Example sentences of "it did [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
| 2 | It did show excellent character to bounce back from the start … one plus point from the first half . |
| 3 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 4 | Although the Chicago conference failed to resolve the basic difference in viewpoint between Britain and the USA , it did produce significant achievements . |
| 5 | In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) . |
| 6 | But it did cultivate good will . " |
| 7 | Ascot 's Cesarewitch trial did n't provide many clues for Newmarket , but it did cause top jockeys Pat Eddery and Michael Roberts some anxious moments . |
| 8 | However , studies also showed that if bombing was accompanied by evacuation and the destruction of family ties it did induce emotional problems ; this dual verdict was stressed by the Board of Education after the war , having reviewed the evidence from child guidance clinics . |
| 9 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 10 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it did have important consequences within the scholarly study of antiquity itself . |
| 12 | It did have sentimental value ; her mother had given it to her for her twenty-first birthday . |
| 13 | The statement emphasised that the Black Sea Fleet , comprising some 45 warships and 300 smaller vessels , was not considered to be part of the strategic forces , although it did have nuclear capability . |
| 14 | But it did need permanent supervision of weapons , gunpowder , and equipment ; and this was provided by the emergence under Henry VIII of a centralized Ordnance Office . |