The phrase "it likely does" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing a belief or assumption about something being true or applicable.
Example: "Based on the evidence presented, it likely does have a significant impact on the outcome."
Alternatives: "It probably does" or "It seems likely that it does."
"If a company does not have the skills to defend its systems, it likely does not have the skills to attack back -- or make decisions about whether to engage in such actions.
Since ENVOY comprises no known DNA-binding domain, it likely does not directly bind to DNA, and therefore executes its function via interaction with downstream regulatory proteins targeting the respective pathways.
We concluded that despite the growing popularity of bilateral mastectomy, it likely does not provide a better outcome than a less invasive procedure.
I don't mean for that to sound as snide as it likely does, especially since I can name several professor-poets whose work is fresh and exuberant, but there tends to be an awfully safe, prim aura about "campus poetry," hewing as it does to conventions that have had a century to congeal.
And it likely doesn't end there.
This wasn't meant to frustrate current members, yet it likely does.
And, Microsoft had done reasonably well with its Surface Pro set of devices, meaning that it likely didn't want to disturb a working brand.
If you've tried Cardboard, which Google first showed off in June 2014, it likely didn't take you too long to realize its limitations.
Even when the precise method of aggregation was flagged in the reports, it likely did not register with the public.
Although Aleppo was the largest community affected by the earthquake, it likely did not suffer the worst of the damage.
The Earths' primordial soup may have been a complex mixture, but it likely did not include all of the compounds found today in even the simplest cells.
