Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [that] it do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only real problem with QBasic is that it does n't come with any sort of printed documentation — this is where we can help . |
| 2 | But the trouble with climate modification of the sort imposed by the greenhouse effect is that it does not move naturally to a new , warmer status quo which will remain undisturbed for the next thousand years or so . |
| 3 | A characteristic feature of the placebo effect is that it does not last all that long : it is usually only a matter of weeks , and two to six months is about the most that can be expected : If a patient responds to a new treatment and is still well after a year , it is unlikely to be a placebo effect . |
| 4 | The second major defect in the relative clause proposal is that it does not actually explain anything unless it is supplemented by some account of what a relative clause is . |
| 5 | And the failure of IBM management is that it did n't understand — and still does n't understand — the extent of the mischief the genie of open systems it let out of the bottle with the original open IBM Personal Computer , could wreak . |
| 6 | The advantage of the pen system in Eo 's machine is that it does away with the keyboard , so enabling applications to be written for all language forms — non-Roman script like Japanese or Arabic for instance . |
| 7 | The outstanding feature of black parents ' relationship with their children 's sport is that it does not exist . |
| 8 | The view of the County Council is that it does not raise those issues . |
| 9 | The likelihood is that it does n't . |
| 10 | But the trouble with the picture is that it does absolutely nothing with its various prognostications except play the fool with them . |
| 11 | My only criticism is that it does n't come out often enough . |
| 12 | Its main drawback is that it does not discriminate between authorised and unauthorised absences . |
| 13 | To judge from this book , the most surprising thing about the paper is that it did not collapse long ago . |
| 14 | A further weakness of the theory is that it does not explain why so much hooligan activity is based on fan rivalries within the working class ; nor can it deal with Wagg 's ( 1984:198 ) observation that ‘ the most notable attempts by a club 's following to prevent it parting with a popular player or manager have usually been initiated by middle-class people ’ . |
| 15 | Another feature of this definition is that it does not specify at what level within the organisation the leader is . |
| 16 | The winner 's benefit from responding appropriately to such a signal is that it does not risk injury by escalating the conflict into a real fight when it need not have done so . |
| 17 | The first thing to notice about functionalism is that it does not fare any better than behaviourism in providing an account of what it is that V knows and BS does not , for BS could know all about V 's functional or covertly behavioural states ; so there is no lack of knowledge that his deficit could consist in . |
| 18 | One of the advantages of the Scottish arrangement is that it does not create martyrs , and the hon. Gentleman should know all about that . |
| 19 | One of the main characteristics of the register appropriate for academic writing is that it does not resemble the register of conversational speech . |
| 20 | The major advantage of this method is that it does not depend on the calculation of MNI , which at best is an unreliable estimate of the true numbers of individuals in a sample . |
| 21 | The main problem with current yield is that it does not take into account capital gains or losses resulting from the differences between the current price of the bond and its maturity value . |
| 22 | The problem with this approach is that it does n't allow for the possibility that there are additional cellular mechanisms of plasticity in mammals , that have evolved to underpin our greater learning abilities . |
| 23 | An advantage of this approach is that it does not necessarily mean that there should be any general factors which directly impair or enhance memory . |
| 24 | The first thing to be said about mistake is that it does not usually provide a defence , for liability in conversion is strict : |
| 25 | Pentium is the name Intel Corp has chosen for what would otherwise have been the 80586 microprocessor , the company announced last week : reason is that it did not think it would be permitted to claim 586 as a trade mark . |
| 26 | The interesting thing is that it does n't seem to influence our particular habit-forming er , take-up rates , and it does n't influence it because there is this lag period between starting smoking and developing lung cancer or developing heart disease or developing verofa ves vascular disease . |
| 27 | The reality is that it does n't . |
| 28 | A criticism of Fitzmaurice 's analysis is that it does not answer the crucial question of why such an objective regime should have any effect on third parties . |
| 29 | The answer is that it does , and that the justifications for doing so have been set out above — not so much because rape is a serious offence , but rather because ascertainment of the facts is so easy that there should be little substantive unfairness to defendants . |
| 30 | The answer is that it does not . |