Example sentences of "does [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I think our figure gives a rather more measure of flexibility than does that of the County Council .
2 Well he does that on every questionnaire , but he still has got to get someone to double check it .
3 The does that on a Catty Questionnaire
4 Japan does that with a far simpler system , oddly called the single non-transferable vote .
5 Carmody : ‘ Everybody does that as a kid .
6 Yes I suppose it 's true that for somebody like me I 've been involved in quite a lot of different groups over over the years and the quarry men 's support group is it 's difficult to put in words really er exactly how it 's erm you know I think it 's very easy f for groups to become sort of s set really and er well I 've always wanted it to involve everybody and I think it does that in a way it sort of er it 's quite special to all of us in in a funny sort of way it 's er you know we feel quite committed .
7 Working on a conveyor belt or as a human cog in a vast industrial machine does little for a sense of personal fulfilment .
8 Your mag promotes and encourages all this ; reading an analysis of Joe Satriani 's playing , for example , probably does little for the confidence of most readers ( I myself found it quite stretching at first ! ) .
9 And to hide the microphone under a table or behind a curtain , while guaranteeing the naturalness of the content , does little for the acoustic quality — and of course raises an issue that President Nixon memorably pioneered .
10 It does little for the already low standing of politicians in the public esteem for Major to say effectively that they did not have plans to raise taxes then and they only did it because it was necessary .
11 Into which group does each of the people in the drawing fit ?
12 Where does each of the following towns obtain its water supply ? : — Liverpool , Birkenhead , Manchester ?
13 Revisionist research has credited the revolutionary intelligentsia with a somewhat more modest role than does each of the three traditional schools of thought .
14 Then work out the answers to these questions : 1 What does each of the questions mean ? 2 What does each of the answers mean ? 3 How do you think the questions and answers were spoken ? 4 Where do you think the speakers come from ?
15 Then work out the answers to these questions : 1 What does each of the questions mean ? 2 What does each of the answers mean ? 3 How do you think the questions and answers were spoken ? 4 Where do you think the speakers come from ?
16 Does engaging in the selling of materials directly related to the curriculum conflict with the principle of a free education service at the point of delivery ?
17 It does this with a strong suck and , since the bait is usually on a hair-rig , the hook is also drawn well into the mouth .
18 He does this with a modesty and a delight in enquiry which has lost none of its adventure in thirty years .
19 She does this with every class in the school and each class has a fixed day and a fixed time .
20 He does this with the aid of a collection of 160 photographs which graphically show the results that may be obtained .
21 For he sometimes does this on the stairs at his place of work .
22 Marriage is one of the elements which leads to the formation and the maintenance of the inequality between classes and it does this at the expense of women .
23 It does this without the use of adhesive or any other kind of fastener , which makes a welcome change from wrestling with the customary bits of plastic , sticky tabs and Velcro .
24 It does this without the use of adhesive or any other kind of fastener , which makes a welcome change from wrestling with the customary bits of plastic , sticky tabs and Velcro .
25 It does this through a special adaptation that allows it to adjust the concentration of its blood .
26 It does this through a mix of cell relay and fast packet multiplexing , speech and data compression , and facsimile demodulation technology to maximise the bandwidth usage according to the company .
27 Rochlin ‘ feminizes ’ masculinity to just the degree required to rehabilitate it as the dominant term in the masculine/feminine binary , and he does this through the by now familiar move of positing homosexuality as the inadequate yet threatening third term .
28 One museum that does this in a different way is the Cleveland Museum .
29 It does this in an objective manner devoid of cant and emotion , in the belief that the case for the responsible use of animals in research is both valid and strong .
30 Although Father Christmas also delivers presents to children in Australia , he does this in the middle of summer because December is one of the summer months there .
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