Example sentences of "the [noun] did [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the courts did give this construction to the term law they would be applying a very different thesis from that originally conceived by Gould . |
| 2 | Historically , it is true , the freedom did have some content . |
| 3 | And the vicar did pick this up in his sermon and he did mention the Co-op Womens ' Guild and so we were very proud that we 'd been mentioned you see , you know . |
| 4 | The Budget did offer more hope to unemployed disabled people , who will now be given priority in the vocational education initiative and in the Community Action programme . |
| 5 | The research did illuminate that discriminatory policies and practices carried out within local authority departments etc. , caused an obvious disparity in the way that Black women were dealt with . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the parties did undergo some transformation as they adapted to a changing political climate . |
| 7 | It 's an interesting point Dominic , and although the poor performance of the pound against the dollar did effect many of our advertisers , we agree with you that — time permitting — the advertised prices should be kept up-to-date . |
| 8 | However the judges did order that margin notes made by the so-called nymphomaniac on their genital size , sexual skills and bedroom fantasies would remain secret . |
| 9 | After several hearings between November 1817 and April 1818 the court decided that the appellee did have this right . |
| 10 | stated that in his opinion that if the Institute did recommend such action and an embalmer became infected as a result , the Institute could be open to legal action . |
| 11 | Although the GHS did include some attitudinal questions , its emphasis was not primarily subjective . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | All they can do is to ensure that the decision-maker did have some reasonable grounds for his action . |
| 14 | The m public consultation meetings and the exhibition were advertised in the local press and I believe on the radio as well , so word of mouth I think in , in the event did overcome that but I can understand people 's feeling that they were excluded and it was not deliberate , it was an oversight . |
| 15 | Despite the then Education Secretary Keith Joseph 's almost instant equivocations , the recommendations of the Report did give some legitimacy and impetus to local education authorities ( LEAs ) and schools already tentatively and sometimes vigorously pursuing one or another variety of multicultural or antiracist policy . |
| 16 | A report on the economic outlook for Germany , published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) on July 5 , was optimistic about the prospects for the unified German economy , forecasting growth rates of 4 per cent for 1990 and 3@1/2 per cent for 1991 , with the additional costs of unification estimated at about 1 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) , a level which the report regarded as manageable without significant tax increases , though the report did warn that wage increases in East Germany could eliminate jobs . |
| 17 | Generally , most of the men did feel some guilt and disliked fiddling , but said , ‘ I do n't like it but I have to ’ . |
| 18 | However , those employed full-time off the farm did experience some problems at lambing and hay making . |
| 19 | ‘ As it happens the Zantac did contain some ranitidine [ the active substance ] but other counterfeits have been completely inert , ’ Mr Peter Lumley , association spokesman , said yesterday . |
| 20 | Written questions had been invited , and 40 were received on a wide variety of subjects , which meant there was no time for extras from the floor , although the audience did contribute some penetrating comment . |
| 21 | The company did have some copyright problems with the Cleo story , however . |
| 22 | while four-fifths of the students were studying on IT Advanced Courses that finished in September , 1984 , the survey did include those whose courses finished right through from June to October ; |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the USA did make some efforts to modify the brutal conduct of the Iraqi armed forces during their campaign against the rebels . |
| 24 | However , the Convention did recommend that industrialized states aim to stabilize CO2 emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 ( a target already agreed by the European Community and Japan ) . |
| 25 | But the quartier did become much less the frame of reference for work , trade , and consumption for the popular classes . |
| 26 | But on the whole the ex-slaves did acquire some land ( though not the '40 acres and a mule' of which they dreamed ) and the ex-serfs , though losing some of the land to the lords , especially in the regions of expanding commercial agriculture , remained peasants . |
| 27 | The rest of the time did fuck all . |
| 28 | It can hardly be said that his optimism was fully justified , though ironically enough the supply did become more than adequate in most seasons from the middle of the century onwards , when traffic dropped away . |
| 29 | In spite of their general conservatism the bivalves did produce some short-lived , bizarre forms with no living survivors . |