Example sentences of "do this [prep] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF YOU want to know what books are in the library or find out about the latest reports on new topics , you can now do this without leaving the comfort of your office . |
| 2 | You can not do this without projecting the effect of what you write upon an imagined reader . |
| 3 | As with stone throwers you must do this without measuring the distance to your target , so you must guess the range as accurately as you can . |
| 4 | You can do this through controlling the environment : ‘ Can everyone see/hear me ? ’ , |
| 5 | We can do this by considering the reply Locke makes , in an early draft of the Essay , to an objection which he might seem to invite . |
| 6 | I realised that I could have her full attention as long as I caught her interest , and I could only do this by telling the truth , for she could no more be bothered with the niceties of drawing-room small-talk than could a fox . |
| 7 | With videocassette machines you can do this by putting the machine into rewind mode when you first put the cassette in . |
| 8 | It could do this by giving the fund a loan , in which case our No. 2 calculation would apply : obviously , the payment of interest on the debt would be to the Government 's central funds . |
| 9 | It will do this by accelerating the acceptance of quality as a strategy for global competitive advantage and by stimulating and assisting the deployment of quality improvement activities . |
| 10 | It 's rarely possible to do this without damaging the glass , so have a new piece ready . |
| 11 | Doctors advise regular temperature checks , and a new thermometer allows you to do this without disturbing the baby . |
| 12 | He chose to do this by re-writing the scene in the form of a script for a play . |
| 13 | We can make it difficult for the respondent to do this by randomizing the direction of the successive ratings so that ‘ desirable ’ is sometimes on the left and sometimes on the right . |
| 14 | The Sea-Guard close-in weapon system claims to be able to do this by destroying the missile using high performance , ‘ kinetic energy ’ ammunition . |
| 15 | It intends to do this by modifying the object interface definition language in its System Object Model ( SOM ) for OS/2 2.0 to support CORBA 's interface definition language . |
| 16 | They did this by emphasising the development of measurement scales by which data could be systematically organised and available for various forms of mathematical manipulation . |
| 17 | Do this by contacting the manufacturer |
| 18 | You do this by flushing the needle and syringe twice with cold water , twice with bleach and then twice with cold water again . |
| 19 | They do this by guarding the female , staying close to her during the ten days or so when she is fertile . |
| 20 | Since it does this without increasing the money supply , it is raising the velocity of the existing stock . |
| 21 | The brain does this by recognising the rhythm and pattern of the sounds , including their frequencies . |
| 22 | It does this by initiating the transfer of data between units , and by sending appropriate control signals , in accordance with a schedule or program of instructions . |
| 23 | It does this by altering the supply of Treasury bills on offer , at times when it is trying to reduce liquidity ; or by altering the amount of bills ( eligible commercial bills and local authority bills as well as Treasury bills ) it is prepared to buy , at times when it is trying to provide more liquidity . |
| 24 | A good bag does this by protecting the body with a barrier layer of air . |
| 25 | It does this by gripping the silk with its back legs and hanging from it . |
| 26 | He does this by making the labour process , and the shift from Fordism to neo-Fordism , more central to his analysis and by bringing in social and political forces at every stage . |
| 27 | It does this by noting the angle the course makes with a point on the horizon directly below the sun , known as the azimuth . |