Example sentences of "it do much " in BNC.

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1 It did much to establish Britain 's reputation as the ‘ Dirty Man of Europe ’ .
2 In fact , it did much to disguise Sadat 's unpopularity at home and his break away from the other countries of the Middle East .
3 It is not even certain that the Diet ( parliament ) will reform the electoral system this summer , or that if it did much would change as a result .
4 A considerable number of the newly enfranchised capital class now ally their interests with the top echelons of society , rather than help sustain the old political coalition of interests , encompassing as it did much of the working class , and significant parts of the lower-middle and middle class .
5 In the devising and implementing of PNP the Authority 's advisory service was pivotal ; it did much to raise the profile of primary education in Leeds , and to secure development on a number of significant fronts .
6 It did much to bring about the Anglo-Dutch conflict of 1780 .
7 Though completely ineffective in obtaining the results at which Louis feebly aimed , in particular the strengthening of Poland , it did much , until his death , to confuse and weaken French policy , particularly in Eastern Europe .
8 This healthy contribution of commercial interests , which , after all , have experience and technical know-how which is often in short supply in ministries , deserves more recognition than it has received , especially since it does much to offset the squalid tale of the involvement by one British company at this time in corrupt monopoly state publishing ventures during the Obote and Nkrumah governments in Uganda and Ghana .
9 I do n't think it does much for the feel or the looks of the frets , but there you go .
10 This approach to surgical research is again unacceptable , ignoring as it does much excellent research that is responsible for real improvements in patients ' care .
11 But it does much to dispel the prevailing confusion and , in our opinion , constitutes one of the most important treatments of the subject to date .
12 Thus ministerial responsibility is the main principle moulding the structure and outlook of the senior civil service and it is retained because it does much to reinforce the special position and powers both of ministers and of civil servants .
13 Because it takes the form of an overlay on the traditional organization tree and provides a mass of accessible information it does much to dispel the individual 's worries as to who is responsible for what .
14 It does much to explain Wulfstan 's preoccupation with injustice , and coincides with what we are told of Wulfgeat and can suspect of Eadric the Acquisitor .
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