Example sentences of "they do [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They may not be the future , but they do craft good songs . ’ |
| 2 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 3 | I have already questioned the absolute relevance of attitude measures , but if they do measure some at least of the effect of advertising , some of the time , the general slowness of movement of these measures implies , at least , that such change occurs gradually as a result of the cumulative build-up of the message of the campaign . |
| 4 | Therefore , very large firms which have secured a degree of market dominance will often prefer independence or , where they do retain formal employers ' association membership , may have ‘ nonconforming ’ status whereby they are not required to follow the terms of a national agreement and disputes procedure ( such as a number of firms in the Chemical Industries Association in Britain , including ICI and Glaxo ) . |
| 5 | They do love sweet stuff such as honey , jam , chocolate , and biscuits , and some people even prepare special badger cakes to proffer to their local clan . |
| 6 | Yeah , but you 've got to , no they do send some on courses , but they have to select the people and it 's done official |
| 7 | The organisers of Telethon say they do consult disabled people about the event and feel such an opinion is a minority one . |
| 8 | However , they do possess certain residual powers and , for example , it has been held that they can bring an action on behalf of the company against a debentureholder for the improper exercise of his powers . |
| 9 | Consultancies are an integral part of the PR industry and they do possess certain advantages of experience , independence and specialist skills that may not be evident internally . |
| 10 | There is still ample talent for England , given sensible selection , to demonstrate that they do possess organised strength in depth and that the national structure , so precarious in other years , has a substantial base . |
| 11 | Although the simplicity of these pavements renders them less informative than many other arrangements they do present one of the clearest pictures in Britain of a uniformity in general design . |
| 12 | There is , in fact , a ferret corner with animals on display at most country fairs and they do attract wide interest . |
| 13 | The new act picks up the Warnock comments that really the majority of children can probably be erm accommodated in ordinary schools , but there will always be a need for special schools , and in fact they do mention some proportions . |
| 14 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 15 | And they do go wrong sometimes — you switch on and nothing happens , or the picture starts breaking up , or you ca n't get any sound . |
| 16 | They do relate this to the capitalist character of industry , and to the market economy , but the restructuring school would argue that the implication of this is that it is important to specify the particular capitalist nature of industry . |
| 17 | Martin 's an architect and and it actually probably would be you know it might be a good thing to actually sort of provoke a question with architects because they do specify these things and they 're the ones who actually say you know right we 'll specify hardwood . |
| 18 | Usually Guppies are hardy fish and adapt to most water conditions , but they do prefer alkaline water . |
| 19 | They are n't heavy eaters so do not need constant feeding , but they do prefer well-drained , humus-rich soil . |
| 20 | This mistake is commonly made , especially in the case of Black Mollies ( remember they do prefer saline conditions ) and commonly also with Blackmoors in which case protozoal parasites or skin flukes are usually the culprits . |
| 21 | They ai n't very far apart they do grow big you know |
| 22 | Nevertheless they do represent different ways in which psychotic vulnerability can manifest itself and reference to them helps to provide some clues as to which of its aspects might mediate any association that exists with creativity . |
| 23 | Despite the fact that neither the Model Code nor the Take-over Code have the force of law , they do represent important statements of commercial morality and at times breach of them may have legal consequences . |
| 24 | Yes , I think there is a fair point there but er I do n't know whether you listeners appreciate that nobody at all , whether disabled or not will have to repay the student loan after they 've graduated if their income is below 85% of the national average wage , which is currently 11,500 pounds , er we are recognising that they do face some additional costs er when they 've graduated and that should be taken into account and that will be one of the things in our concession . |
| 25 | Not that I would have attempted to scale the academic heights of an Oxford or a Cambridge , of course , but they do do some very stimulating courses at the Birmingham Polytechnic . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe I 'll make it a condition that they do marry each other , the two of them . |
| 27 | It is interesting to note that when they do discover some titbit amongst the bottom debris , they very rarely charge off with it as they normally do when picking up our hookbaits . |
| 28 | Well they do feed one another 's you know , it 's called families . |
| 29 | No it , it was n't really that , i it was erm although I 'm sure they do check that . |
| 30 | I do n't quite know why , but anyhow if they do feel old at 75 , then they ought to be shaken up a bit . |