Example sentences of "[noun prp] did for the " in BNC.
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1 | Yesterday 's newspaper columns on the election were devoted to Mr Dinkins ' promises to defend Jewish interests in the same way that Mayor Ed Koch did for the past 12 years . |
2 | Archbishop Fisher was very pleased at what Ramsey did for the conference . |
3 | The book does for harmonisation in Europe 1992 what John Wayne did for the ballet . |
4 | A new Herriot ( in this case Every Living Thing , published by Michael Joseph ) does not need to be torn to pieces on the book page of the Times , but there was Robert Crampton trying to make a reputation for himself : ‘ James Herriot did for the Yorkshire Dales in the seventies what Peter Mayle did for the hills of Provence in the eighties . |
5 | Is it to set the general atmosphere and mood as Stravinsky did for The Firebird Mysterious sounds of the wind whispering in the trees , the soaring flight of a bird and the heavy tread of an unseen foot are still a wonderful introduction to this magic tale . |
6 | WHAT WILDER 's Boulevard did for the fading grandeur of old Hollywood , Mackendrick did for the furious pulsating rhythms of New York 's sleazy showbiz scene . |
7 | Such taxes begin with the levies imposed by lay rulers to raise money for the crusades ( as the kings of England and France did for the Second and Third Crusades ) . |
8 | That meant that Jews , Romans , Egyptians , Phoenicians , Babylonians and even the Indians ( Asoka 's edicts ) entered Greek literature with contributions of their own : what Xanthus did for the Lydians in the fifth century B.C. became a routine performance . |
9 | A new Herriot ( in this case Every Living Thing , published by Michael Joseph ) does not need to be torn to pieces on the book page of the Times , but there was Robert Crampton trying to make a reputation for himself : ‘ James Herriot did for the Yorkshire Dales in the seventies what Peter Mayle did for the hills of Provence in the eighties . |
10 | WHAT WILDER 's Boulevard did for the fading grandeur of old Hollywood , Mackendrick did for the furious pulsating rhythms of New York 's sleazy showbiz scene . |