Example sentences of "[noun] to do [det] " in BNC.

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1 Traps to do this work may be purchased .
2 On the North American mainland the transportation of convicts meant that there was some non-free white labour to do much of the hardest work in growing rice and tobacco .
3 But Mr Utterson was too honest a man and a lawyer to do that .
4 Because we 'd none of us done much , we 'd been too busy lying in the sun ( I mean too lazy ) and looking at great pictures to do much drawing or anything .
5 I 'm very concerned that if we do n't get some urgent remedial action to do this brickwork , that we 're gong to have a major problem down there .
6 Christian communicators representing 14 African countries have issued a strong and uncompromising call to governments and churches throughout the continent to do all in their power to uphold human rights , including the freedom of information and expression .
7 They will need to work closely with schools to do this .
8 Keep the nests clean but that was no good to do either so .
9 He remains prepared to use force to do that .
10 It would take an incredible wind to do that , we do our best to keep it right and if anyone tells us immediately when such a thing happens we will try to put it right
11 The attempt to do this lies behind Brazil 's and Argentina 's latest anti-inflation programmes .
12 To my knowledge , only one major attempt to do this has been published in the UK .
13 It began an attempt to do this in several policy documents .
14 This is not the same as assessing its impact on the value of the company , although it makes some attempt to do this , as will be described shortly .
15 The general attempt to do this will drive the interest rate on bonds down and thereby stimulate investment expenditure and hence aggregate demand .
16 In an attempt to do this , Featherstone , for example , develops a useful composite picture of contemporary consumer culture .
17 Apart from the execution of the laws the executive has no authority to decide what shall be the relations between the federal government and South Carolina , any attempt to do this would be on his part a naked act of usurpation .
18 Yes it would be good to get the Trone to do that again , we must have
19 That is a beginning , but I expect the insurance industry to do much more in helping to reduce car crime .
20 If there were only two men , the best tactic would be to flatten the leader with a surprise attack , before turning on his demoralized friend , assuming that you had the power and speed to do that .
21 I climb into a taxi and head for Harvey Nichols to do some damage with the Barclaycard and the taxi driver tells me about his brother-in-law .
22 We 're looking at a programme to do that .
23 Yes the tinkers used to come up from Blair Gowrie to do that long ago .
24 It may be appropriate for the person who maintains the cash books to do this , but because of their technical nature it may be necessary for the accountant to do this instead .
25 We were erm not given many opportunities to do that only through things well local clubs like the W R I and which er and in that way all Orcadians just trying to do our best together you know .
26 And he 's got two opportunities to do that .
27 And she was sort of telling Sue to do this , and Sue said this is n't is it ?
28 This would involve claiming that whenever one rejects practical advice by repudiating the presumed end , in the words ‘ But I do n't want that ! ’ , one is declaring ‘ I do n't recognize any imperative to do that ’ .
29 He had way-laid Sara in the cobbled yard of the coach house when she was on her way to collect her car to do some shopping .
30 ‘ I tell kids to do some research , find the label that 's doing the stuff you do , a label that 's sympathetic .
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