Example sentences of "[verb] do [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I know ZZAP ! has done away with the classified adverts , but I 'm writing to you , hoping you 'll print this : ‘ Wanted — ZZAP ! 64 issue numbers 55 and 68 . |
| 2 | At this point in this kind of argument it is customary to wonder what the West — more precisely , the United States — has done wrong in the Middle East , and how it could bring improvements faster . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend always speaks out powerfully for Basildon : he has done so for the past eight years , and I have no doubt that he will do so for the next eight . |
| 4 | These Part II privileges are " subject to explanation and contradiction " — which means that they will not apply where an editor or programme controller has refused the plaintiff 's request to publish a reasonable statement in reply , or has done so in an inadequate manner . |
| 5 | May I make it plain , as my Department has done consistently over the past three years of consideration of the Bill in the House , that this is indeed a mammoth project , that the appraisals of such a project inevitably change over time as the project changes in costs and revenue . |
| 6 | It has to do rather with the infinite , universal wholeness of all things , of that all-embracing totality which may or may not be labelled ‘ God ’ , but which includes and enfolds everything within itself . |
| 7 | The basic assumption of geometric perspective is that although parallel lines never meet , they appear to do so at a vanishing point , on a distant backcloth . |
| 8 | It is difficult to think that Parliament intended the section to operate so capriciously and I would not construe it in that sense unless clearly constrained to do so by the statutory language . |
| 9 | It is very effective , in that it can be used to cool an extinguish solid combustibles and flammable liquids , and systems which apply it can be made to do so over a limited ‘ volume ’ of the racking where the fire is i.e. the fire can be ‘ pin-pointed ’ . |
| 10 | Alternatively he may be instructed to do so by the Scottish Office . |
| 11 | You may say that we , we 'd like to do away with the incoming calls but , to a degree , it encouraging them , so what else does it show Jack , or is that the two main points ? |
| 12 | Those who wish to continue to serve can volunteer to do so on a part-time basis in the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 13 | Alan Peter Elkin , 34 , of Oxbridge Lane , Stockton , was committed by Darlington magistrates yesterday for crown court trial on charges of passing a counterfeit £10 note and attempting to do so on a separate occasion . |
| 14 | It is easy enough to identify features that are likely to provoke laughter and were presumably intended to do so amongst the common attributes of the fabliaux . |
| 15 | This result conforms to the trend established in previous surveys which shows that Scottish exports follow that of the UK but tend to do so in an exaggerated fashion . |
| 16 | It was the English who failed to do so within the agreed period of two months . |
| 17 | Much as she deserved to travel the world with people of her own social standing , she could no longer hope to do so with a happy hear and a clear conscience . |
| 18 | Before and after Bridie 's pronouncement Anglo-Scots have been striving to do well on the international field at home . |
| 19 | He began to do so with a desperate vigour . |
| 20 | Probyn , 37 next March , has seen them all off and fully intends to continue doing so for the foreseeable future . |
| 21 | Although , in manners bound , he held and played with her hand for the rest of the drive home , he felt that he could have done instead with a nice talk about hunting . |
| 22 | With his academic background , he would probably have done well in the written examinations but he was never invited to take them . |
| 23 | At a time when the price of an Old Master painting can consume an entire annual acquisition budget , Mr Brown 's burnishing of the gallery 's image may have done more for the permanent collection than is immediately apparent . |
| 24 | In an experiment , leaf-cutter ants of the species Atta texana had to follow a trail by walking along a plastic roadway placed just above the trail ; they followed the trail as usual , but must have done so by the airborne odour of evaporated scent . |
| 25 | If the banks wanted to seek relief , they would have to do so through a separate case brought against the local authority , he added . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , in the absence of all the facts , it is not possible for me to comment on the individual case , nor would I wish to do so in a public forum . |
| 27 | An interesting difference between the two was that Chesterton was never able to escape the effects of this potent brew after he became a fascist , whereas Williamson managed to do so to a considerable degree , despite his continued personal support for Mosley until his death . |
| 28 | Not only did it win 13 of the 14 constituency seats ( 92.9% ) : it managed to do so on an average constituency vote of no more than 43.5% , which was further reduced by the usual leakage to a list vote of 41.8% . |
| 29 | It may be the case that we are capable of deriving a specific conclusion ( 7c ) from specific premises ( 7a ) and ( 7b ) , via deductive inference , but we are rarely asked to do so in the everyday discourse we encounter . |
| 30 | The articles opened with the comprehensively damning statement that the king ‘ is not sufficient to govern ’ because throughout his reign he had been led and governed by others who had given him evil counsel , to the dishonour of himself and the destruction of Holy Church and his people , and he had refused to provide any remedy , or to allow one to be made , when he was asked to do so by the great and wise men of his realm . |