Example sentences of "[conj] do [adv] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he was to rule as well as reign he himself had to overthrow Mortimer and Isabella and to do so in a way which would not enhance the power of the magnates . |
| 2 | That Peel , leading the Tory opposition , recognised that the Whigs ' Bill would in the short run unite the middle and lower classes in support of the Government is one thing ; to infer from this that Grey and his team deliberately set out both to counter the threat of revolution and to do so in a way which would ultimately isolate the working class , quite another . |
| 3 | The important point to remember is that all the sub-units are needed if the production function is to meet its aim of providing the goods required by its customers , and to do so in a way that meets the profit , growth and other objectives of the organization as a whole . |
| 4 | A wide variety of things could be construed as ‘ approaching ’ violence but to use that expression while condemning the violence of the previous day and to do so in a critique of Paisley while failing to mention the Cromac Square rioters is to exaggerate . |
| 5 | Certainly it was once hoped , particularly after the devastation of the last war , that modern architecture might with the aid of science and technology provide mankind with a wholly satisfying new environment — and do so in a matter of a few decades . |
| 6 | Botia macracantha is tolerant of other species , and does best in a shoal of its own kind . |
| 7 | And it has the secondary virtue that it destroys a prevalent type of sceptical move , and does so in a way that explains the attraction of that move . |
| 8 | The poor boy , who resembles Philip Roth , tells the story in which he takes part , and does so in a manner that can be considered uncontroversial . |
| 9 | It was recognised that what would be most welcomed by policymakers and others was a service that not only helped to keep people out of institutions if that was their wish , but did so in a way that was both acceptable to recipients and less expensive than alternative institutional care . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the system also came under attack as being unfair — hence undermining consent by calling into doubt the legitimacy of both the mode of election and the government produced by it — and for facilitating the adversary relationship between the parties , a relationship that significantly influenced public policy , but did so in a manner harmful to the interests of the country . |