Example sentences of "do it [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so doing it rejects the classical vision of the company which defines the interests of the company as those of the shareholders , who are the only members of the company . |
| 2 | He was n't doing it to advance the Allied cause . |
| 3 | Disorganised French industry was slow to get into gear , and when it did it committed the traditional error — not emulated by the Germans — of having too many models . |
| 4 | Did it exploit the clashing elements of land and water , feeding on our anxiety at the concept of amphibianism ? |
| 5 | Not only did it furnish the missing equation of the Keynesian system , it had also assumed a role of paramount significance in the formulation of macroeconomic policy . |
| 6 | Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’ |
| 7 | Nor did it provide the detailed information on local labour markets , particularly at the occupational level , that would have been necessary to make a fuller judgement . |
| 8 | The conquest of Egypt and Cyrenaica as far west as Euesperides ( not far from Benghazi ) by the Persian Kambyses did not entail the overthrow of the Battiads , nor did it interrupt the cultural traffic of Dorian Cyrene with Ionian Attica . |
| 9 | Nor did it remove the niggling suspicion that Isabel was hiding something . |
| 10 | Nor did it remove the old ones . |
| 11 | Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine . |
| 12 | Nor does it want the German tail to wag the European dog . |
| 13 | Nor does it accommodate the traditional costumes or a tired , very conventional acting style . |
| 14 | If you copy it to a different place , does it leave the blank formulas |
| 15 | What does it benefit the British people of Northern Ireland ( for the Ulster-born members of the IRA are British whether they like it or not ) randomly to murder British children in Warrington ? |
| 16 | Not until it is four or five months old does it discover the remarkable fact that water can be sniffed up into a trunk and then , if you blow out , you can hose it into your mouth . |
| 17 | ‘ But how does it catch the last fish without losing those its already caught ? ’ |
| 18 | Not only does it neutralize the free lime , but also seals the pool by internal glazing . |
| 19 | Neither does it deny the ageing process , or the ultimate destination of life itself . |
| 20 | Not only does it invert the natural sequence of events in a given life by interpreting origins and development in the light of conclusions ( teleological falsification ) ; it also selects particular ideas , events and utterances for interpretation within the framework of a preferred intellectual system ( ideological falsification ) . |
| 21 | and Aconite , nor does it have the general disturbance ; the aching limbs , the general soreness , the fever and thirst . |
| 22 | This part of the city lacks the individual character of Robyn 's own suburb , where healthfood stores and sportswear boutiques and alternative bookshops have sprung up to cater for the students and liberal-minded yuppies who live there ; and still more does it lack the green amenities of the residential streets around the University . |