Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] so [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This carries two great dangers : It risks damaging the UN 's moral authority and reputation for impartiality if it is seen as the vehicle of superpower foreign policy ; it causes huge embarrassment to the UN when , because of its own priorities , the US is unable to help , and the UN is then confronted with the question why have you failed to act decisively in our crisis while you were willing to do so in the case of Iraq 's aggression ? |
2 | It would be easy to do so on the basis that his fusion of science and religion was really a confusion . |
3 | He was on good terms with Marcus , content to know both that they would talk again , and that it was impossible to do so at the moment . |
4 | FTC could probably make the idea work without coverage of the 22 Premier League clubs or the European Cup mini-leagues , but it would be impossible to do so without the co-operation of the Football League clubs unloaded by the Premier League as , ironically , an impediment to their progress . |
5 | If we aggregate together everyone in that ‘ dependent ’ age group , i.e. , those below the age of 16 and above pensionable ages remembering the heaviest demands on services are made at each end of the age range , the percentage of dependants to total UK population has indeed remained remarkably stable throughout this century — 30 per cent in 1901 , 36 per cent in 1951 , 41 per cent in 1977 — and it is likely to remain so for the remainder of the century ; it is projected to be 40 per cent in 2001 ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 21 ; table 5.4 ) . |
6 | Of course , on occasions , single parties may still be able to gain absolute parliamentary majorities but they will be likely to do so on the basis of much smaller percentages of the popular vote . |
7 | Props Grant Wilson and Peter Wright have not yet had a chat about any possible switch , but are likely to do so before the game . |
8 | While a conviction for dishonesty will not invariably justify dismissal , it is more likely to do so in the case of a senior executive in whom a high level of trust is invested . |
9 | No Chancellor of any party has ever done that in the past and no Chancellor is ever likely to do so in the future . |
10 | Everything still centres on Air Cushioning and is likely to do so in the future . |
11 | Certainly a number of them address current developments in Scottish education which are either affecting classroom teachers already or are likely to do so in the future . |
12 | Therefore it is not surprising that those horses and ponies that are likely to become overweight and founder , are especially likely to do so in the spring . |
13 | Dent Town is really no more than a village , although it may not be prudent to say so in the hearing of the residents . |
14 | He also has to be a front runner for the captaincy of Scotland and indeed , if so chosen , would become only the eighth to do so from the fullback position , following W.D . |
15 | I will quote from it , because it is important to do so in the context of the reasons that have been given for not giving the WEU control of defence . |
16 | The ultimate holding company function will highlight related companies within groups and identify companies which , while they appear to be too small to do the deal , may be able to do so with the support of their holding company . |
17 | Many said that they welcomed the opportunity to work , and were not able to do so during the week because there was no one look after their children . |
18 | We should be looking at ways of being more selective about treatment , and I think one of the reasons for wishing to study miocenia gravis in such detail is to be able to get so inside the mechanism of production of the disease that we can in fact simply turn off the miocenia disease process and leave the rest of the immune system just as it was . |
19 | ‘ You will please to remember , ’ its secretary , Henry Oldenburg , told the governor of Connecticut in 1667 , ‘ that we have taken to task the whole universe , and that we were obliged to do so by the nature of our design . ’ |
20 | It was held that they were entitled to do so on the basis that a public house licence authorises the holder to sell by retail alcoholic liquor for consumption on or off the premises and an off-sale licence authorises the holder to sell by retail alcoholic liquor for consumption off the premises . |