Example sentences of "it does [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dogs follow the trail , so there is no problem , but it does mean that I miss seeing the sudden three metre drop that we go down to reach a frozen river . |
| 2 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |
| 3 | It does not mean that we have been made righteous as if we are perfect and free from sin , because our daily experience will tell us of the power of sin ; but it does mean that we are declared righteous . |
| 4 | It does mean that there will be more newsletters , posters , notice boards and more use of the school in out of school hours . |
| 5 | This exciting and popular event raises a considerable amount of money for conservation work at Clumber , but it does mean that the park will be closed that day to visitors ( including National Trust members ) , except for those spectators purchasing tickets to watch the rally . |
| 6 | But it does mean that , at present , cloning of mammals is not possible by nuclear transplantation . |
| 7 | This does not mean that the interviewer becomes a cold clinical robot , but it does mean that he or she uses a particular instrument in the way that it is designed to be used — for objective study . |
| 8 | But it does mean that there is little chance for physical closeness or the impulse cuddling that can say so much in its own right , as well as leading naturally and delightfully to full sexual enjoyment . |
| 9 | This sounds simple enough , yet it does mean that the data subject ( to whom the information relates ) and the data user ( who puts it into a computer ) should each see the handling of the data in the same way , and this has not always been the case when data have been disclosed to third parties , or have been collected for one ostensible purpose and used for another . |
| 10 | Never mind if it does mean that lunch is ten minutes late . |
| 11 | However , it does mean that reformers will have to have consistent answers to the arguments about instability , weak government and power to small or extremist parties . |
| 12 | ‘ But it does mean that some people have to wait as much as three hours . |
| 13 | But it does mean that the job is immensely diverse , with a lot of administration and only a small element of number crunching , which he seeks out as an extra because he likes doing it . |
| 14 | Living in modernity does not mean living in an age that is intrinsically evil because it is modern , but it does mean that we have to understand that we are living in a fallen culture : a culture whose people and institutions and social habits need to be redeemed . |
| 15 | But it does mean that ‘ principles of good design ’ are hard to expound , ambiguous when they can be discerned , and hedged around with many caveats as to their applicability . |
| 16 | Apart from the obvious enjoyment of this extended honeymoon stage , it does mean that the actual hard work of the relationship can be delayed , for nothing the young lovers do could ever spoil the bliss — at least for a short while ! |
| 17 | It does mean that law is not a fixed , precise and immutable set of rules ; and that not only its content but also its form are subject to interpretation , adaptation and change as part of and in response to social change . |
| 18 | However it does mean that the additional information can be removed from the look-up tree , which in turn means that a compression method can now be applied to the tree , such as utilising a directed acyclic word graph ( section 3.2.5 and section 3.3.3 ) . |
| 19 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |
| 20 | However , it does mean that if you develop a life-threatening condition , you will have the reassurance of knowing that your wishes are recorded in written form if you become unable to express them . |
| 21 | However , it does mean that if you want to knit a row of motifs changing the motif colour , then to knit them with the colour changer you need to re-punch the card in reverse . |
| 22 | However , it does mean that you can take out big monsters with a direct hit from a Doom Diver , which makes them very useful indeed . |
| 23 | It does n't mean that the science is poor , but it does mean that we need to be sceptical of the assumptions that we receive . |
| 24 | None of this actually precludes the visual or somatosensory areas in the two species being homologous , but it does mean that we need evidence other than appearance to support the case . |
| 25 | This is all very limiting for the pilot but it does mean that the investigator is able to know exactly what the pilot is , or should be , doing at any stage in the flight . |
| 26 | Yet it does mean that Japanese borrowers now face high real long-term borrowing costs . |
| 27 | Yes , it is inhabited again , only this time by an army detachment which monitors the efforts of a missile range in the Hebrides , but it does mean that electric light and other amenities are made available — including a pub called the Puff Inn ! |
| 28 | This provides something closer to historical Marxism , although it does mean that he quickly becomes involved in assumptions about rationality and intentionality , and has to propose a ‘ principle of Humanity ’ , that is a common human nature , to hold them all together . |
| 29 | An awareness of this structure does not mean that strategic intervention is either useless or impossible ; but it does mean that analysis of how resistance actually operates , in what conditions it succeeds or fails , needs an altogether more complex model . |
| 30 | But it does mean that there is no definitive or agreed canon of scientific explanation on which theories of international relations can rely . |