Example sentences of "[adj] do so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've seen this done so often in the films but to be arrested myself … |
| 2 | Table 22 of Appendix 1 shows that when people have recently bought a major item for cash rather than credit , half did so either because they never use credit or because they prefer not to if they can avoid it . |
| 3 | Patients with this disorder switch between mania and depression ; a few do so regularly . |
| 4 | Some do so secretively , creeping in quietly among the swarm of busy workers , quickly depositing an egg in a waxen cell alongside those belonging to the builders and slipping out again unremarked . |
| 5 | Of those who did marry , comparatively few did so as young as 20 . |
| 6 | Some colleagues are giving me some messages to read out it would n't be appropriate to do so today because colleagues they er forget them , so I 'm gon na do them tomorrow which will be more appropriate so please do n't think that I 've er forgotten them . |
| 7 | I have already written about the geographical distribution of fossils ( especially Mesozoic brachiopods ) at nauseating length , so it is not appropriate to do so again . |
| 8 | Or if it is impossible to do so then we will have to have a look . |
| 9 | Yeo conceded that the government may look again at creating a forum , but he considered it untimely to do so immediately . |
| 10 | If pigs have occupied the House of Commons recently , chickens are likely to do so soon . |
| 11 | More are likely to do so soon , however , for Russia can no longer afford to subsidise its neighbours . |
| 12 | They are likely to do so only if the perceived benefits exceed the expected costs . |
| 13 | Even if central government wished to pay attention to local considerations , it would find it hard to do so efficiently . |
| 14 | I know that my hon. Friend is anxious for a conclusion to be reached for next year , and I hope that it will be possible to do so soon . |
| 15 | It was all done so genteelly that it set McAllister 's teeth on edge . |
| 16 | To most , if not all , British trade union leaders it seemed to be suicide to follow Larkin 's " fiery cross " into a confrontation with the state in circumstances in which it was clear that their members would not follow them ; why should they make such a sacrifice for Larkin when they had been unwilling to do so only a year earlier for the London dockers ? |
| 17 | If we should wish to tell you how every one behaved himself in this battle , it is a thing which could not be done , for all did so well that no man can relate their feats . |
| 18 | Many do so successfully , along ancient trails , a knowledge of which is found only in the instinctive mind level of the lemmings themselves . |
| 19 | Solicitors are now entitled to advertise and many do so regularly . |
| 20 | Even so , churchmen must have disagreed with Cnut 's behaviour , although perhaps many did so diplomatically , that is to say , silently . |
| 21 | Among other changes that have recently been announced by Lloyd 's are : a new arbitration scheme to deal with disputes between members and their underwriting agents , starting next year ; a new scheme placing a ceiling on future losses sustained by underwriting members , to commence from 1 January 1993 ; and the establishment of a support fund , financed by contributions from Lloyd 's brokers and underwriting agents , to help members suffering from underwriting losses and changes in the guidelines , and members willing to meet their underwriting losses but unable to do so immediately . |
| 22 | I can bear to say that , and I am happy to do so sincerely . |
| 23 | Even Lloyd George , whose origins were as lowly as Law 's had been , could not stoop to so humble a style , and only Stanley Baldwin ( who drew much of his inspiration from Law ) was able to do so successfully . |
| 24 | But it was these same heads of kindreds and lords who were the major factor in ending feud and in maintaining order within local society ; and they were able to do so not as individuals but as men of power with powerful backing . |
| 25 | Even though we have not yet been able to predict any of these quantities from superstring theory , many people believe that we will be able to do so eventually . |
| 26 | The Ibrox manager , Walter Smith , said : ‘ It is obviously a worrying wait to see if they will be fit for Belgium but we have had to overcome injury to both these players at other stages of the season and I can only hope we are able to do so again . ’ |
| 27 | But they were able to do so only because — by chance — monkeys and apes failed to reach this island . |
| 28 | They would be able to do so only from about a metre away , however , because even the muscles ' discharges are tiny . |
| 29 | Where , for instance , an independent power generator will be permitted by Directive to plug into the grid of any Member State ( something , as we have seen , not actually proposed by the Commission at present ) , it will be able to do so only with a safety clearance from the appropriate ‘ home ’ authority . |
| 30 | They were able to do so only by [ making ] implausible assumptions about the speed at which renewables and energy efficiency could contribute . " |