Example sentences of "do [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule was that as a member in good standing of another church ( and I was a member of the Presbyterian Church of England ) one might do so on a temporary basis ; but that if one found oneself doing so for any extended length of time , one should ask oneself whether one should not be confirmed . |
| 2 | A visitor arriving in Zurich for the first time will almost certainly do so with a preconceived idea of a feverishly busy city where austere-faced financiers wearing dark suits hurry past in search of the next billion dollars , where bankers huddle together in back rooms like a secret society , a place resembling a web from the centre of which threads reach out to manipulate the money markets of the world , and everything is subordinate to profit . |
| 3 | Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart . |
| 4 | ‘ We are going forward into the future and will do so with a united front , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Now , I can do so with a clear conscience : Col. Sutherland 's book is the only substantial and comprehensive single reference on SF from its obscure beginnings in the early days of the Cold War to its subsequent apotheosis in Vietnam , with its somewhat confused role in the 1980s . |
| 6 | No one who contemplates the brutal war that has racked Croatia over the last few months can do so without a deep feeling of sorrow and shame : sorrow that such devastation and misery should disfigure our continent in 1991 , and shame that we have been unable to do anything to halt the carnage and destruction . |
| 7 | This study will examine such problems , as and when they arise — and will do so through an ethnographic grasp of cultural differences and misunderstandings on topics that might range from the price of butter to question of minorities , language , drugs and terror . |
| 8 | They may do so in a non-Compact institution in which case responsibility for " cashing in " the Compact entitlement must rest with the student . |
| 9 | It will not necessarily do so in a judicial manner ; a matter with party political implications may well result in voting following party lines . |
| 10 | A public corporation managing a monopoly might do so in a sectional interest . |
| 11 | While managers will pursue broadly the same tasks , they will do so in an increasing variety of ways . |
| 12 | It will do so from a common perspective : that is , how might each of them handle what have been seen as necessary imperatives of organizational action ? |
| 13 | If the seller does agree to convey them , he must do so within a reasonable length of time , section 29(3) . |
| 14 | In southern England , they may do so within a single year . |
| 15 | They may do so within a Compact institution , in which case it will be fairly easy to keep track of the Compact entitlement . |
| 16 | In any case , as a result of the growing emphasis on patrilineal descent in all aristocratic families , even the noblest of wives could do less for an eleventh-century lord than she could have done for his grandfather . |
| 17 | Concentrate on the things you can do well within a reasonable working day , establishing the priorities as you go along . |
| 18 | ‘ I expect to come out and do well after a two-week break at Christmas . |