Example sentences of "do [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’ |
| 2 | Er , have , having that criticism gentlemen , for which I apologize , I , I , I think it is a most useful , but I do think a little bit of future , holding on might be helpful . |
| 3 | THAT governments do make a difference is an important presumption of free competitive elections . |
| 4 | One school , led by S. E. Finer , claims that the parties do make a difference and that , because parties have become more partisan , this is regrettable . |
| 5 | We do make a great deal of fuss when children fail to match our expectations particularly when standards of behaviour are concerned . |
| 6 | If I do make a cock-up of it , I can always do something else . ’ |
| 7 | And even when they do make a specific choice , non-cost factors are generally more important to them than cost factors . |
| 8 | ( If you are working in pattern , do make a note of the exact needles you are using , so that you avoid a mistake in the pattern when you return to these stitches . ) |
| 9 | Girls DO make a change |
| 10 | I believe , however , that over the past 20 years an important body of evidence has emerged which strongly suggests that schools do make a significant difference both to pupil attainment and pupil behaviour . |
| 11 | On a very few occasions , however , the police do make a point of denying links or connections which had been too easily assumed . |
| 12 | . Can I just ask the other question perhaps which is relevant when people do make a contribution if they actually identify themselves so that may be useful if actually know who people are representing themselves or representing an organisation . |
| 13 | If we do make a profit , we may lose our charitable status . |
| 14 | What you then do make a note of that all that , as I read it to you what you then do is to put your solution into that container you have to otherwise it comes out the ends ! |
| 15 | Of course , all programmes may creak and require alteration as the term moves on , but do make a programme in diary form or on a bar chart , or both . |
| 16 | To those who do make a commitment of this kind the Commission expresses its admiration and appreciation , particularly in the light of the small salaries paid to most church musicians . |
| 17 | However , although the National Consumer Council concluded that such schemes do make a very real contribution , and also make possible extra journeys and excursions which would not be provided by fully routed bus services , they also pointed out that the schemes could not provide a complete answer to accessibility problems in rural areas . |
| 18 | So , " parties do make a difference in the way Britain is governed … [ but ] the differences in office between one party and another are less likely to arise from contrasting intentions than from the exigencies of government " . |
| 19 | Owen , significantly , makes repeated reference to the work of those who insist that ‘ schools do make a difference ’ . |
| 20 | Contrary to ( uninformed ? ) views sometimes expressed it is acknowledged that physical geographers are respected for the contribution that they can make — when they do make a specific contribution . |
| 21 | They 're well able to take care of themselves and they do make a mess . |
| 22 | Best of luck with your researches — and do make a point of coming for a gin , an omelette or something if over in Edinburgh . |
| 23 | some do make a querulous noise ) . |
| 24 | Yes , I mean you put your finger on an important problem here that we need to discuss and that is that if you concentrate on human beings in general , and this is true on our own society but I , I think it 's true of just about all societies and it 's emphatically true of primal hunting adult societies then men do make a lot of parental investment do n't they ? |
| 25 | ‘ People accuse us of being a chain hotel with a standardised product , but we believe our staff do make a difference , and that our systems should never be unwieldy . ’ |
| 26 | For both Somers and Tutchin , our representatives were the " Trustees and Guardians of the People 's Liberties " ; if " instead of Executing this Trust , they do make a Forcible Attempt upon our Liberties … |
| 27 | The position , Chair , if I can just quickly through you , say in terms of this budget , we do make a provision for absences , because obviously we do get sickness absence . |
| 28 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
| 29 | The domestic situation in which things take place , they are really very different and you can start to draw up categories , of course , of countries , small big maybe , small medium big democratic non-democratic , er military dictatorships civilian government erm and so on , so there are whole series of categories of governments that you can draw up and you can say well these do make a difference in the way erm foreign policy is created . |
| 30 | Remember the one thing about a game show , I do make a lot of them , is you have to be able to play at home . |