Example sentences of "[noun pl] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I would be interested just to know how many performances do n't actually break even . |
| 2 | While we 're on the U S , could you say on the oil services er , how much of the er , good performances do you pumps turning round and again what are the prospects of that division for the current year ? |
| 3 | Good words do not last long until they amount to something … |
| 4 | There are countless books and pamphlets on chairmanship but the words do not amount to much until you actually take charge . |
| 5 | The first and perhaps most important point is that these words do not attribute property directly either to the trustee ( B ) or to the beneficiary ( C ) . |
| 6 | The fateful words do not establish a trust in favour of him , but instead a trust at his expense in favour of another person . |
| 7 | The words do lego are the correct form for a legacy per vindicationem ; and dari volo is of course an acceptable wording for establishing a trust . |
| 8 | Nor are there many documentary examples : the words do lego darique volo are found in an inscription from Spain which dates from the end of the second century . |
| 9 | Ulpian 's words do not at all suggest that a remedy available for legacies was extended to cover trusts as well , but the reverse . |
| 10 | Then you let the words take over where words do it best ’ ( quoted in Lanes , 1981 , p.110 ) . |
| 11 | Sometimes , with the best of intentions , the words do not come out quite right . |
| 12 | If what is said is contradicted by what is seen — that is when the words do not ‘ match ’ the facial expression — then , to the astute observer , it is the words which will be disregarded , and what is seen will a believed . |
| 13 | When we have a hunch that somebody is telling lies , for instance , ‘ what we really mean is that their body language and their spoken words do not agree . ’ |
| 14 | There are after all occasions when words do very well on their own . |
| 15 | But there 's only one piece of advice that matters really : think of the general public , in other words do n't produce something that leaves 99 per cent of the public behind . ’ |
| 16 | It is a common critical stance to praise Tolkien 's conception , often somewhat vaguely , or with even more vagueness his ‘ mythological ’ or ‘ mythopoeic ’ powers ; but then to declare that the words do not live up to the things , the style ‘ is quite inadequate to the theme ’ . |
| 17 | The popular notion that words do not hurt you is by no means endorsed among women survivors of male violence . |
| 18 | However words do not combine arbitrarily to form phrases and sentences , so higher level constraints can be applied to reduce the remaining ambiguity . |
| 19 | ‘ Cold-blooded words do n't necessarily betoken a callous nature , as you should be well aware by this stage in your training . |
| 20 | In other words do they assume that biological or cultural categories are unproblematic ? |
| 21 | Doubtless words do sometimes have emotive effects , and some ethical words may have fairly standard such effects in certain communities . |
| 22 | Sentences running to 70 or so words do n't help . |
| 23 | Words do n't always hit the mark , do they ? |
| 24 | When you hear the words LISTEN and LISTENER , what words do you associate with them ? |
| 25 | These words do not have an absolute meaning , since it varies according to context . |
| 26 | There are two reasons for this : ( a ) the correct words do not have a proven semantic relationship ( unlike the semantic pairs ) , and ( b ) the control words are not artificially selected but instead are random orthographic derivations of the correct words and therefore not necessarily unrelated . |
| 27 | Bible words do not have magical powers in themselves , but because all words express ideas , and ideas lie behind action , the word of God is a mighty weapon to influence men 's convictions and conduct . |
| 28 | But whatever we call it , this sense that words do not just have their face-value meaning , but are to be critically interpreted as indicators of tone and attitude , is an essential part of James 's technique . |
| 29 | One difficulty is that the approach is not sufficiently general : many words do not in any straightforward way denote classes of potential referents ( consider air , some , usually , however ) . |
| 30 | I have to consider is that evidence correct as far as they are concerned , in other words do they believe that this is what Mr. Winterbone was like ? |