Example sentences of "[vb pp] do [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The workload that students were expected to do on the ward , however , was exhausting .
2 An aim can be taken to be a statement of intent on the part of the teacher , usually expressed in general terms , whilst an objective is a statement describing in specific terms what the student is expected to do at the end of a course of learning experience .
3 If rural areas are to absorb and retain more labour than they have been expected to do in the past then agriculture and other forms of primary production will have a key role to play .
4 They cause objects to seem to shift in position by only a small amount , which is what objects plausibly can be expected to do in the real world .
5 Robert still felt some confusion about what Aziz and his friends might be expected to do around the time of the little boy 's Occultation .
6 It 's not they have not yet been developed to be wholly reliable , and there are problems to be solved to do with the fluctuation in the wind power , but I think perhaps some of those are exaggerated .
7 As he reflected on the brutality of what he had seen done in the name of religion in the Civil War , Taylor asked himself , ‘ If persons be Christians in their lives and Christians in their profession , … why should I hate such persons whom God loves and who love God , because … they have not the same opinion as I have ? ’
8 I have always looked upon you as Theo Daniel said he could not see the pain Frederica said was in the olives , and Alexander , still lecturing , said that Vincent had objected to paintings of symbolic Christs in Gethsemane by Bernard and his compères , had torn up his own , had made do with the olives themselves .
9 This of course leads on to — What are YOU prepared to do for the branch ?
10 With general improvements in standards of living , expectations have risen , so that young people are no longer prepared to do without the basic utilities or to accept a limited range of shops and services ( Thomas 1972 ) .
11 Conservatives have decided to do for the freedom fighters what the American left of the '30s did for the Communists in Spain .
12 Now , what we 've decided to do on the formwork for the tanks is to construct er a square frame into formwork er into one hold everything in place while we pour the concrete Onto the programme oh there it is .
13 No it 's cos I 've got done by the other teachers before .
14 And whereas the said John Weston Foakes has requested the said Julia Beer to give him time in which to pay such judgment , which she has agreed to do on the following conditions .
15 I found myself questioning many of their beliefs in a way that I would not have dared to do at the beginning of the study ; I could question them in their own terms and in doing so , test the boundaries of their beliefs .
16 Marking the forces on going that way , the easy way to think of it is well what have you got to do to the bottom of the ladder to stop it from , put a piece of rope on here , right ?
17 ‘ What 's she got to do with the matter in hand ? ’
18 So I I 've digressed er from er considering what erm erm er what this has got to do with the er erm congress of Vienna but I think it 's er hopefully er er a worthwhile erm er digression .
19 My question concerns the Shetland Island project and the question is this how much has the withdrawal of the Board of Social Responsibility from the Shetland Islands project got to do with the Board 's policy on social responsibility appointed staff being sympathetic to the Christian faith , and how much has it got to do with the fact that the Shetland Islands Council no longer need the Board of Social Responsibility to be able to spend charitable trust money , in other words oil money , without jeopardizing community charge support grant ?
20 My question concerns the Shetland Island project and the question is this how much has the withdrawal of the Board of Social Responsibility from the Shetland Islands project got to do with the Board 's policy on social responsibility appointed staff being sympathetic to the Christian faith , and how much has it got to do with the fact that the Shetland Islands Council no longer need the Board of Social Responsibility to be able to spend charitable trust money , in other words oil money , without jeopardizing community charge support grant ?
21 ‘ What on earth has it got to do with the children ? ’
22 I was thinking , ‘ What has this got to do with the bank manager ?
23 ‘ I agree , and I intend it shall be , but what has Dana got to do with the gown you 'll wear for our wedding ? ’
24 ‘ But what 's he got to do with the letter ? ’
25 What it 's got to do with the comrade 's ability to join the Labour Party I 'm not absolutely sure , perhaps someone can tell me afterwards .
26 Now , what are the mechanisms of defence and what have they got to do with the ego ?
27 My mind wants to know what the theft of the Wolvercote Tongue has got to do with the murder of Theodore Kemp .
28 My Lords what has this got to do with the quality of policing in this country ?
29 Perhaps it 's got to do with the fact that I have er four children , I really do not have the time to sit down and read papers in depth .
30 What has that got to do with the paint drying ?
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