Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does it influence whether or not you fork out the requisite 65p , it can make or break a band . |
| 2 | ‘ Who does it hurt but me ? ’ |
| 3 | Does it enhance or threaten our security or is it of no consequence to us ? |
| 4 | Who does it affect and how does it affect them ? |
| 5 | Does it rankle and jar or do we feel at home with the sound ? |
| 6 | No one has been brought to justice for any of these killings , nor does it appear that they have been properly investigated . |
| 7 | And , further , how does it appear that the testator 's implied request , if it could be implied , or his promise , if that promise alone would suffice , or both together , were intended to cause the marriage , or did cause it , so that the marriage can be said to have taken place at the testator 's request , or , in other words , in consequence of that request ? |
| 8 | ( Thus in the current debate about the ordination of women , both sides ask what does Jesus ' message suggest is the right thing to do , what difference does it make that Jesus was a male human being , or what kind of a community was the early church ? |
| 9 | Who is God and what difference does it make if God is not there ? |
| 10 | A losing attitude says , ‘ What difference does it make if I do n't do a job well ? ’ |
| 11 | What claims does it make as to the universal applicability of its results ? |
| 12 | How much does it cost after VAT is added ? |
| 13 | Working together makes sense : not only does it ensure that duplication of effort is minimised , it addresses the need for a single , coherent , national system . |
| 14 | While stating in paragraph fourteen that development plans should make no reference to the possibility of allowing other development in exceptional circumstances , nowhere in the P P G does it suggest that the authority should exclude the possibility that very special circumstances could justify an exception to be made . |
| 15 | But , how incomplete is our political system today ; does it satisfy or repress its citizens ? |
| 16 | This does not mean however that mental processes are in some way divorced from the physical world , nor does it mean that they should be excluded from the subject matter of natural science . |
| 17 | What does it mean that a market has crashed ? |
| 18 | Or does it mean that if total incomes rise by 4 per cent and total profits by 5 per cent , all profits are subject to a levy of one-fifth of their increase over the previous period ? |
| 19 | Does it mean that she is cold-hearted ? |
| 20 | Does it mean that Abraham no longer has any trust in God 's promises ? |
| 21 | Or does it mean that you have somehow glimpsed the anguish in me , or even guessed at the cause ? |
| 22 | Does it mean that you still care ? |
| 23 | Does it mean that the survivor will never see them again in whatever sort of afterlife they envisage ? |
| 24 | But to say that it is hard does not make it less desirable , neither does it mean that governments should abandon the attempt . |
| 25 | Or does it mean that the problems of environmental degradation are being magnified and transferred to hitherto uncompromised regions ? |
| 26 | This international co-operation between clearinghouses does not preclude international co-operation on an individual library basis , nor does it mean that the Australian , UK and USA clearinghouses will not provide a service to individual libraries in another country which has or has not a clearinghouse of its own . |
| 27 | This solution induces vertigo if one thinks in terms of a self-contained realm of observation and inference ; does it mean that the most you can say of Einstein 's physics is that it has not yet been refuted , which can be said equally of ‘ Unicorns exist ’ ? |
| 28 | Part-time working does not affect your right to study leave , nor does it mean that you should be given only those jobs which no one else wants . |
| 29 | Does it mean that once the information becomes known by market professionals the requirement is fulfilled ? |
| 30 | Nor does it mean that the new controllers are any less constrained by the pressures of markets and profitability than old-style entrepreneurs . |