Example sentences of "the [noun pl] do [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One area where the accounts do show some growth , though , is in special projects . |
| 2 | Although the courts do have wide powers to re-allocate property and can require an ex-husband to take out life assurance , such arrangements do not necessarily compensate for the loss of an index-linked widow 's pension in old age or a lump sum and widow 's pension payable on a husband 's death in service . |
| 3 | However , the proposals do contain some features of a Type I1 model . |
| 4 | The Rules do contain adequate provisions for appeal by the person upon whom a notice is served . |
| 5 | and so sometimes the , the calls do seem unreasonable but you should n't get cross , and when you go and see them sometimes you realize why they 're anxious because something that might seem quite trivial to you they might know somebody who had similar symptoms and it actually turned out to be meningitis or something so you 're then able to put their minds at rest . |
| 6 | But some of the headmasters have a deliberate multi-denominational policy in terms of ethos and curriculum and the schools do provide multi-denominational settings which , if researched , could throw light on debates about denominational and shared schools . |
| 7 | We certainly set it because if the kids do spend all their time doing these demonstration experiments they 're sure to get bored — life is like that . |
| 8 | There is no doubt that the reactions of the parties do have some effect on the leaders , though probably this is a little more true in the case of the Conservative Party . |
| 9 | The companies do promise existing software will be binary compatible with whatever they eventually come out with . |
| 10 | If such shafts found within the pyramids do have any significance it is most probably as a passageway for the spirit of the deceased to mount up to the stars . |
| 11 | But the stations do demonstrate that architectural influences flowed north and south through the Americas , bending styles derived from Europe to new ends . |
| 12 | But the stats do indicate certain things , such as that Tom Kite was the worst putter on Tour last year ( at least among those with more than a golf game ) , that Mark Calcavecchia was the best all-round player in America , his critics be damned . |
| 13 | As one graduate who is now living and working in the States , where the universities do award impressive diplomas for display , I would enjoy having a diploma from the University of Nottingham hanging on my wall . |
| 14 | The figures do afford some comparability between years , and even a brief examination of them shows the great shift from wool to cloth as England 's main export commodity . |
| 15 | Maxwell told New Scientist that the sluices do need remedial work to make them safe . |
| 16 | On August 13th 1803 it was ordered that ‘ a hole be dug at a proper distance from the house and that the matron be directed to see that the servants do empty all the pails from the house into the said hole until the privies etc. , shall be built out of doors ’ . |
| 17 | The answers do confirm one applicable criterion , namely , whether the relevant regime is able of itself to ‘ exercise effective control of the territory of the state concerned ’ and is ‘ likely to continue to do so ; ’ and the statement as to what is to be the evidence of the attitude of Her Majesty 's Government provides another — to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , that Her Majesty 's Government has with it and whether they are on a normal government to government basis . |
| 18 | However that may be , the entrepreneurs do have powerful friends in Bangkok : the finance minister has an interest in the glass industry ; the interior minister has an interest in soda ash . |
| 19 | If the plaintiffs do jump that second hurdle , another will stand in their way . |
| 20 | The men do battle next weekend . |
| 21 | We do not yet know whether all the infinities do cancel each other out , or exactly how to relate the waves on the string to the particular types of particle that we observe . |
| 22 | What happens when the police do detain such individuals ? |
| 23 | Well the scriptures do say that , that er there are those that 'll be lost |
| 24 | Despite the rather weak research literature on differences in behaviours between people from different countries , most of the findings do support popular stereotypes . |
| 25 | This interpretation makes it quite clear that the disposition in the will has failed , and that it is only thanks to the trust clause that the nurses do obtain this additional income . |