Example sentences of "[to-vb] do this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It bought a couple of small diagnostic manufacturers to try to do this . |
| 2 | For example , a man who wished to make certain grievances clear to his boss decided that this was best approached , in the first instance , by writing to his boss because he realized that , were he to try to do this face to face , he would find it difficult to express himself without losing his temper . |
| 3 | If corporate diversification were relevant , it might be a good idea to try to do this , but corporate strategic portfolio analysis does not consider it . |
| 4 | You do n't need to talk to do this . |
| 5 | All of our reparation work is based on the fact that we want people to volunteer to do this work . |
| 6 | To help do this a number of consultants now run carefully devised training programmes and there are a variety of excellent do it yourself handbooks . |
| 7 | This has been the most fastest growing part of the holiday taking in this country over the past two or three years and I 'm hoping it will continue and so does our industry — in other words the hotels and accommodation , the tourist attractions — all are hoping , you know , that people are going to continue to do this erm and I think this may apply to certain sectors of the community erm and we just hope that that will grow . |
| 8 | Now as she was getting inquiries for further ahead , it was possible to plan doing this . |
| 9 | And even where they have the technology capabilities to start doing this there is clearly little point in replacing an existing system with a new one which simply does the same thing . |
| 10 | I find this a bit tedious to keep doing this , so I tend to you know , slip up sometimes |
| 11 | I used to love doing this . |
| 12 | For him to have done this he would have had to deny the teaching of the Old Testament . |
| 13 | PSR1706–44 , which has just reached the shell , seems not to have done this yet . |
| 14 | In a cumbersome way it seems to have done this fairly effectively , for it was difficult for an official to embezzle royal money without being exposed in the long run , although the run was often so long that he was dead before it finished . |
| 15 | It 's been a privilege to have done this and I 'm overwhelmed by the enthusiasm I 've encountered . |
| 16 | Such areas as staffing and physical resources were monitored by CNAA and , thus , it was considered unnecessary duplication to seek to do this again . |
| 17 | It was then that she said something which later I remembered and understood : ‘ I 'm sorry to have to do this to you , dear … |
| 18 | It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put . |
| 19 | Er , but if we run out of time and I find we have n't we we we ca n't fit it all in I 'd like you all to attempt to do this for yourselves after er , the lecture is over . |
| 20 | What contribution to profit does this memo or telephone call make ? 0 What would happen to profit if the memo were not written , or the call not made ? |
| 21 | As soon as she starts laying herself , however , she has to stop doing this . |
| 22 | And what was the point at which you thought I want to stop doing this ? |
| 23 | ‘ How many times are you going to want to do this , Jill ? ’ he had said . |