Example sentences of "it does to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the ‘ principle of parsimony ’ applies as much to our forward-looking human rights theory as it does to utilitarianism : offenders have a right not to have their freedom gratuitously diminished to a degree greater than is necessary to produce the desired reductivist results . |
| 2 | In its defence , Smurfit would say that it is an international company and it should pay as much intention to its US hinterland as it does to London . |
| 3 | Apparently it does to others too , though they 're finding a couple of monolithic organisations holding up the flow . |
| 4 | So far , it seems to the Palestinians that the US listens less to the ‘ moderates ’ of both sides than it does to Israel 's still very powerful , if increasingly defensive , champions , the Jewish lobby , its knee-jerk supporters in the Congress and the media , who are still ready to parrot the Israeli ‘ extremist ’ line that Arafat is , indeed , still Arafat . |
| 5 | The Unfair Contract Terms Act applies to hire-purchase contracts in exactly the same way as it does to contracts of sale of goods . |
| 6 | The Unfair Contract Terms Act applies , with one small difference , to hire contracts as it does to contracts of sale of goods , hire purchase , barter and exchange , etc . |
| 7 | The eastern capital , in turn , influenced the Venetian culture and the architectural form which developed here owes as much to Oriental bias as it does to Italy , particularly after the passage of two or three centuries . |
| 8 | This London belongs to the city gents with their regimental ties and their polished shoes ; it belongs as little to a Celtic writer as it does to Surkov and Rozanov . |
| 9 | It is a language which has to be learned , and this applies just as much to audiences as it does to movie makers . |
| 10 | It is not an acceptable long-term rate , because of the damage it does to industry and homeowners . |
| 11 | I suppose I was kicking over the traces a bit and parental authority seemed as irksome to me then as it does to teenagers today . |
| 12 | The layout can give as many messages to the pupils as it does to colleagues and senior management . |
| 13 | This idea of flexibility applies as much to exercise as it does to food . |
| 14 | In the light of his experience and expertise at Llandough hospital in my constituency , he has alerted people in Wales to the dangers of smoking , the burdens that smoking places on the NHS and the tremendous damage that it does to health . |
| 15 | Those who have paid special attention to the interactions of parents and very young children say that the confusion between what belongs to self and what belongs to others applies with even more force to feelings than it does to bodies , and for very much longer . |
| 16 | Recognising that the integrity of the learning process applies as much to adults in schools as it does to children . |
| 17 | But you know the rest — this is just a tribute to three lovely unselfish children , and it may bring back some lovely memories , as it does to Pop and myself . |
| 18 | The performance does almost as much to acrobatics , comedy and theatre as it does to ballet but that is not to say the dancers do n't use their technical expertise to the full . |
| 19 | But I 'm still not over what it does to people and what they think of me because of it . |