Example sentences of "the [adj] does [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This provision , it is assumed , was omitted because under ss.15-16 the accused does act " with a view to gain " . |
2 | ‘ Why I 'm proof the impossible does happen ’ |
3 | Obviously the tones are sharper without DBX but the 238S does seem to generate quite a lot of noise on its own . |
4 | Even when the latter does raise religious matters , he seems to deal with them from a different perspective than that of the ascetic theology of Faustus or the spiritual philosophy of another great writer and friend , Claudianus Mamertus . |
5 | ‘ I had periods , ’ though upon reflection , the bleeding does seem mean and scarce , and I can not exactly remember my last period . |
6 | The problem of the Hegelian model , particularly of a historicism which presupposes a governing structure of self-realization in all historical process , is by no means confined to post-war French Marxism , but the dominance of Hegelian Marxism from the thirties to the fifties does explain the particular context for the French poststructuralist assault . |
7 | Being in a state of readiness for the unpredictable does seem to result in it being less easy to use the quiet periods of duty time productively , which includes relaxing and taking care of oneself . |
8 | The first does attempt to obtain a value , the second remains essentially a cost and not a value . |
9 | Nevertheless the foregoing does express the nature of the situation as it really is and people should be very well aware of it before they decide to start a family or indulge in sexual activity likely to produce a child . |
10 | The zoologist David Norman points out that the Cretaceous does show a decrease in sauropods , and a rather dramatic increase in ornithopods . |
11 | Admittedly , a Full Moon in Taurus on the 10th does signify a time of torn or divided loyalties , but perhaps you have more than one string to your bow . |