Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] to do [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the eyes of some observers , Rio Tinto has become a force in Cornish mining for reasons that have little to do with the profitability of the mines . |
| 2 | Articles on exhibitions sometimes glide away into topics which have little to do with the art on display . |
| 3 | ( Witness the number of ‘ comparability ’ pay claims which have little to do with the tightness of labour markets . ) |
| 4 | If I 'm not mistaken , their instruments are from the bass and viol family and have little to do with the guitar , either from a playing standpoint or a technical one . |
| 5 | To focus on Dycarbas is unfortunately something of a distraction ; his supposedly ‘ fumbling interventions ’ [ Landry , 103 ] have little to do with the outcome of the play , and the final disasters are exclusively the result of sexual jealousy among young male characters . |
| 6 | One reason for this is that the underlying causes for the West 's concern over the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and for Washington 's original involvement have little to do with the security system it now wishes to see created . |
| 7 | For Cubo , who teaches history , the causes of World War One have more to do with the battle over markets and raw materials than with the assassination of the Arch-Duke Ferdinand ( the classical explanation that children are offered from Melbourne to Montreal ) . |
| 8 | Perhaps such oversights have more to do with the fact that we would prefer to forget . |