Example sentences of "[vb mod] do [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |
| 2 | We must do justice to all the factors involved . |
| 3 | ‘ did especially appoint John de Metingham ( then Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ) and the rest of his fellow justices … that they , according to their discretions , should provide and ordain , from every county , certain attorneys and lawyers , of the best and most apt for their learning and skill , who might do service to his court and people ; and that those so chosen only and no other , should follow his court and transact the affairs therein ; the said King and his council then deeming the number of seven score to be sufficient for that employment ; but it was left to the discretion of the said justices , to add to that number , or diminish , as they should see fit : ’ |
| 4 | Brownie Owl continued : ‘ I think Farmer Bolsover is mostly afraid that we might do damage to his crops by not keeping to the paths , or taking a fancy to the fruit in his orchard . ’ |
| 5 | How ethical theory might do justice to both these points remains to be seen . |
| 6 | Last winter , though , Mr Tomlinson started work on his biggest project yet — to build a 250hp tractor that could do justice to the farm 's ultra-high output Mengele SH4ON forage harvester . |
| 7 | Only a detailed and carefully chronicled narrative could do justice to the subtle complexities of the project in each school . |
| 8 | As the clubhouse and first link will be within a mile of the radio station and a quarter of a mile from the borough boundary , the project ought to do good to Henley and , incidentally , raise the value of the land surrounding the course . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
| 10 | His international reputation would do credit to Soviet music ; state support would enable him to compose without having to earn his living on the concert platform . |
| 11 | Although the costume designer James Hendy has dressed the cast in disturbingly bright colours and given Katisha fingernails which would do credit to the monstrous Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street , a spokesman said The Mikado had been produced in the spirit of compromise . |
| 12 | He is one of the most exciting one-day players in the world , with footwork which would do credit to Victor Sylvester . |
| 13 | Their publications would do credit to any university : Libertarian Conflicts in Social Choice , by UBS Phillips & Drew 's John Wriglesworth , The Role of Crack Resistance Parameters in Polymer Wear , by Williams de Broe 's Mustapha Omar and Stellar Winds ( which might conceivably be a volume of poetry ) by Robert Fleming 's Martin Murch are just a few of the titles that leap off the page . |
| 14 | And Panofsky added : ‘ Should someone decide , for the sake of convenience , to designate the sum total of such characteristics as ‘ cathood ’ and ‘ doghood ’ , it would do violence to the English language , but not to method ’ . |
| 15 | It was only to be expected that a man who has written with such insight and style about Calcutta and New York , cricket and the crossing of deserts would do justice to a life-long passion . |
| 16 | In no time at all you 've got a professional looking report that would do justice to a public company , let alone a sales manager . |
| 17 | ’ Nor did Vinelott J. think that a taxation on the indemnity basis under Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) would do justice to the contractual right of the defendants in the present case . |
| 18 | The only concession to technology is a 12V CD player and a selection of discs that would do justice to a small radio station . |
| 19 | McAllister could not but agree with him , and had to stifle a grin as he led them around , the women staring , and the men , manifestly bored , dragged along to accompany wives and girlfriends who would , that night , describe their visit to the East End in terms that would do justice to a journey up the Amazon . |
| 20 | And he besought his mother that she would love her even as she loved him himself , and that she would do good to her and show her great honour , for which he should ever serve her with the better good will . |
| 21 | Allow me to say , sir , that if you make Mistress Andrews your lady she will do credit to your choice . |
| 22 | To complete this brief survey of the linguistic status of the pronoun we need an account of its function that will do justice to the first-person perspective . |
| 23 | One might guess that a substantive discussion of this issue would centre on the question of linguistic performance : Danto ( 1960 ) suggested that we will do violence to the English language if machines achieve certain linguistic performances but we still refuse to deem them conscious . |
| 24 | Do you think , in fact , Michael , that , that parents actually can do harm to their children by insisting on being involved in their teaching at too early a stage , for example by forcing their children to read ? |
| 25 | Only color photographs , of which too few survive , can do justice to this vivid yet harmonious palette , but a simple catalogue of materials and their distribution may suggest something of its richness . |
| 26 | We must be certain we can do justice to the wonderful things past engineers have bequeathed us . |
| 27 | No brief article can do justice to Sir Charles ' many contributions and the influence he has had . |
| 28 | No piano-duet version can do justice to the grinding suspensions sustained throughout the Introduction and the exhilaration of the last climax . |
| 29 | ‘ But I do not feel I can do justice to that need here , in the uncomfortable cold of this cave . |