Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] not do [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not do justice to the disagreeable impression that this man , one Broadhurst , had upon me … |
| 2 | He is known to have favoured that , but it is rejected by the report as a ’ a crude device which can not do justice to the different abilities a pupil may show in different subjects and contexts ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself . |
| 4 | At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself . |
| 5 | If we consider only the superficial elements of these changes in society , and deal with the problem purely at the level at which the Bill deals with it , we shall not do justice to the House or to the people of this country . |
| 6 | Mr Vernon admitted that he could not do justice to all the fund raising efforts of the year , but would nonetheless like to congratulate the organisers of the four local appeals in Lincolnshire , Filey , the Mersey area and Derbyshire who all reached and surpassed their targets in 1990 . |
| 7 | Neither effect is large , but the result is sufficiently different for us to feel uncomfortable about averaging the two effects ; it would not do justice to the situation to say that on average there was no effect of education once age was controlled . |
| 8 | First of all , I do not need to publicise a successful venture in order to attract more applicants , and secondly , it would not do justice to the conference theme which aims to discuss aspects of untapped linguistic resources and teacher training . |