Example sentences of "as do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , further , the equitable doctrine of Conversion operates , treating as done that which ought to be done , to effect a notional conversion in equity of the land into the proceeds of sale . |
| 2 | It 's got to be like cuddling up to a cushion as well as doing that terrible , animal thing . |
| 3 | No I ca n't er I ca n't think of myself as doing that again . |
| 4 | Yes , no I ca n't erm , I ca n't think of myself as doing that again . |
| 5 | ‘ It was not the same as doing 100 mph on the motorway . |
| 6 | Looking after three young children , being involved in various groups as well as doing part-time evening work means that Faith depends on food that 's quick and convenient to prepare . |
| 7 | Do not disguise your intentions in order to achieve your own ends as doing this only feeds the negativity within you . |
| 8 | It 's , it 's a very simple organism , but basically what it 's there for is to ensure the future of T four genes , and this is what i it 's doing , and presumably natural selection has er selected it in such a way that it is an optimum design as far as , as far as doing this er is concerned , because it would be in competition with mutant T fours who did it in different ways , and presumably this is the kind of T four that seems to succeed . |
| 9 | I would construe ‘ wilfully obstructs ’ as doing deliberate actions with the intention of bringing about a state of affairs which , objectively regarded , amount to an obstruction as that phrase was explained by Lord Parker C.J. in Rice v. Connolly i.e. making it more difficult for the police to carry out their duty . |
| 10 | An earlier proposal that solicitors employed by foreign lawyers in England and Wales should be allowed to give legal advice to clients of the practice as well as doing non-reserved work for such clients has been dropped , at any rate for the time being until some adequate system of regulation can be devised . |
| 11 | ‘ It is as much about building confidence as doing any formal teaching , ’ she said . |
| 12 | As well as doing original research , the students used a wide range of library materials to support their work . |
| 13 | They had exploited this idea as doing more justice to the nature of life and movement and the discovery of truth than the older rationalist insistence on the ‘ law of non-contradiction ’ . |
| 14 | New Historicism 's interest in larger cultural issues , with a current focus on the politics of reading , does offer a possible mode for addressing history as doing more than detailing localised concerns without slipping back into some grand historical narrative constructed through unaddressed critical assumptions . |
| 15 | But the heavier load that the manager bears in these bureaux to maintain a larger team and to open longer hours to the public , as well as doing in-depth work , often goes unrecognised . |
| 16 | They exist ‘ merely as a means ’ which is only to say that , lacking language and self-consciousness , they are unable to plan and debate projects of their own as do moral agents . |
| 17 | I think that the hon. Gentleman knows that the TA parachute regiments are not charged with a parachute role , but serve mainly in an infantry and national defence role — as do ordinary infantry regiments . |
| 18 | Written communications are different because whilst what you write represents your behaviour even though you are not present , it is n't happening ‘ in flight ’ as do face-to-face behaviours . |
| 19 | As the renewable energy sources develop they will inevitably quickly lose their present quaint , pastoral image and the concepts of noise and horizon pollution will assume as significant a rôle in the public bestiary as do atmospheric and nuclear pollution today . |
| 20 | Darwinism destroys the presumption that a separate organism functions primarily to preserve itself ( as do simpler homeostatic systems which do not reproduce ) ; it shows me that even at the biological level my spontaneity only secondarily and partially serves myself , and invites the reflection that behaving consistently to my own advantage became conceivable only with the clarification of my viewpoint in contrast with others , which in turn implies that I have been assuming other viewpoints from the beginning of self-consciousness . |
| 21 | They express a certain mental stance to the world which others are invited to accept or reject just as do factual statements , and as mere imperatives , exclamations and interrogatives can not . |
| 22 | Brief biographical details about each of the authors appear at the back of the book , as do comprehensive Teacher 's Notes . |
| 23 | Conrad and Rush ( 1965 ) showed that deaf children do not exhibit the same type of coding in memory tasks as do hearing children . |
| 24 | Avoidance learning similarly shows a clear decrement ( e.g. Gordon , McCracken , Dess-Beech , and Mowrer 1981 ) as do certain food-rewarded discrimination tasks ( e.g. Chiszar and Spear 1969 ) . |
| 25 | This is precisely what has happened at Malham ( and though I find it visually offensive I still climb there , as do hundreds of others ) . |
| 26 | Lesser Black-backed Gulls nest on the cliffs periodically , as do Black Redstarts . |
| 27 | as do additional and butter : |
| 28 | Parents , social workers and other carers have an educational role as do vocational training staff , employers and employees . |
| 29 | It may provide a government , as do European parliaments , or just legislate and oversee one , as in America . |
| 30 | Poorer quality Persian workshop items and most Persian village rugs also fall into this category , as do woollen Herekes and the best quality Russian Caucasian and Turkoman rugs . |