Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | London Transport does not have to switch frequencies before 1990 , But this massive victory for British diplomacy does have one minor drawback — the transitional period does not apply to the new users . |
| 2 | It may well be the case , however , that to some degree fear of political change does inhibit civil servants , so that in order to ensure continuity they will only promote policies which they judge both major parties will accept . |
| 3 | He stated at p494 : If A has the legal capacity to transfer an opportunity to make a gain and in the exercise of that capacity does transfer that opportunity to B by his own act he does so directly . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , a high level of public spending does raise problems , especially when the general economic situation is bad . |
| 5 | Much of this work does show a definite effect : though there are still many questions about the precise links between early events and subsequent outcomes in various species , belief in the compelling nature of early experience is powerfully reinforced by this body of findings . |
| 6 | We have suggested that , while competition of this sort does exist , there are serious problems with accepting all the assumptions and propositions associated with pluralism . |
| 7 | Tokay d'Alsace , or Pinot Gris , is aptly named gris as the skin colour of this grape does fall somewhere between black and white . |
| 8 | Yes thank you Chairman erm I think important question very similar question I think we 're we 're all wondering whether the changed landscape of West Sussex , the changed use of West Sussex has had any influence on the flooding and as the County Council has pointed out worst amount of rain we 've had for about seventy years or so I think it 's very useful and important er to ask questions an and when this crisis is over we reflect on what we can learn from it , but I must bear in mind that it is first and foremost extraordinary climatic conditions which have caused these problems and that in itself of course might have implications erm the whole of global warming does tend to come to mind when you see what 's happening in Australia as well as what 's happening here erm that 's certainly not anything that agencies great or small can have any control over . |
| 9 | But in another sense they raise a much more serious issue , one likely to arise in many jurisdictions whenever the defendant is not an individual but a corporation or some other form of association ; and it will be recognised that a very great proportion of international litigation does involve corporate defendants . |
| 10 | At this juncture it should be noted that a considerable proportion of international lending does take this latter form . |
| 11 | That the development of procedural fairness does involve the court in a balancing function is undeniable . |
| 12 | One persistent analytical account of causal priority does seize upon an indubitable truth , that causal items stand to their effects as our means to our ends , while no effect is our means to its cause or causal circumstance . |
| 13 | The rate and amount of vaginal lubrication does decrease with age . |
| 14 | For Mr Desai , and many thousands of Indian yogis who rise at 4am and sit cross-legged for two hours , meditating on profound spiritual questions , a glass of melatonin-rich urine does seem to be the ideal thirst-quencher . |
| 15 | Past world-wide experience does seem to show that there is almost invariably more oil in oil discoveries ( see Oil Reserves section ) than is originally supposed . |
| 16 | Here , between c. 160 and 200 , a certain sequence of mosaic arrangement does appear contemporaneous with a particular development in the usage of figures ( i.e. scenic figural work in the east , and the first appearance of any significant figural work in the west ) . |
| 17 | We regard the left critique of pluralism as cogent , but it goes over the top in seeing everything about pluralism as completely wrong since it is the case that an open competitive model of interest-group politics does fit the facts on certain issues . |
| 18 | According to another recent Court of Appeal decision , Aswan Engineering Establishment v. Lupdine ( 1987 ) , the statutory definition of merchantable quality does encapsulate the earlier law . |
| 19 | We find that being cast in the role of external stimulator does serve a useful function . |
| 20 | But the quality of bottled water does vary . |
| 21 | Some repetition of certain material does occur , however , in several chapters , although this means that each chapter may be read almost independently of the others . |
| 22 | Erecting the fence in this way does have the practical benefit of making it difficult to climb into the property — the rails which give useful footholds , being on the inside . |
| 23 | Resource allocation from central to local government does take into account the a real disadvantage through the use of an index of deprivation derived by combining estimates of the proportion of the children under 17 in the local authority who were in households lacking amenities ; in one-parent households ; in households with four or more dependent children ; with a head of household in a semi-skilled , unskilled or agricultural occupation ; in families receiving supplementary benefit ; themselves born outside the United Kingdom , or in a family whose head was born abroad . |
| 24 | In sum , there is no doubt that the information generated by basic research does spill over extensively . |