Example sentences of "[vb mod] do be [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ First thing I must do is to sell the emeralds I inherited from my mother , they will bring me in enough to buy in leather and begin to trade again . ’ |
| 2 | The first thing we must do is to defeat the MacSharry proposals that target British farm workers , and particularly those relating to sheepmeat , which represent a direct attack on those who work in British agriculture — not merely those who own or rent farms but those employed on them . |
| 3 | What the hon. Member should do is to draw the matter to the attention of the Serjeant at Arms , and it will be investigated further . |
| 4 | I mean the only thing that an appeal fund like that should do is to give the widows and dependents of the the dead of the platform , it should give them immediate money to tide them over until they get their compensation which they need . |
| 5 | In order for the UK to emerge successfully out of recession , the last thing the government should do is to make the acquisition of new skills and ideas , through education and training more expensive . ’ |
| 6 | Position positional isomers branch chain functional group and there 's one other odd one which has a very peculiar name and the name it normally goes by is a fairly old name , now I 'm not sure at this stage if that name is still used but what I 'll do is to describe the form of the isomerism first and let you decide what you would prefer to call it . |
| 7 | For various reasons they were unable to attend this meeting , and so all the arresting officers could do was to take the names of those who were present . |
| 8 | The last service Miller could do was to write the script of The Misfits for her . |
| 9 | All you can do is to notice the spelling when you read . |
| 10 | The most ministers can do is to argue the case for change and enable the changes to be made . |
| 11 | All that we can do is to set the visitor in motion ; but having done so , we can not review his decision . |
| 12 | All we and they can do is to resist the degeneration of a justified action of international collective security into a United States ' imperial ego-trip , to stop the affair getting further out of hand , and in doing so to prevent the UN , the only available base for world order , from falling into lasting discredit . |
| 13 | Erm , so what I can do is to put the B four here inside of that string comma zero . |
| 14 | What we as carers can do is to support the people concerned while they get on with it in their own way . |
| 15 | At the time of writing , all I can do is to encourage the reader not to despise prophecies , but to test everything , pay attention , look and see whether these things come to pass : test the fruit . |
| 16 | All the computer can do is to reduce the drudgery , freeing the brain in front of the screen to do more productive things . |
| 17 | The most an artist can do is to limit the amounts which are paid to a well-known producer . |
| 18 | What these things can do is to enhance the quality of life by helping us to transmute ‘ stress ’ into positive challenges , thus preventing the onset of apathy or even depression . |