Example sentences of "[adj] do [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often they are seen to have three ingredients : a cognitive ingredient ( what I believe , say , about pollution ) ; an affective ingredient ( how I feel about pollution ) ; and a behavioural ingredient ( what I am prepared to do about pollution ) . |
| 2 | The analogy was there to draw between what they were prepared to do at home and what they might contemplate doing out of sight in a subjected territory . |
| 3 | But both are things we must be prepared to do on occasion , and both are preferable to staying at home and watching a lot of odious rubbish on television . |
| 4 | There were limits , however , to what the Whigs were prepared to do on behalf of Protestant Dissenters . |
| 5 | This is because when there is an actionable nuisance the law provides a legal remedy by way of injunction or damages and this it is not prepared to do in respect of every odour found to be annoying or objectionable ; neither would it be practicable especially since odours are notoriously subjective in nature affecting some individuals and not others and causing a variety of symptoms . |
| 6 | The large proportion — estimated at forty per cent — of the marchers who were under twenty-one sang ‘ Ban , ban , ban the bloody H-Bomb ’ ( to the tune of ‘ John Brown 's Body ’ ) or ‘ When the Saints Go Marching In ’ and welcomed the fact that there was something different to do for Easter . |
| 7 | He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this . |
| 8 | ‘ Amazing , ’ you may say , ‘ but what has this to do with conveyancing ? ’ |
| 9 | What has any of this to do with language , more precisely with the ‘ grammar ’ of this chapter 's title ? |
| 10 | What has this to do with hearing ? |
| 11 | If this did in fact happen , it can be plausibly explained by the anxiety of lay landowners to provide for their families and by their inability to browse on retirement in clerical pastures . |
| 12 | There is evidence to suggest that this did in fact happen . |
| 13 | It would make a poem too stereotyped if this did in fact happen and so the metrical pattern will be varied . |
| 14 | The Lord commands , he says this do in remembrance of me . |
| 15 | Other countries apparently more successful than us , never seem to mind change , the British do for fear that it diminishes their lot in life . |
| 16 | But the distinctions between ‘ high ’ and ‘ low ’ in so far as they are doctrinal do of necessity affect devotional practice . |
| 17 | But there is no virtue at all in clinging as some do to tradition merely for its own sake . |
| 18 | We have assumed that exports amount to £3,000 million and that imports are £4,000 million ; the external sector has a surplus of £1,000 million ( this does of course represent an unfavourable balance of payments for the country represented in the model ) . |
| 19 | Now , we do n't think he 's going to press charges , but you must realise that if he did you would in fact be facing a charge of assault , and coming as this does on top of your other verbal and written warnings — all within , I 'm afraid to say , Steve , " Mr Smith sat back in his seat with a sigh and flicked through a few more of the papers on his desk , shaking his head at them , " a very short interval of time considering the length of your employment with us , and all regarding previous lapses in … " |
| 20 | Is that done at birth then that blood test , is the blood test done at birth ? |
| 21 | That done to Scotch would have been great . |
| 22 | Particular questions to be considered include : i to what extent has the emergence of new military technology from the laboratories been steered by strategic interests and too what extent was it an autonomous product of the laboratories ; ii how has the relationship between the work done in the national laboratories to that done by defence contractors altered ; iii what are the pressures for greater commercial application of research ; what effect has this had ? |
| 23 | What did that do for skill levels ? |
| 24 | yeah yes I wondered if David would be on bus , I saw Wendy having a he worked later today because he 's got so much done on front of the er that weather he could n't er , do any decorating outside still we never got nobbled down street providing the er canvassers |
| 25 | It 's so easy to do in rehearsal and yet , when that moment comes , something happens to your throat . |
| 26 | The result had as much to do with romanticism as historical accuracy , with simulated timber framing , and a Gothic chimneypiece decorated with scenes of the King 's escape . |
| 27 | Blown-up extracts from contemporary Paris newspapers , on panels larger than the works of art on display , suggest that the district 's sudden fame was not so much to do with art or philosophy , but the novel phenomenon of la jeunesse . |
| 28 | As attested by the now considerable literature on museology , debates concerning strategies of display and the production of history have as much to do with empowerment outside as inside the museum . |
| 29 | Absolutely nothing , it 's politically biased and as much to do with music as The Beano |
| 30 | But the horror of losing was as much to do with money as with pride . |