Example sentences of "do about this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until now , there was little we could do about this , but complaints have been taken seriously and discussions are now under way between OFTEL , the Office of Telecommunications , and the British Direct Marketing Association ( BDMA , representing companies who use telesales ) . |
| 2 | What should we do about this ? |
| 3 | What can feminists do about this ? |
| 4 | Well , there was n't much Maureen could do about this injury , but the wound did heal up nicely and she cared for the bird for over a year . |
| 5 | There is n't much you can do about this other than vengefully shoot up the sacrificial unit in your following turn . |
| 6 | Erm , shall we erm see , what shall we do about this , it 's Saturday the seventh of March , on a Saturday |
| 7 | Richard was getting impatient with Nik , Nik annoyed with Richard , and everybody else was sitting around saying , What can we do about this ? |
| 8 | Even with these environmental improvements , for the policy to succeed it must attract residents of all socio-economic groups — and there is not much that governments can do about this . |
| 9 | So what do we do about this ? |
| 10 | So what do we do about this ? |
| 11 | Where lead pipe is used for the rising main , it may also contaminate the drinking water — particularly in a soft water area — but there is not much you can do about this since the supply pipe into the house is also likely to be lead and this is difficult and expensive to replace . |
| 12 | The Minister of State will be under no time constraint this evening , and she will have plenty of time to tell us precisely what she will do about this serious subject . |
| 13 | I wonder what the press will do about this matter in the next few days . |
| 14 | Head of Department : ‘ We 'll see what we can do about this . ’ |
| 15 | Do is there is there anything we can do about this . |
| 16 | Two hundred thousand to improve the provision for extra pupils , here again er lot 's come out of er , the , the , but er ministers wax eloquent about what we should er do about this mounting problem of erm , of er truancy exclusion , discipline in general , erm , they tell us what to do , they tell us , er we must have er referral units and what have you , but then dont' give us any funds to do the job , but I 'm glad to say that all three party agreement that er that two hundred thousand or so , it to improve the er the , the service for extra pupils . |
| 17 | and that , you know , and you just say , you know you know , what , what are you gon na do about this |
| 18 | I 'm erm I 've been working in low cost housing , housing charities , for a very long time , with Shelter and various other charities like that , and I never cease to be amazed that the Conservative Group , here or nationally , are hostile to subsidies for council housing , because the subsidy which goes to owner-occupiers , through mortgage tax relief , is very much greater than the subsidy that goes to council housing and there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this , but I do hope that in due course we will get a fair system of subsidising houses for everybody , so that wealthy people on high incomes who are getting a big subsidy on their housing through their tax relief , erm are not getting more than people on low incomes living in council houses . |
| 19 | I think it 's a most disgraceful system quite honestly , and my own party , and the Liberal Party before that , have been campaigning for years to get a fairer system , but there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this unfortunately . |
| 20 | Nothing was done about this move however except that Ludens collected the names of a lot of house agents . |
| 21 | He asked whether anything could be done about this . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , there is nothing to be done about this . |
| 23 | The DSS seems to recognise that something needs to be done about this . |
| 24 | Something would have to be done about this . |
| 25 | Posters also teach young people how to develop a sense of erm they also make life much more fun more interesting and erm this is great contrast with Harlow and an urban area like Greater London area where as the report by erm in er the report the report on observation in London you know did n't mention the fact that publicity is of course is much more much greater than the London area erm and erm er one thing I see is missing could er er the reason is we found er the film society we ca n't advertise our events very well because of the restrictive bylaws on advertising poster advertising in Harlow I wonder if something could be done about this ? |
| 26 | What , in the longer run , should be done about this rule , in a world where there are going to be more separated and divorced couples , and more lone parents ? |
| 27 | In the end , the only question she could frame was the simplest one of all : ‘ What have you done about this ? ’ |
| 28 | We expect some firm proposals from the Minister tonight , or at least when we debate this matter in Committee , that will assure the House that something will be done about this very dangerous situation . |
| 29 | Scientists believe that if something is not done about this problem , glacial ice will melt raising the level of the sea and flooding vast areas of low-lying land . |
| 30 | And I 'm disappointed that councillor is talking about a matter of years before we get something done about this . |