Example sentences of "would do nothing [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The development of a business park on this site would not help the local community because of the need for unskilled/semi-skilled work , and it would do nothing to improve the environment for the residents of this area , with the use of the water frontage lost . |
2 | If giving or withholding this responsibility were possible options in a one-person game , then this criterion would do nothing to counter the charge of arbitrariness but I have already argued that they are not and could not be . |
3 | He had also quickly grasped that the islanders would do nothing to endanger the safety of Sycorax . |
4 | Moreover , the achievement of equal retirement ages , when it eventually comes , though significant , would do nothing to remove the tyranny of fixed age retirement for both women and men . |
5 | Elisabeth would do nothing to modify the arrangement of anything planned and executed by her parents . |
6 | Voice of Israel radio reported on Sept. 16 that Qian had assured Peres that China " would do nothing to complicate the situation " in the Middle East , adding that Israel 's relations with China " have made headway " . |
7 | He argued , along with Balcon , Pearson and Woolf , that it would do nothing to achieve the FBI 's objectives . |
8 | Asquith then made it clear that he would do nothing to assist the Conservatives . |