared by other women , so that personal struggles take on political dimensions . |
| 27 | Some other mammals do make use of bedding , it 's true . |
| 28 | Happily achievements do take place alongside such nonsense . |
| 29 | The speciality of rule hath been neglected ; And look , how many Grecian tents do stand Hollow upon this plain , so many hollow factions . |
| 30 | The vast majority of children do attend school for all or part of the primary school cycle . |