Example sentences of "does it [vb infin] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sense does it make to say that somebody knows that there is , for example , a beer in the fridge , wants a beer , is able to open the fridge door but does n't open it ? |
| 2 | What sense does it make to say that the corporation is morally responsible to compensate victims from the corporate treasury , with the consequence that its shareholders must bear the loss ? |
| 3 | What does it mean to say that something exists ? |
| 4 | What does it mean to say that something is white ? |
| 5 | If it had been , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is beautiful ? ’ , it would have been more understandable . |
| 6 | Some philosophers talk of ‘ resemblances ’ , I suppose , because they think of the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’ as involving the question , ‘ What reason has a person , on looking at something white , to call it white ? ’ |
| 7 | Mill 's answer to the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’ arises out of his reflections on the representative theory of perception . |
| 8 | The implications of Mill 's answer to the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’ for this question , are clear . |
| 9 | For a number of reasons I can not accept Mill 's answer to the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’ |
| 10 | What does it mean to say that periods of structural change are marked by changes in the direction and structure of industrial production ? |
| 11 | What does it mean to say that something exists ? |
| 12 | Other than their having the same employer , what does it mean to say that they are each members of the same community ? |