Example sentences of "do this [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Whether we can do this depends upon the degree to which social conscience becomes the driving force in a national life .
2 You both need to do this to work at the principle of conciliation .
3 The ability to do this arises from the fee earners ' specialist knowledge of the field , the aquisition and development of which must be the starting point for any firm wishing to increase its volume of personal injury work .
4 The responsibility for doing this rests with the department managers .
5 Schools could work forwards or backwards in time ( though it is expected that at all times there will be reference to time-lines , and time-charts , and that attention will be given to the question " when did this happen in the past ? " ) .
6 Where did this happen in the Channel ?
7 Did this come in the post this morning ?
8 If a mains transformer has a secondary rated at 9V , 100mA , does this refer to the a.c. output or the d.c. after rectification ?
9 The Area Sec has the right to relate directly to Waterloo , but how does this relate to the role of Nat Sec who needs to be informed ?
10 How does this bear upon the concept of reality ?
11 How does this compare with the practice in British domestic legislation ?
12 What difference does this make to the relationship and interaction between the couple concerned ?
13 If the rate of return on assets is 17 per cent for all firms , what does this imply about the dividend yields of the four firms ?
14 How does this work in the case of theories of racism ?
15 All the more unfortunate does this become in the presence of narrow majorities , each representing a minority of the electorate , sometimes a small minority , and when at least one of the parties believes that the prerogatives and rights conferred by electoral victory , however narrow , not merely entitle but compel it to impose on the helpless but unorganized majority irreversible changes for which it never consciously voted and to which most of its members are opposed .
16 Not only does this lie at the heart of current government policies on higher education , but a good deal of empirical work has been done on it , particularly on the relationship between higher education and initial employment .
17 2 If you do not have the same answer as the one at the end of 6 , what does this reveal about the schema you employed to interpret this discourse ?
18 What questions does this raise about the ownership , maintenance and accessibility of the records ?
19 Does this point to the Severum ?
20 Does this sound like the behaviour of men directing a criminal operation boasting an annual turnover four times that of IBM ?
21 How does this apply to the life of the Church ?
22 What does this survey of the impact of the second wave tell us about the likely impact of the third wave in the 1990s and the consequences for developing managers ?
23 In which case , one must ask what effect does this have on the child subject ?
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