Example sentences of "[Wh det] it do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Using that as a working theory , I 'd say there was some sort of time limit involved — I mean , a time during which it is imperative for people not to know that he 's dead , but a time that comes to an end , after which it does n't matter so much . "
2 It 's meaningful and you may not , as I say , come out with any single and simple answer , in fact my own view really is that there 's large area over which it does n't matter very much .
3 I was particularly impressed with the comments that Mike was making about organization makes to charity which it does n't acknowledge , it does n't sort of er seek to publicize erm but I wish
4 Product stability is the stability of the product stored in an inert , impermeable container with which it does not interact and which fully protects it from the ambient atmosphere .
5 By contrast , Chile 's Ladeco , in which Iberia has a 35% stake but which it does not manage , is in the black .
6 It may be said to be on the right lines , but at best it provides materials for an answer to the logical question , materials which it does not combine properly .
7 It can be argued that , according to Bolingbroke 's definition , the United Kingdom has a constitution , as there are laws , institutions and customs which combine to create a system of government to which the community agrees , or at least , from which it does not appear to dissent .
8 A very simple and beautiful example of the use of substitution notes may be found at the beginning of Wagner 's Tristan und Isolde : Here the commonplace cadence A minor-F7-E7 is given a subtle mystery through the use of a few substitution notes as follows : in bar 2 , G is a chromatic substitution for A ( on which it resolves ) , while B is a diatonic substitution for A or C , on which it does not resolve ; in bar 3 , A substitutes chromatically for B , on which it resolves .
9 You were late getting in your order for the film ( though you swear the office forgot to send it on ) so on the appointed day , when it is n't there , you have to cobble something else together — and then show the film , when it arrives four weeks later , in the middle of a block of work to which it does not relate .
10 Then there are still doubts over the future of the custard cream biscuit — whose name suggests to Brussels bureaucrats ingredients which it does not contain .
11 A unit of Goblins fears any unit of Elves which it does not outnumber by at least two to one .
12 A unit of Night Goblins fears any unit of Elves which it does not outnumber by at least two to one .
13 ( e ) an acquisition by a parent company of the shares which it does not own in its subsidiary ( this might occur , for example , following a takeover offer where the compulsory sale procedures under s429 could not be used because there were insufficient acceptances — see para 15.5 below ) ;
14 Further , from the time of an announcement of an auction until 28 days after it has been held , the Bank observes a fallow period during which it does not sell stock of a similar type to that being auctioned so as not to be seen to be depressing the price .
15 The reason for this is essentially that if expectations are rational , the government has an incentive to ‘ cheat ’ on its monetary rule which it does not have under other forms of expectations formation .
16 MAS procedures when associated with an Information memorandum containing projections should be sufficient to enable us to be satisfied that the vendor has not recklessly included information which it does not have reasonable grounds to believe is correct .
17 Second , as the concept is one of developing powers downwards , inevitably it will be the Community which decides the residue decisions with which it does not wish to deal and which should be devolved downwards — the crumbs from the Community table .
18 As a result , a nation could find itself with huge quantities of substances which it does not need — which is precisely the American experience .
19 The TUC 's plans for the part of the economy which it did not want to nationalise were far removed from the anti-trust policy which the coalition was considering .
20 As early as 1913 , when the British Medical Research Committee ( later Council ) was established ( see Chapter 4 ) , cancer was the major topic to which it did not direct attention , because a charitable find , the Imperial Cancer Research Fund , was already making substantial provision .
21 Each national group had its own glorious epoch which it did not share with its neighbours ; in fact , the glories of one medieval kingdom were often achieved at the expense of its neighbours .
22 The definition the CSD used for its survey was : ‘ organisations which have been set up or adopted by Departments and provided with funds to perform some function which the Government wish to have performed but which it did not wish to be the direct responsibility of a Minister or Department ’ .
23 The Labour party 's draft document , which it did not dare to publish , refers to London policing functions .
24 In theory , the Ministry of Education welcomed schools which it did not have to pay for and in which the instructors — student volunteers — confined themselves to teaching adult illiterates how to read and write .
25 It is a contender : a colleague of Ackroyd 's on The Times announced that it was a ‘ sure contender ’ for the Booker Prize of 1987 ( which it did n't receive ) .
26 But seriously I 'm against this budget because of what is , what it does n't contain rather than what it does contain .
27 what it does n't mean it 's right does it ?
28 Erm , I mean I think if we 're wishing to analyse the application , I I think we must consider what it does n't do for the village , and I think there are a number of aspects that have to be considered , erm , first of all as a village , and I 've heard in this very Parish Council that the reputed view made that there is a need for small village accommodation , this development certainly does not provide that , we 've also expressed a view that it would be nice to retain the existing bungalow , because that is small village accommodation , and although it only has a very limited history , again it would be nice to retain it as an integral part of the village .
29 What it does n't do is offer an escape route to a Chancellor who can see public borrowing spiralling out of control yet can not afford to increase taxes substantially to keep the public spending deficit under some sort of control .
30 Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government .
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