Example sentences of "it do [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would it do to improve morale inside the party ? |
| 2 | The poor would at least have a common school with the advantaged in society , enjoy a common programme and though this in itself did not mark equality of outcomes it did secure equality of access . |
| 3 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) recently said to the House , rather chillingly , that if Labour were re-elected it would treat the national health service as it did last time . |
| 4 | At one time it did displace crime . |
| 5 | Hence Juice was probably not as big a box-office success as it might have been , although it did make money . |
| 6 | ‘ It did make sense , but if Alan 's in the dark then it does n't . |
| 7 | However , it did draw attention to an important point that seemed to have eluded positivist correctionalism : crime does not have a blanket , objective status that enables us automatically to be against it regardless of what ‘ it ’ is . |
| 8 | It did show Goreng what all Danuese thought , deep down . |
| 9 | In some cases , it did produce dependence and servility . |
| 10 | One did not use the word cocky of such as Paul Lane , but it did cross Coffin 's mind , if in no unfriendly spirit . |
| 11 | So , while growth of the welfare state hardly loosened the compulsion on workers to work , it did undermine dependence on any particular employer and provided an additional source of conflict , in the course of which such greater independence could be exercised . |
| 12 | It was still fulfilling its traditional functions of looking after overseas governments and acting as a purchasing agency for them — and indeed it did administer World Bank and British Government overseas development loans . |
| 13 | While it was unable to gain the backing of L M Ericsson Telefon AB — which manufactures the Mobitex system , one of the two most-widely used wireless data networks — it did win RAM Mobile Data Inc , the New York company that operates Mobitex networks in several countries . |
| 14 | If it did seek revenge , the lady 's spirit certainly took its time . |
| 15 | I supposed that it did endorse part of Ewen Mackay 's story . |
| 16 | Which you might have already had actually , but it did say insert three . |
| 17 | Whilst being in no doubt about future North Korean ( or Soviet plans ) [ sic ] regarding South Korea we think an invasion is unlikely in the immediate view ; however , if it did take place , I think it improbable that the Americans would become involved . |
| 18 | If it did take place , it would have necessitated direct and personal papal action , because the group of followers of Francis of Assisi did not fulfil the requirements of the canon law . |
| 19 | It does mean backing research that is aimed at realising commercial goals . |
| 20 | That 's why the name has been changed , and it does mean support for the miners . |
| 21 | Although this British and international standard does not of itself guarantee quality , it does ensure consistency of performance and a consistent system of delivering that performance . |
| 22 | The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 23 | It does give reference to the main publications which contain the background theory and the formulae . |
| 24 | As it stands it has neither enough action or ‘ feel ’ for an arcade game , nor enough depth or tactics for a true simulation … however it does give CAMPAIGN a unique flavour and will be welcomed by many , in several ways it is like the well received Team Yankee and Pacific Islands with a much stronger strategic element . |
| 25 | It 's easy to be deceived into thinking none of it makes any sense but it does make sense : a strange , twisted , whimsical , surreal kind of sense . |
| 26 | But it does make sense to paint floors last thing at night , giving the paint a chance to dry overnight . |
| 27 | One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter . |
| 28 | I said that whereas it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about presentation appearances it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about perceived-as appearances . |
| 29 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 30 | The third reason relates to the fact that whereas it does n't make sense to say ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Sun , it does make sense to talk of other people 's feelings . |