Example sentences of "does it [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it cover the sort of topics which interest you ? |
| 2 | Does it measure the distance it has swum from the start-point , for instance , or does it orient by use of the environmental cues given by the objects visible on the walls surrounding the tank ? |
| 3 | conclude that the data from the studies of internal validity show that the test does not adequately integrate the eleven subtests , nor does it explain the relationship between the subtests or between subtest performance and other relevant behaviour . |
| 4 | It punishes er how does it punish the ego ? |
| 5 | Not only does it avoid the need for each service to ‘ re-invent the wheel ’ by working in isolation , it also forges closer links — invaluable at a time when the world is becoming smaller and ‘ international standards ’ loom . |
| 6 | The main question to ask about any material is : does it do the job it was intended to do with the audience it was made for ? |
| 7 | Granted that the expansion of lending may be profitable , how does it affect the money supply ? |
| 8 | The time of high and low water is one of the most important things you should know , since not only does it affect the direction of any dangerous currents but also how flat the water will be . |
| 9 | This does not prevent members from seeking an injunction to restrain the act from being done , nor does it affect the liability of the directors for such an act ( s. 35(1) — ( 3 ) CA ) . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it does nothing to improve the safety of flying and neither does it affect the manner in which aircraft accident investigations are carried out . |
| 11 | The Pazyryk ( or Altai ) carpet , as it is known , is of crucial importance ; not only does it confirm the existence of highly sophisticated hand-knotted rugs during the first millennium BC , it also strengthens the belief that rug-making was widespread through the Middle East and Central Asia , because the design is an almost exact replica of one found on a paving slab in the Assyrian royal palace at Nineveh , nearly three thousand miles away . |
| 12 | Secondly , and quite separately , does it improve the patient 's quality of life ? |
| 13 | In simple terms , what does it cost the union to keep the college open ? |
| 14 | Neither does it mention the research and testing that can follow or the amount of time devoted to theoretical and documentary investigation . |
| 15 | Intense searches have revealed no optical or other signal from the partner , nor does it eclipse the quasar . |
| 16 | This technique is significant for two reasons — not only does it aid the process of word sense disambiguation , it also provides a method whereby the topic of the text can be identified . |
| 17 | How does it change the meaning or effect on the text , as far as you as a reader can tell ? |
| 18 | Not only does it offer the opportunity for forging strong links and friendships between schools in Northern Ireland but it also allows them to learn about a very different social and cultural environment in Japan , ’ said Mr Hanley . |
| 19 | Does ‘ the constitution ’ mean the make-up of the committee or does it mean the constitutionality of the committee ? |
| 20 | He analyses most effectively Wellington 's perception of the interaction in a given situation between politics , diplomacy and military expediency ; but seldom as a piece of military history does it lift the spirit and stir the heart . |
| 21 | Does it reflect the image of the caring school that we are trying to project ? |
| 22 | This jockeying for the truth may be fine for doctors engaged in expensive research , but where exactly does it leave the rest of us , constantly struggling to keep up with the latest medical thinking and changing our diets accordingly . |
| 23 | Does the phrase ‘ I Do Hereby exoner , acquit and simpliciter Discharge ’ mean any more than ‘ I Do Hereby Discharge ’ or even ‘ I Discharge ’ , or does it leave the layman wondering if the words contain some qualification to or extension of an absolute discharge , slipped in by a crafty lawyer to defeat the ends of justice ? |
| 24 | This in no way underestimates the contribution of families to the welfare of their members : nor does it diminish the importance of care in the community . |
| 25 | Not only does it discredit the emphasis on ‘ partnership ’ between Central Government and the faith communities which has been highlighted by the recent establishment of the Inner Cities Religious Council ( and re-emphasised at the meetings which you attended in Bradford on May 21st and Kirklees on October 27th ) but it also means that church and other faith communities will be less likely to play their full part in the implementation of other aspects of Government policy such as the forthcoming Community Care changes which will require the use of local premises , volunteers etc . |
| 26 | In those countries where it prevails , Marxist absolutism has led to the suppression of individuality to the point where dissent and criticism are crimes against the State and punishable by imprisonment or by internal exile , or madness to be treated in mental hospitals ; where art and science must conform to the State 's perception of their supportive purposes ; where the measure of morality is no longer ‘ what if this day thy soul is required of thee ? ’ but ‘ does it serve the system ? ’ |
| 27 | Neither does it excuse the fact that SSDs have been woefully slow in producing practice guidance for staff . |
| 28 | Tests of the drug ivermectin in Liberia have shown that not only does it stop the progress of the disease in infected individuals , it also reduces its rate of transmission . |
| 29 | Tolerance does not blind a man to the imperfections or faults of a religion , nor does it blur the distinction between religion and irreligion , but it does deliver a man from fanaticism with regard to his own faith . |
| 30 | Is it music for his imagined funeral , or does it remind the singer that although unhappy , he is in love ? |