The phrase "already does as" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to indicate that something is already performing a certain action or function, but it requires clarification or rephrasing for better understanding.
Example: "The system already does as intended, providing accurate results without any errors."
Alternatives: "already acts as" or "already functions as".
It is tempting to write them all off, as the prime minister doubtless already does, as a crocodile which, if fed with concessions, will always demand more – and ultimately eat up Cameron himself and his party's electoral chances with it.
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"They have already done as much as they can in monetary policy and they did not want to take it much further.
Robson was back for the last four games, which could still have seen them overhaul Liverpool, but United didn't win any of those either, the damage already done, as much psychologically as to their points tally.
A man who had already done as much as just about anyone to shape the music of the 20th century had performed, unpaid, at a benefit for his children's school in New York.
A man who had already done as much as just about anyone to shape the music of the 20th century had performed, unpaid, at a benefit for his children's school in New York.
The HPA also receives electronic reports of clinically significant invasive pathogens from microbiologists in ≈400 National Health Service laboratories who are routinely contacted to submit isolates to the HPA if not already done, as well as notifications of all H. influenzae related deaths from the Office for National Statistics ONSS) (www.statistics.gov.uk) (18 ).
As a unit, its members do very little that they don't already do as individuals.
However, Murphy maintains the squad cannot think the job is already done as their build-up to the new domestic campaign continues in unlikely surroundings of Torshavn.
So Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, suggests that we might try bombing Islamic State in Syria, as we are already doing as Iraq.
