Example sentences of "do [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anything shown before 9pm is regarded as family viewing and Elliott says the ITC has done extensive research on The Bill , a police drama , to check the impact on its sizeable audience of children . |
| 2 | The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else . |
| 3 | Secondly , because to try the Barclays ( Asia ) and West L.B. charges at the present stage would do inevitable damage to the defence of the applicant when the very grave charges relating to B.M.F.L. come to be heard . |
| 4 | The International Chamber of Commerce has done valuable work in the formulation of uniform rules and trade terms effectuated by incorporation into contracts . |
| 5 | A doctor in the north of England has done pioneering work on the measurement of clinical need . |
| 6 | Protectionism is not a serious counter movement to global capitalism because if it was successful it could do great damage to the system and , ultimately , destroy it . |
| 7 | He 'd done good work on the drama pilot , and it was galling to hear this woman refer to it so dismissively . |
| 8 | Finally , if there 's another accident overseas like Chernobyl , it will do enormous damage to the reputation of the nuclear industry in the rest of the world . |
| 9 | Like bristleworms they should only be handled with forceps or aquarium tongs , as either type could do considerable damage to the fishkeeper 's hand . |
| 10 | However , the company 's activities may already have done irreversible damage to the park , which has been identified as the second most important in the world for bird life , with 10 per cent of all species . |
| 11 | Kelly 's clumsy handling of the affair has done immense damage to the authority of his own office and he has only succeeded in attracting more attention to the ineptitude with which football is run . |
| 12 | There will be increasing resentment of the greed of many top tennis players , some of whom will do immense damage to the game they adorn . |
| 13 | Many of them have done excellent work in the past . |
| 14 | At supper there is more likely to be a simple salad than a roast on the menu , which has the advantage of leaving you with more room to do proper justice to the pudding . |
| 15 | ‘ If [ Fujimori ] had a script to do grievous harm to the country today , tomorrow and for years to come , this would be it , ’ said Gustavo Gorriti , a prominent Peruvian journalist , exhausted after his release from police custody . |
| 16 | With increasing unemployment and early retirements , the Church will need to do fresh thinking in the area of ministry to those with time on their hands , opening up opportunities to learn new skills and engage in spheres of community service . |
| 17 | Despite his notoriety during the Cultural Revolution , Chen even secured a limited rehabilitation in the last years of his life and was allowed to do historical research at the Literature and History Museum in Peking . |
| 18 | The new sovereigns were not really wealthy enough at that stage to do full justice to the grandeur required for such a majestic British event . |
| 19 | It is impossible to do full justice to the elegance and sensitivity of this volume which contained the final report . |
| 20 | The way this defence was used can be seen from the following submission , made by a defendant charged with the possession of a hacksaw blade with intent to do criminal damage to the perimeter fence of the US naval base at Brawdy : |
| 21 | You went on to do sterling work in the diarrhoea , headaches and vomiting department and you ended up coughing out your last in a way that Henry thought would be entirely suitable for Elinor . |
| 22 | Not as wild boar running free and doing untold damage to the countryside , as in Italy , France and Germany ; but as farmed wild boar which should ease your mind , even if it causes the farmers untold headaches . |
| 23 | This guide was extensively revised over nine years , and was republished in 1980 as a Guide to the Literature of Art History , intended for ‘ persons doing serious research in the field of art history ’ . |
| 24 | The Chipping Campden ban comes into effect in the autumn — lorry drivers doing regular business in the town have until then to apply for special permits . |
| 25 | There was a local Patels open and doing good business at the end of the street , and I stocked up on orange juice , a couple of meat pies and a packet of chocolate biscuits . |
| 26 | And is that the only thing which would influence you to call off this strike , which is obviously doing great harm to the company and the country ? ’ the interviewer asked . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) The offences referred to in sub-section ( 1 ) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question , of inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm or raping any woman therein , and of doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein . |
| 28 | where the goods are perishable or are doing considerable damage to the land and it is impossible to communicate speedily enough with the occupier or his agent ) . |
| 29 | Giving science a more feminine image : It is sometimes argued that science textbooks are sexist in showing illustrations of boys , rather than girls , doing practical work in the laboratory , and so forth . |
| 30 | It is , obviously , extremely easy to get stereotyped in layout : it is the art director 's job to avoid this , without doing excessive damage to the way the reader will want to take in the ad . |