Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some children never learn it , not because they can not read , but because the books they are given do not include this need to attend to what the author is not saying — the beginning of an experience that leads to Jane Austen . |
| 2 | This book is an excellent guide for ensuring that the materials you are using do not portray racist or sexist stereotypes , and do reflect the range of cultures in society . |
| 3 | It is a book that I greatly admire , for in his own time its author succeeded in doing what I am struggling to do now . |
| 4 | Fortunately , some well-known figures in the sports and pop world are helping to do this . |
| 5 | Kneeling can also be used to help the patient get up from the floor ; most patients are taught to do this once they can walk , in case they have a fall . |
| 6 | Exercise that can help to maintain the elasticity of the vagina are also used to control urinary incontinence and avoid a prolapse — they are the pelvic floor exercises that women are taught to do after childbirth : sit on the lavatory with the thighs parallel to the ground and feet flat on the floor ( or on a book , if necessary ) ; start to pass water , then use the muscles to stop the flow ; release and finish the flow . |
| 7 | In this Manifesto , signed by Malcolm Bradbury , Richard Hoggart , Ted Hughes and Raymond Williams , among a list of forty-three , and published in the Times Higher Educational Supplement , we said that ‘ Students of English at polytechnics and universities often write dull , secondhand discursive prose and are taught to do nothing else . ’ |
| 8 | Terrible strain is put on three-day eventers if they are struggling to do the times cross country , and stress can mean injury . |
| 9 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 10 | He wonders how many of his fellow-countrymen visit Britain with this kind of attitude , undoing all the good work the rest of them are struggling to do . |
| 11 | However many employers do not comply with these legal duties unless they are pressed to do so for this reason the recommendations in section five of the report are aimed at giving support to safety representatives and full-time officials to improve workplace activity . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , just because a lot of objections are received does not automatically mean an application will be refused . |
| 13 | But the extent to which firms are foundering did not really hit home until two months ago when the news hit the headlines that Hook Harris , a highly reputable and apparently profitable firm , based in Southampton and Newport , Isle of Wight , had entered into an IVA with its creditors . |
| 14 | ‘ How are Supersight doing ? |
| 15 | Nothing is worse for young people when they start work , particularly if they join large companies , than to spend a year or so sitting with Nelly before they are trusted to do anything . |
| 16 | They divide viruses into the ‘ mostly harmless ’ which display messages , ‘ fatal distraction ’ which mean to display messages but accidentally cause loss of data or crash the computer , and ‘ information terrorist ’ which are designed to do harm . |
| 17 | • Your complexion deserves make-up which not only improves its appearance but also cares for it throughout the day , so RoC 's foundations are designed to do just that . |
| 18 | We can , however , take action to prevent or avoid a predicted catastrophe and much of social skills training and health education are designed to do precisely this . |
| 19 | Research has also clearly demonstrated that some children and families are more vulnerable than others but that such disadvantage can be alleviated if society 's policies are designed to do so . |
| 20 | Understanding what questions are designed to do will help us answer them . |
| 21 | They are recommended to do so , for Zurich is hardly what one has been led to expect . |
| 22 | We whose names are underwritten do approve and recommend this book as highly useful and necessary for all lovers of gardening . |
| 23 | But I must say I 'm very encouraged to see the numbers of women who are applying to do subjects like chemistry and physics is going up and certainly we would applaud that sort of activity . |
| 24 | Twenty-five acts are booked to do seven minutes each and no one does a spot shorter than 15 . |
| 25 | Gentle encouragement is given and the children are expected to do their best , but we did not hear a raised voice or see any need for discipline . |
| 26 | Teachers are expected to do a good deal of work at home . |
| 27 | ‘ Husbands and wives are expected to do everything together , but I felt this cost me my identity . |
| 28 | Or do the institutions of retirement , the social norms of limited activity and poverty , and expectations of ill-health and disability suggest to ageing people that they are expected to do so ? |
| 29 | But you have to bear in mind that we are doctors , and as such we should really do what we 're trained to do — and are expected to do . ’ |
| 30 | Three have already set up councils and another dozen are expected to do so by December . |