Example sentences of "does [adv] [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Asian children are teased about their food may not seem very important in itself , but it does rather lead to the thought — if people eat food which is thought of as disgusting and unclean what are these people like ? |
| 2 | The buy-out company — premier Brands — has since been doing well and Sir Adrian is confident Cadbury 's shareholders will have nothing to complain about when the new company does eventually go to the market . |
| 3 | I tell you oh dear , I do n't mind and er get a couple of hours , but er , it does eventually get to the middle |
| 4 | The ensuing debate , however , does little credit to the Mendelians , the more bigoted of whom refused even to believe in the existence of the pads despite the eye-witness testimony of a number of biologists who were later to become household names in their own rights — a list of eye-witnesses that includes British biologists as diverse in their biological contributions as J. B , S. Haldane , W. H. Thorpe , L. Harrison Matthews and G. E. Hutchinson . |
| 5 | Many of us know that the three angles of a triangle add up to two right angles , and we know it because we ‘ perceive that equality to two right ones , does necessarily agree to , and is inseparable from the three angles of a triangle ’ . |
| 6 | The child will discover from experience whether the sword glows in the presence of evil , does extra damage to the undead , or perhaps is a cursed sword that makes it easier for monsters to find and wound Samson . ) |
| 7 | When she does finally succumb to Howard 's advances , her identity crumbles into its component parts . |
| 8 | Although the long tendon attaching to digit 3 will develop initially , even though it does not attach to a muscle , it will not persist unless it does attach . |
| 9 | It seems to be established , and rightly so , that the criterion is not geographical — privilege does not attach to letters sent by constituents to a member , even though they are posted to him in the post office in the Lobby of the House of Commons ( Rivlin v Bilainkin [ 1953 ] 1 QB 485 ) . |
| 10 | The obligation to make a mandatory offer attaches to the principal member or members of the group of persons who are acting in concert and who obtain or consolidate control ; it does not attach to the company itself . |
| 11 | After all , the country does not go to war all that often , even if it is with a second-rate corned-beef republic . |
| 12 | If the PB is identified as being that the child does not go to bed until very late , the most suitable way of setting a baseline is to note over a week or two the actual time the child does go to bed . |
| 13 | ‘ It is not the least good pretending any longer that the film is a thing one does not go to , ’ admitted Macpherson , the editor of a journal which in 1928 recommended fourteen Russian and European films but at least in a second category included two films by Cecil B. de Mille . |
| 14 | But to say that the planned town required a single ownership of the site does not go to the root of the matter . |
| 15 | It is not , er this evidence does not go to a matter of law er er and the duty but it matter of practice and my Lord what this case is dealing with is about what if , what is or should be the practice of a solicitors engaged in commercial conveyancing as to the advice that is given to clients and er my Lord the er commercial conveyancing is obviously a matter which particularly concerns . |
| 16 | The Pentagon does not care to be investigated by the FBI . |
| 17 | of ahi sā that ‘ In the last resort it does not avail to those who do not possess a living faith in the God of Love . ’ |
| 18 | The computer offers many possibilities to the geographer who does not aspire to the world model . |
| 19 | In a series of clumsily transalted catch-all statements he declared , Arte Povera ‘ does not aspire to be a unique definition of works of art ’ . |
| 20 | Luxemburg does not contribute to the Air component , but all the others contribute in some way to both . |
| 21 | There has been some sharp criticism in some areas of the sporting press — principally on three counts : That the turnover generated does not contribute to the levy ; that it is a snub to the all-weather experiment ; that it is pure exploitation of the punter . |
| 22 | The article was terminated by a line of words beginning with B. The empty reproduction of information ( a contagion of the Eighties ) does not contribute to rational knowledge and reasoned thought . |
| 23 | Thus Reddy concludes that gathered firewood , upon which three-quarters of the people of Pura depend , does not contribute to deforestation . |
| 24 | CI is having trouble with the Charity Commissioners ( a notoriously humourless bunch ) who take the view that clowning does not contribute to the alleviation of poverty , suffering and want , and is therefore not a charitable activity . |
| 25 | It does not contribute to the definition of a class — for he is adamant that the class positions adopted by particular groups are not indicative of their true class membership . |
| 26 | Gestational age does not contribute to this relation . |
| 27 | Non-users are saying that they need to seek information but the catalogue does not contribute to fulfilling that need . |
| 28 | Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’ |
| 29 | White Stilton is a very young , immature Stilton and does not compare to the traditional blue variety , although I like it in salads and for cooking , where its slightly sharp flavour is penetrating . |
| 30 | Our minds wander to an empty place that does not compare to this natural extravaganza . |