Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while the latter may not have a material impact on competition , they do nevertheless contribute to an incremental drift of decision-making power to a steadily diminishing number of companies . |
| 2 | Until the 1988 Act , all a person had to do to gain copyright protection for a design was to make a drawing of the design in such a way that the design could be recognized from the drawing ( as long as the design did not relate to a spare part ) . |
| 3 | Even the death of George I , in June 1727 , while en route to Hanover , did not lead to a new Jacobite invasion and he was succeeded , without any public disturbance , by his 43-year-old son . |
| 4 | But the disappointment of pacifist hopes of winning the Labour party to a genuine democratic diplomacy did not lead to a new rupture in the Party . |
| 5 | The introduction of railways did not lead to an immediate decline in the number of draught animals . |
| 6 | Consequently the palaeomagnetic evidence did not lead to an immediate resurrection of the continental drift hypothesis . |
| 7 | For Labour , Mr Donald Dewar said the figures did not amount to a real increase and took no account of cuts in local authority spending in recent years . |
| 8 | But singing songs and letter writing , though powerful antidotes to homesickness , did not amount to a decent education , as Anna Essinger was well aware . |
| 9 | Therefore , so far as the original shareholders were concerned , clause 3 of the shareholders ' agreement did not amount to an unlawful fetter on the company 's statutory power to increase its share capital ; it was simply a personal agreement outside the articles between the shareholders who executed it about how they would exercise their voting rights in relation to the creation or issue of shares , and did not purport to bind future shareholders . |
| 10 | The litigation involving the late ex-President Marcos of the Philippines [ see pp. 36428 ; 36893 ] suggested that such immunity did not apply to a former head of state particularly when it was specifically waived by the country from whence he had been deposed . |
| 11 | 368 did not apply to a periodic tenancy and declined to follow Doe d . |
| 12 | did not belong to a dangerous species ) and he knew of its vicious characteristics . |
| 13 | As a result when I awoke there was no positive proof that all this had not in fact happened , and that it did not belong to a mental lapse from which I had recovered . |
| 14 | This particular finding supports the finding , based on radiological studies , that the presence of backwash ileitis did not predispose to an increased incidence of pouchitis . |
| 15 | This negative element can be felt in ( 32 ) above in the fact that this sentence implies that he did not appeal to a higher court even though he could have . |
| 16 | Of course , this problem could be eased by reducing the number of constituencies in Scotland and Wales , but since Labour has overwhelming strength in Wales and majority support in Scotland , the idea of cutting down their representatives in the Commons did not appeal to a Labour Government . |
| 17 | It followed that the interference by the English courts did not correspond to a social need sufficiently pressing to outweigh the public interest in freedom of expression . |
| 18 | In 1982 , 78 per cent of cases in which pre-hearing assessments had been requested did not proceed to a full hearing . |
| 19 | There are those who feel , for instance , that a revolution did take place but not one which achieved positive effects ; or others who dispute the existence of an English revolution but who do not adhere to a neo-conservative interpretation of English history . |
| 20 | Postgraduate Bursaries are available for certain full-time courses which do not lead to a higher degree . |
| 21 | Conservatives thus hold what must appear , to those who do not hold to a conservative position , to be a distorted conception of what he was about . |
| 22 | Loose coupling relations do not refer to a specific version of a module — only to its name . |
| 23 | Loose coupling relations do not refer to a specific version of a module — only to its name . |
| 24 | ‘ Lifetime ’ partners do not refer to a finite time period but to partners since first sexual intercourse ‘ so far ’ ; this may be the most inaccurate measure because of difficulties of recall , whereas discrepancies over shorter time intervals are much smaller . |
| 25 | Normative rulings , then , do not apply to a fixed role apart from the incumbent ; they can be developed only as individuals have the time and occasion to become familiar with each others ' past history and future intentions . |
| 26 | In possibly solving a problem in relation to stamp duty or SDRT the arrangement may throw up problems in other areas : ( 1 ) Section 89(4) of CA 1985 ( statutory pre-emption rights ) provides that the statutory pre-emption rights do not apply to a particular allotment of equity shares if these are , or are to be , wholly or partly paid up otherwise than in cash . |
| 27 | Median and interquartile ( 25th to 75th centiles ) range ( IQR ) values are given for each group , since the data do not conform to a Gaussian distribution . |
| 28 | It is well established that a buyer may reject goods which do not conform to a contractual sample . |
| 29 | Now , individual workers will be able to leave the state scheme even if they do not belong to a recognized scheme . |
| 30 | The church sends an invitation to any who do not belong to a particular church , but would like to join in . |