Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [indef pn] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was part of a wider strategy throughout the public sector which was based on the simple ideological premise that the private sector had everything to teach the public sector and nothing to learn . |
| 2 | But this account of achieving grace by the easy means of a self-chosen deprivation did nothing to mitigate the deeper shame ; some original wrong had been done and at home this was known . |
| 3 | Photography via the microscope enables everyone to see the same view , and minute movements , e.g. phagocytosis of a bacterium by a white blood cell can be seen in motion and therefore be more easily remembered . |
| 4 | His polite smile did nothing to diminish the flat ultimatum in his eyes . |
| 5 | Yet religious belief has something to teach the rational secular world ; some principles should be defended without recourse to a blurry halfway house . |
| 6 | The untimely death of his father did nothing to alter the youngest Charlton 's ambition . |
| 7 | When will the Government do something to protect the British beer drinker ? |
| 8 | Although this ardent Protestant was now protector ( and duke of Somerset ) , his government did nothing to help the Protestant Castalians . |
| 9 | She kept repeating to herself that it was an irrational fear , but logic did nothing to quell the lurking terror . |
| 10 | The covering of hair did nothing to disguise the rippling muscles , as he moved to the chair she 'd indicated , and she swallowed painfully . |
| 11 | Holland lost Ellerman , victim of a brusque tackle from Mozer , midway through the first half and , although his replacement was the experienced Winter , the change did nothing to help the Dutch search for a blend . |
| 12 | The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen . |
| 13 | Although total parenteral nutrition does nothing to treat the primary disease directly , it helps the patient receive enough nutrition until bowel functions return to normal again . |
| 14 | Another simple but ingenious technique enables one to separate the individual proteins and measure the amount of radioactivity in each . |
| 15 | They had wanted an outright victory leading to the expulsion of all ‘ fundamentalists ’ , whereas the document allows everyone to join the new party . |
| 16 | In the end , the radical change of direction which the country took under Mrs Thatcher was the result not merely of the party donning a new suit of clothes but of the electorate despairing at the failure of thirty years of consensus politics to do anything to arrest the inexorable process of national decline . |