Example sentences of "[verb] do no " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fragment was must likely the left clavicle or collarbone of a hominoid , he said . Boaz says that he has done no more than suggest that the 75–5 mm bone , found in March 1979 at Sahabi in Libya , was from the ‘ superfamily ’ Hominoidea |
| 2 | So far , research into psychoneuroimmunology has done no more than scratch the surface of this potentially important topic . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , I stand here as self-confessed criminal trespasser , though one who has done no harm and will continue to show every care for this precious environment . |
| 4 | The benefit of all this is estimated to be a saving on annual costs of about $4,000m beginning in 1993 — but all the cost-cutting that the company already has under its belt has done no more than enable it to stand still , which is why several analysts question whether even the latest cuts will prove sufficient . |
| 5 | Chorus itself has done no reference port to the MIPS architecture yet , though Inria , the French research institute , previously ported the microkernel to a MIPS-based Sony Microsystems Inc News workstation . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was a mistake perhaps keeping you here has done no good … |
| 7 | This is the real point which lies at the heart of the present appeal ; in a sense , everything which I have said so far has done no more than set the stage for its consideration . |
| 8 | ‘ She has done no wrong — ‘ |
| 9 | According to Neale , Elizabeth had originally wished to do no more than reintroduce her father 's national church , but was pressured into a more radical programme by Protestants in the House of Commons , who insisted on the adoption of the 1552 Prayer Book . |
| 10 | He 'd done no more than accidentally bump against some sailors aimlessly wandering from the passage next to the warehouse . |
| 11 | Once in the Essoldo Cinema a lad had moved away when he 'd done no more than offer him a piece of chocolate in the darkness . |
| 12 | Arguably , the defence has no evidential burden to discharge in this situation , for , since the defence is seeking to do no more than deny the basic elements of the prosecution 's case , any assertion of consent by the defence should be placed before the jury . |
| 13 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 14 | I 'm not going to do no housework today . |
| 15 | In the first place they may want to do no more than ensure that the Constitution is not altered casually or carelessly or by subterfuge or implication ; they may want to secure that this important document is not lightly tampered with , but solemnly , with due notice and deliberation , consciously amended . |
| 16 | In Mr. Pannick 's submission , section 9(4) of the Act of 1975 was intended to do no more than protect ‘ the Crown ’ from being required by a court to give evidence in proceedings in a foreign court by stipulating that none of its officers or servants can be so required . |
| 17 | The paucity of available evidence concerning the foundation of the institution and the activities of the early Muftis means that one can hope to do no more than to draw reasonable inferences from the little evidence that does exist ; and some of what can be said about these problems involves a projection backward from the activities of later Muftis and will therefore be considered in greater detail in later sections . |
| 18 | The errant animals were hit by a two-carriage Pacer train doing no more than 45mph . |
| 19 | According to Gandhi , ahi sā in its negative form involves doing no injury to any living being either physically or mentally . |
| 20 | It may be true that the life we destroy is in the main of the lower orders or minute forms , but it is none the less destruction of life for all that , and since ahi sā involves doing no injury to any form of life , it follows that no matter how careful and compassionate and self-restrained a person may be he can not entirely escape committing hi sā . |
| 21 | Waddle may give them this on the left , but it would surely have done no harm to start the match with Dorigo 's dash instead of the perennial , peripheral Pearce . |
| 22 | There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and if I had been working , I would have told him to buckle down — which would have done no good at all . |
| 23 | The summary of the Webbs ' view is that , by contrast with their model of Socialism , Owen 's scheme — if it could have been carried out — would have done no more than redistribute the capital of the country without altering or superseding the capitalist system in the least . |
| 24 | With such numbers , and so many set speeches , and with most of the participants having done no work beforehand , could you ever get clarity into a report produced by a mass debate ? |
| 25 | Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 . |
| 26 | One side advantage of using these human interest aspects of the police procedural is that here at least you will have to do no research , or no more than is required by looking into your own heart . |
| 27 | Monza was to be decisive for his championship , and Ken Tyrrell has written that it was Jackie 's finest race , not least because he knew he led the championship and because , having already decided to retire , he needed to do no more than the minimum , particularly since he was starting only from sixth place on the grid . |
| 28 | Charlie had already been by , and needed to do no more . |
| 29 | There were not many talented British filmmakers , and American distributors were not simply being awkward when they decided to do no more than fulfil the letter of the law by distributing films from far-off parts of the British Commonwealth that nobody wanted to see . |
| 30 | The writer wishes to do no more than add to our knowledge of the social world , simply for the sake of knowing . |