Example sentences of "do [adv] [to-vb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needs space to throw the dice and this is not practical in planes and trains where it can do most to relieve the boredom of a long journey . |
| 2 | I found some cotton stuff that would do nicely to replace the sacking at our windows , and a pair of linen sheets . |
| 3 | But it will not do just to dismiss the evidence of their experience out of hand . |
| 4 | Will she do more to publicise the results of the recent negotiations on that issue ? |
| 5 | But he must do more to suppress the air of lawlessness that now abounds ( which would incidentally take the wind out of the Congress 's sails ) and persuade people that paying taxes is a social virtue ( which would then help balance Russia 's books ) . |
| 6 | Eliminating tax breaks on corporate entertaining would probably do more to break the power of keiretsu than beefing up Japan 's feeble antitrust laws or passing intricate rules on cross share-holdings . |
| 7 | Some analysts hope that the government will do more to encourage the spread of private pension funds to supplement the state 's creaky pay-as-you-go retirement system . |
| 8 | Orrell will do well to heed the challenge of Bates , Davies , Clough and Lozowski . |
| 9 | Equally , many countries would do well to acknowledge the honesty of subSaharan nations in being largely open about the nature and scale of the epidemic within their borders . |
| 10 | ‘ In many Free Churches I fear that awe is an unknown factor ’ and ‘ some who sneer at elaborately worked altar-cloths would do well to cultivate the spirit of those by whom they were presented . ’ |
| 11 | With that in mind , I am offering readers the thought that we should do well to upgrade the status of repossession from ungentlemanly pastime to true sport . |
| 12 | Piano duettists who have tired of presenting the Brahms Hungarian Dances or the Op. 39 Waltzes in recitals could do well to make the acquaintance of this work . |
| 13 | If the prospect of British ‘ bobbies ’ behaving like their LAPD counterparts seems too remote to be taken seriously , we might do well to consider the events of 29 September 1989 when 400 police officers carried out a drug raid on the Broadwater Farm Estate . |
| 14 | The Indo-Chinese ministers warned the ASEAN states that they would do well to accept the reality of Indo-China and offered to sign non-aggression treaties with them on a bilateral basis . |
| 15 | There was really very little I could do actively to refute the charge of selfishness . |