Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [modal v] do [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have resigned myself wholly to the will of God — and trust that you and my dear sister will do the same … for He does nothing without a cause . |
| 2 | Against the powerful opposition of many in the Nazi hierarchy Vlasov 's German supporters could do no more than secure permission to use the general for propaganda purposes . |
| 3 | It is hoped that the British unit might do the same . |
| 4 | Real owners might do the same thing but perhaps end up in a Relais & Chateaux hotel rather than the Place d'Italie . |
| 5 | As it was , the dying Count could do no more than give instructions that his body should not be buried until Henry had promised to observe the terms of his father 's will . |
| 6 | A field discovered following the controversial opening up of the Santa Maria basin off California could turn out to be the largest discovered since the Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska but the most stringent efforts will do no more than mitigate an inevitable production decline . |
| 7 | Clarke ignored his experts advice , so his Canadian opposite number may do the same . |
| 8 | Logical processing can do no more than service the perceptions we start out with . |
| 9 | It is quite another to assert that huge and poor India can do the same . |
| 10 | It is a common fallacy that the cheaper , carbon-zinc batteries will do the same job but with a shorter life . |
| 11 | A handyman from the informal sector will do the same job for less than $6 . |
| 12 | This is a bad mistake , as her ex- husband used to do the same thing for real often enough . |
| 13 | Debates on Europe in the Assemblée Nationale are attended by a mere handful of deputés and after the dramatic debate in Westminster in June 1991 , Jacques Delors remarked that only the British were discussing Europe properly , adding that he wished the other countries would do the same . |
| 14 | Mazda says that , where the Xedos broke new ground in the executive saloon class , the new model will do the same among the prestige cars , whatever that means exactly . |
| 15 | With little international experience , most Swedish investors assumed other markets would do the same . |
| 16 | Ultraviolet radiation could do the same job as the electrical discharge in their laboratory . |
| 17 | At present Strathclyde PTE and ScotRail cross-subsidise to maintain off-peak services but a private operator looking for maximum profit would do no such thing . |
| 18 | And maybe a relative or a near relative would do the same . |
| 19 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |