Example sentences of "[modal v] do [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Leonard is not of that cloth ; his nature is obsessive ; what he does , he must do with abandon ; he has to work in total conviction , and dedication . |
| 2 | It is not enough for one party or the other to tell us what his mind is , that he must do in person . |
| 3 | A good illustration of this principle is provided by the rules concerning ‘ statutory default powers ’ , that is , powers of ministers of central government to give directions to an authority which fails to perform some statutory duty ( or , sometimes , a statutory power ) as to what it must do in pursuance of its duty ( or in exercise of its power ) . |
| 4 | We agree or disagree before we form any concrete opinions about which institutions or officials must act and what they must do in consequence of whatever rights we declare people have . |
| 5 | It was very well presented and that whilst Billy Connolly freely admitted he was not in fact a culture vulture , it was his enthusiasm that in a sense having his own that make the programme apparently a complete and utter joy and in a sense that 's what sponsorship should do , it should do for art , music , ballet and opera what Cousteau and Bellamy have done for the environment and Attenborough |
| 6 | SIR — In your leading article ‘ What Brussels should do for research ’ ( see Nature 362 , 93 ; 1993 ) you emphasized the need to increase the quality , quantity and participation in science research in countries such as Ireland . |
| 7 | This is a figure included to ensure that all three methods yield identical results which , of course , they should do in principle , but which they invariably fail to do in practice because of errors and omissions which arise through imperfect data collection . |
| 8 | Paul means that workers should do in practice what the employer requires . |
| 9 | I 've been doing more thinking about what we should do in future . |
| 10 | Within democratic societies like our own there is much more that librarians can do and should do against censorship . |
| 11 | Regardless of who we are or what we may do in life all of us have an upper limit to the stress that our bodies can take . |
| 12 | If so , have they costed them , or is it something else that they say that they may do in future if economic growth comes their way ? |
| 13 | No attempt will be made to separate out what accounting methods might do for pre-investment as distinct from post-investment . |
| 14 | Any conflict within the enterprise can be explained away in terms of ‘ personality conflicts ’ which not only lodges the conflict in a few people but ensures that others can cooperate as a good family might do in phantasy . |
| 15 | I wonder what you 'll do at nursery today . |
| 16 | You might be surprised to find that it only means an increase in activity of fifteen percent of what you 're currently doing , to achieve something that 's in year three , that you 've got as year three , and you might think , ooh , that 's what I 'll do for year two . |
| 17 | Yes , I know it 's from last summer and it 's a bit too tailored for this season , but it 'll do for work . |
| 18 | and I mean really and honestly that not worth bothering to sew them up , they 'll do for work , but that 's all |
| 19 | I do n't know what I 'd do without Radio Skerne . |
| 20 | There was nothing that Trent could do on deck . |
| 21 | Norman Wisdom was snapped by up Rank after he had proved what he could do on TV , and the cosy cop series Dixon of Dock Green ( 1955–76 ) was clearly a lineal descendant of Ealing 's The Blue Lamp . |
| 22 | A statement was issued from Ibrox yesterday detailing the unsatisfactory nature of the dealings with Bernard Tapie 's club , while expressing regret that there was nothing more Rangers could do on behalf of their now disgruntled fans . |
| 23 | Nothing they could do on earth would affect this destiny . |
| 24 | There was n't much they could do for Martinho . |
| 25 | Coupled with the exit of some vital players , it was as much as Neath could do to paper over the cracks and keep winning . |
| 26 | Think what it could do to security . |
| 27 | But what we could do of course , is is we put in a time between containers , we could always use them to re-palletize it . |
| 28 | There 's a lovely tree and a lovely decorations there Could do with tree they 're not gon na use it , you might as well have them . |
| 29 | Yeah we could do with decorating , but it 's not really worth it |
| 30 | ‘ Sounds as if we could do with Dad aboard right now , ’ Hawkins said . |