Example sentences of "[is] [conj] it does " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is although it does n't sound like her . |
| 2 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's that it does n't suit you . |
| 4 | The difficulty is that it does not , one does not — not in one 's art , not in one 's life . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Another of the characteristics of ‘ The Thing ’ is that it does n't have a rational cause . |
| 7 | The first response is that it does n't matter very much . |
| 8 | But the trouble with the picture is that it does absolutely nothing with its various prognostications except play the fool with them . |
| 9 | What is good about the current production is that it does not seek to tilt the play either way : it allows us to decide where we stand . |
| 10 | The important thing to remember is that it does n't matter in the slightest what this garment looks like , as long as it boasts practicality and water-resistant qualitites . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The only difference between its policies and those of CND proper is that it does not campaign directly for Britain 's withdrawal from Nato . |
| 14 | Labour has the culture of a Utopian party ; the strength of the Conservative Party is that it does not . |
| 15 | The problem with this letter , apart from the fact that the only copy available is unsigned , is that it does not agree with the timescale of events . |
| 16 | The view that will be taken is that it does matter very much , although not quite in the way in which previous writers about environmental doom have envisaged . |
| 17 | An alternative line of defence offered by the National Bank for its failure to curb inflation ( EP , 10 November 1986 ) is that it does not have the power to prevent the money supply from growing faster than its planned rate . |
| 18 | One of the chief attractions of the Reader 's Digest DOUBLE PAYOUT PLAN , however , is that it does more than offer you family financial security in the event of your death . |
| 19 | One distinct advantage of metformin over the sulphonylureas in obese Type 2 patients is that it does tend to suppress appetite and certainly therapy is usually associated with weight loss ( Taylor et al , 1982 ) . |
| 20 | What 's good about this is that it does n't take too much time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A further difficulty with s.92(1) ( d ) is that it does not apply to emissions from premises not used for a trade , business , manufacture or process . |
| 23 | One of the objections frequently made about CAI is that it does not permit student-student interaction . |
| 24 | When it comes to making practical use of this new technology , one of the important aspects of acoustic reflectivity is that it does not always paint the same picture as does light . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The beauty of renewable energy is that it does n't rely on one source only , such as wind or solar , but on a whole range of different sources . |
| 27 | Although one of gold 's most prized qualities is that it does not tarnish easily , it deserves to be treated with respect . |
| 28 | What I like about the system is that it does n't shout its presence to human interlopers : what do you do when your anti-predator device is preyed upon by the local villain ? |
| 29 | Indeed , one of the attractions of Madeira is that it does not outwardly appear to be specifically geared to tourism . |
| 30 | It seems sometimes to be supposed that what is commendable about a communicative approach to language teaching is that it does not , as a structural approach does , have to get learners to puzzle their heads with grammar . |