Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] do [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It will be clear that my not being a Christian has nothing to do with any feminist stance which I may espouse .
2 For leaping creatures who can recognize the potential for action in a pile of bricks , support has something to do with above .
3 The key point in the New Zealand Rail story has nothing to do with privatisation .
4 [ T ] his government 's challenge to freedom has nothing to do with totalitarian despotism .
5 The decision has nothing to do with the merits of the case which Her Majesty 's Government will defend in due course .
6 To reflect society can only mean comedy , in such a world , if a work is to convince as any sort of mirror , and the preference of other nations for melodrama and the bleeding heart has nothing to do with the habitual temper of British life .
7 ‘ If frustration level has anything to do with [ creating ghosts ] , then Bird is our man , ’ said Karen Foerstel , who has written extensively on Capitol ghosts .
8 The naive observer might be forgiven for believing that this contrast has something to do with the different weight given by members of the academic community to their research interests compared with their ‘ teaching interests ’ ( the very awkwardness of the term makes the point ) .
9 It is no use any hon. Member saying that the length of miners ' hours has nothing to do with safety .
10 ‘ I do n't see that my beard has anything to do with it , ’ his honey voice huffled .
11 The answer must be because the researcher assumes that cigarette smoking has nothing to do with unemployment , while educational achievement may have .
12 True , the recession has something to do with it but far more important was lack of snow .
13 ‘ But this guy , this Marcus has something to do with what you are feeling now … fear ?
14 And I believe that the growing trend erm of people going to the cinema , erm cinema owners reconverting cinemas they 've cut into three back into the large auditoria , erm will continue and a night out at the cinema has something to do with the the building you 're in , erm this building if refurbished would have a restaurant , would have a bar , would have a cinema club , would be a real asset to the town .
15 If Zapp believes that writing about literature has nothing to do with liking it , Swallow likes it all too much to be able to write about it :
16 For the Formalists , by contrast , literature has nothing to do with vision or with authorial meaning .
17 I am convinced that good play has something to do with relaxation and good company .
18 If faith has nothing to do with knowledge , then we Christians doubt because our faith is weaker than knowledge .
19 And this is where humours has nothing to do with humorousness .
20 It sounds to me as if that sort of religion has nothing to do with God .
21 In spite of what Millichip believes , the need to minimise the possibility of trouble from England 's fans has everything to do with their playing in Sardinia .
22 In spite of what Millichip believes , the need to minimise the possibility of trouble from England 's fans has everything to do with their playing in Sardinia .
23 ‘ What I had in mind has nothing to do with sentimentality . ’
24 Mr Georgiadis said : ‘ This murder has nothing to do with poachers , Ugandans , Somalians , Tanzanians or little green men from Mars …
25 The most important marketing device in the industry has nothing to do with skiing at all .
26 The reason why I continue to believe that Heseltine 's best chance of getting the Tory leadership lies in the aftermath of an election defeat has nothing to do with inside knowledge .
27 The fact that we never sold any records and loads of rotten indie music is our fault has nothing to do with it !
28 Concentration has nothing to do with gritting your teeth and braving it out ; it 's the secret of being more and more relaxed and aware of everything that is going on at the same time .
29 This figure of £1 has nothing to do with the market value of the share , but is the legal benchmark for the determination of individual liability .
30 I think the reason a lot of guitarists go out and buy traditional Fender or Gibson-like designs has nothing to do with single coil versus humbuckers , vintage trem systems or control layout ; they simply hope that some of their guitar hero 's ‘ mojo magic ’ will rub off on them !
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