Example sentences of "so do [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the Shahs failure to so do had caused his downfall . |
| 2 | That he did not so do indicates he had some other categories in mind as well . |
| 3 | The Directors may , after that period , allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period . |
| 4 | The Directors may , after that period , allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period . |
| 5 | His passionate ambition was to lead a crusade against the Turks , and in so doing to unite Christendom — a vision which anticipated that of Charles V , and a policy which was to be a major preoccupation of both Charles and Philip II throughout the sixteenth century . |
| 6 | The two texts simply address different readerships and in so doing reflect different textual preferences . |
| 7 | I move Lord Mayor and in so doing to say that the controlling group can accept the amendment proposed by the Conservative Group on standing order C six A. |
| 8 | More often , however , they haunt that person alone and by so doing indicate some terrible tragedy is imminent . |
| 9 | For Wyntoun broadened out the whole context of Scottish history , invoking the model of the fourth-century World Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea in order to set it , as John MacQueen has written , ‘ firmly within the framework of the Christian world-picture , and by so doing to demonstrate the links joining the Scottish monarchy and people to the overall providential scheme ’ . |
| 10 | The bulk of moisture should be underneath , which is why you filled the planting hold beforehand , so that root action is encouraged to work down to seek it and in so doing become established . |
| 11 | The Department had underestimated their speaker , and in so doing had made an embarrassing mistake . |
| 12 | Perhaps the woman had already met Jesus previously , had changed her immoral life , in so doing had realised that her sins had been forgiven and was now showing gratitude for this . |
| 13 | Which is why I should have welcomed the students who wanted to talk to me about the poetry of George Darley , which a misguided colleague of mine had included in a series of lectures on the early nineteenth century , and in so doing had worried the more discerning of my students , who were failing to see any merit there . |
| 14 | Hollywood had streamlined its own product and in so doing had alienated the intellectuals . |
| 15 | In fact , by 1988 General Electric had reorganized into fewer key businesses in order to overcome this problem , and in so doing had become more like a conglomerate . |
| 16 | For example , it could well have been that families of cave dwellers came to realise that it was possible that they could agree to respect the privacy and boundaries of their respective homes , and by so doing relieve themselves of the eternal vigilance likely to be necessary in the absence of such agreement . |
| 17 | It is for the courts to construe those words and it is the court 's duty in so doing to give effect to the intention of Parliament in using those words . |
| 18 | The 1929 Parliament was hardly the most glorious in our history , but it was still one in which it was possible to face a major issue on its merits , and to debate with one 's own party without producing mindless noise or mockery from the other side , and by so doing to create an impact upon the general body of the House which improved — and in this instance strikingly improved — the position of the speaker with his own party . |
| 19 | According to the Court of Appeal in Tagro v Cafane this requires the valuer to assume that he can sell it on the open market to a willing buyer , and in so doing to ignore any covenant against assignment which restricts alienation of the landlord 's interest . |
| 20 | It is fair to say that this view is controversial : certainly Grinsell remains strictly factual , but the Bords support this explanation and in so doing follow in the footsteps of John Michell , Tony Wedd , and earlier writers of the 1930s . |
| 21 | widen participation in higher education and to teach and research at the highest level ; in so doing to continue to innovate within Scottish and British Higher Education ; |
| 22 | The significance is that , together , the two operated to remove an essential feature from the full description of Co-operation ; and in so doing to deny to the movement that function which it was uniquely able to discharge and which was , therefore , most likely to guarantee its growth and survival in perpetuity . |
| 23 | Our analysis , in a way more direct , specifies necessary connections , but in so doing does provide an account of the nature of laws . |
| 24 | The persons being processed into the speaker 's frame of reference may in so doing lose contact with their own , so that they can not relate their new knowledge to their life situation ; neither can they communicate it to others . |
| 25 | Do we aid the overstretched budget — deny the children books and equipment in order to engage outsiders to do it and in so doing lose the rapport so carefully built with our staff ? |
| 26 | The truth is , judging from the current record of the EEC , that countries which wish to expand its powers against those of their own parliaments , are likely in so doing to extend bureaucracy , regulation and uncompetitiveness . |
| 27 | The philosophy maintains that it is up to you to take initiatives and through so doing to refuse to be bored . |
| 28 | We have attempted to align a previously independent field of inquiry , cognitive and developmental psychology , with evolutionary biology and particularly sociobiology , and in so doing have constructed an ensemble of models that trace , at times clumsily and imperfectly , behavioural development from the genetic blueprint to the assembly of the nervous system to the learning process — and then back down to the alteration of gene frequencies by natural selection operating within the context of particular cultures . |
| 29 | Very often they just need the opportunity to meet other people in a similar situation , and in so doing learn to form new relationships again , but in a safe and caring atmosphere . |
| 30 | Objective : To liberalize world trade and by so doing to raise standards of living , to ensure full employment , to expand the production and exchange of goods , and to promote economic development . |