Example sentences of "it do [verb] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't all that much help , anyway , as far as tracing the kidnappers was concerned , but it did mean that on that point at least the Nilsen girl was telling the truth . |
| 2 | But it did mean that in order to understand a particular way of thinking — for instance that of the theist — it was necessary to pay careful attention to the way in which theists actually spoke . |
| 3 | Though I enjoyed the book immensely it did seem that to an extent Mayle had used the plot to answer the numerous critics who , riddled by jealousy at the success of his two books ( Toujour Provence was the second ) , have given him a good going over . |
| 4 | That may change and as we move out of the recession hopefully , er the er erm position will improve , but it does mean that for next year we are not in a position to er achieve the level of income that the , the current year 's budget er required us to and which er on a normal knock-on basis as this element of the budget moves on from year to year , we would n't er have very much hope I would er put to you of actually meeting the level of income that would allow us to operate er a standstill budget in , in this area . |
| 5 | Erm so it does mean that as parking becomes more and more congested , it the subject does become more and more topical . |
| 6 | But it does mean that in analysing the effects of what appear to be clear cases of monopoly , we know where to look for the source of the problem . |
| 7 | Although the evidence presented does not refute the claim that in the long run exchange rates compensate for domestic inflation differentials , it does show that over periods of several years real exchange rate anomalies can and do occur . |
| 8 | It does appear that from the late 1950s he took a back seat , leaving the direction of affairs to a collective leadership : Giap as military chief , Pham Van Dong as premier , Truong Chinh as formulator of ideology , Nguyen Duy Trinh as planner and programmer and Le Duan , brought back from the south , taking over as party chief from Ho late in 1957 . |
| 9 | Nothing is known as to what has happened in Switzerland , but it does appear that in the United States , after a long course of litigation , the attempts have failed . |
| 10 | However in paragraph thirteen , it does accept that in very special circumstances , exceptions can be made . |
| 11 | This tells us nothing about the degree of harmony in the village — everyone might be at each other 's throats — but it does indicate that within the village there is a reasonably close-knit social pattern , rather than a disparate group of individuals who happen , coincidentally , to live in the same locality . |
| 12 | In relation to residential preferences it was argued that ‘ it does seem that under conditions of national manufacturing decline , variations in residential attractiveness … have not exerted any obvious influence on manufacturing location trends at the county level , in sharp contrast to trends during the 1960s ’ ( p. 957 ) . |
| 13 | Although Bodine observes , accurately in my opinion , that Americans are more pedantic about these matters than the British , it does seem that below the institutional level ( handbooks , grammar texts , publishers ' guidelines ) there may be a fair amount of resistance among English speakers to feminist reforms . |
| 14 | Their Lordships do not have the details , but it does seem that at least some evidence has been obtained in this way , subject no doubt to objection at the trial . |
| 15 | And I think it does demonstrate that in comparison with other parts of North Yorkshire , Selby is in fact much less constrained . |