Example sentences of "was [conj] it do " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the problems perceived in Dr Ting 's autocratic management was that it does not endear him to the more easy-going American physicists ; and there were few large American institutions taking part in L* . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is churlish of me , after the kind remarks of the Minister , to venture to comment on what he has just said , but at the risk of being tiresome , may I point out that what I said before was that it does not follow that a decision made by the Home Secretary corresponds with the advice that he receives from the chief inspector . |
| 3 | Erm I think the key point there that that Chris brought out was that it does allow the opportunity for further traffic restraint measures in the town centre . |
| 4 | The problem with the old board was that it did not innovate and did not concern itself with exporting English hops . |
| 5 | The only redeeming feature of a goalless , worthless event at Stamford Bridge was that it did not require a grant . |
| 6 | With the national debate over the proposals to privatize the electricity industry gathering steam we knew how important it was that it did n't fade away . |
| 7 | The main reason that he was carrying it rather than wearing it was that it did not belong to him . |
| 8 | The chief problem with thallium was that it did n't seem to be used for anything much apart from the manufacture of optical lenses of a high refractive index — camera lenses , for example . |
| 9 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 10 | A weakness of the last comprehensive review in Better management , better health was that it did not make explicit the value of development activities . |
| 11 | The main value of ‘ Heshang ’ , I was told by a number of commentators , was that it did ‘ wake people up ’ and shake them out of their apathy . |
| 12 | While this pattern was reproduced only imperfectly in the ECSC and while a timetable of functional spillover might have taken an unconscionable time to achieve , what in the end counted for the ECSC was that it did provide an atmosphere of mutual confidence among the leaders of the member states — despite the disputes , none contemplated leaving the Community — and that this helped to pave the way for the creating of the European Economic Community in 1957 . |
| 13 | Larry Cummins recalled , ‘ All I remember about Wilson 's ear was that it did n't amount to much , but a big deal was made out of it . |
| 14 | The trouble was that it did not necessarily sell well so that in some cases , such as that of the Burgundian lord , Guillaume de Châteauvillain , both he and his family , who acted as guarantors for the payment of 20,000 saluts which he had agreed to pay when captured by the French in 1430 , faced financial ruin . |
| 15 | The strange thing was that it did not occur to her then to follow the Way Out signs , leave the station and go out into the street where a taxi could be found . |
| 16 | But the odd thing was that it did n't fill me with the slightest sense of humility or feelings about the separateness and ‘ otherness ’ of nature , but with sheer , shouting joy at sharing that old world on a new morning with my wild Scots kinfolk . |
| 17 | When Susan Einzig was appointed to the illustration department in 1946 she saw instantly how destructive Minton 's influence could be , for the drawback of his teaching was that it did little to encourage the discovery of a personal style . |
| 18 | Probably the single most raised criticism of PageMaker in its earlier versions was that it did not automatically flow text from column to column or page to page . |
| 19 | Its excuse was that it did not have a computer programme that would fit the bill . |
| 20 | The only problem was that it did n't work out quite as we were expecting it to … |
| 21 | The major difference was that it did not operate in a context of contest . |
| 22 | Erm the point about the regional census study was that it did a reasonably good job of analyzing the present situation , but not a very good job of the projections . |
| 23 | But that was where the trouble was because it did n't toast properly . |
| 24 | However , the question was whether it did so in a way that was unfairly prejudicial to Mr Nicholas . |