Example sentences of "do it [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The new Fowler operation had certainly made use of the sales information , but this did not involve any breach of contract by Mr Fowler and the other former employees , nor did it show an actionable conspiracy .
2 Did it make a big difference .
3 And did it make a big difference ?
4 Did the population remain more or less static after the dramatic decline in the second half of the fourteenth century , or did it make a rapid recovery from the first wave of epidemics ?
5 Did it represent a significant move to the right by the people of the United States presaging a deep rooted realignment of electoral forces favouring the Republican party ?
6 ) Or did it reveal a conservative attitude at the heart of a movie that is dressed up in hippie garb ?
7 ‘ He did it like a decent horse , and is still improving , ’ said Nicholson , whose career is on the crest of a wave at present .
8 Did it have a lasting effect on you Mollie ?
9 Nor did it have a consistent history in the sixteenth century .
10 Was it purely physical or did it have a psychosomatic dimension , as her sudden and dramatic recovery could indicate ?
11 Not only did it have a mismatched neck and body , but the scratchplate was black , and therefore from the '70s .
12 Did it have an exterior handle ?
13 Did it take a long time ?
14 At what point erm did i er did it become an official dispute , how how at the point of becoming an official dispute ?
15 Er , a few handlebars and whatever else and , but , but but do n't do it like the British bikers , do it like an American bar , so it can be cleaned and
16 Dentan cites an informant who asked rhetorically ‘ what good does it do an unhappy person to have another person upset ? ’ ( 1968 : 64 ) .
17 ‘ The Labour Party will have to very quickly make up its mind : does it want a Labour Party clearly led by Neil Kinnock , as I do , or one run by Ron Todd ?
18 ‘ Is your question one of personal curiosity , or does it represent an official line of enquiry ? ’ countered Toby , crossing his skeletal ankles .
19 When does it pay a young male to remain with his companions operating a preferred strategy of delayed takeover ?
20 Does it strike an answering chord with your mother ?
21 Does it provide a new way of paying for welfare in the 1990s ?
22 On the other , it may bring to light significant features of style which would otherwise have been overlooked , and so lead to further insights ; but only in a limited sense does it provide an objective measurement of style .
23 Into this arena then a book like Petch 's comes as a tremendous boost to the debate , in that not only does it provide an excellent summary of this area of community care policy ( including Scottish policy ) , but it also goes into the microcosms of eleven supported accommodation projects and looks at how such policy works in practice .
24 Does it require a special sort of teacher , one with particular gifts , to do this satisfactorily ?
25 Does it require a special sort of teacher , a special type of teacher , to do this satisfactorily .
26 Does it add a new dimension to its noun or would the noun be better off without it ?
27 Nor does it entail a straightforward shrinking to the nuclear family unit as a consequence of industrialization .
28 Why does it seem a good place for a nest ? .
29 This says that a member can defend itself , but in no sense does it endorse a prolonged campaign of counter-attack .
30 Does it follow a biorhythmic pattern ?
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