Example sentences of "[noun] do [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shorter and easier route of ascent may be made from Birkdale Summit , the top of the B6270 road linking Kirkby Stephen and Keld , by making the car do most of the climbing ; the ribbon of tarmac spirals up to almost 1700 feet where there is parking space . |
| 2 | On the North American mainland the transportation of convicts meant that there was some non-free white labour to do much of the hardest work in growing rice and tobacco . |
| 3 | ‘ But I had no mandate to do this from the council . |
| 4 | In our concern to manage the lives of others and our intention to do this in the best interests of all , we can too often simply define those who cry out in despair as moaners , as ‘ deviants ’ , ‘ defectives ’ , or as the lazy ones who have n't played the game in the way they should . |
| 5 | Ann did most of the cooking , assisted occasionally , by the young ladies and teachers . |
| 6 | The brakes can be used fiercely to minimise the roll , but we let aerodynamic drag do most of the work , leaving them to slow us to taxi speed and steer onto the taxiway ( still ineffectually prodding the rudder pedals ) . |
| 7 | Provisions totalling nearly £25m did most of the damage . |
| 8 | GLENAVON Reserves did most of the attacking and Gary Clarke went close with two efforts . |
| 9 | For myself , therefore , I regard the word ‘ appropriation ’ in isolation as being an objective description of the act done irrespective of the mental state of either the owner or the accused . |
| 10 | When the lessons from the pilot survey have been fully learned alterations can be made where necessary , but if the work done prior to the pilot has been adequate the alterations consequent upon it should not be great . |
| 11 | On previous occasions a notice has been inserted in the Journal warning Scottish solicitors that under the English Legal Aid Scheme no payment is allowed out of the Legal Aid Fund to any solicitor , English or otherwise , for any work done prior to the granting of a Civil Aid Certificate . |
| 12 | Provided that the form is received in the area office within three working days of the receipt of instructions , a legal aid certificate will be granted to cover work done prior to the date of issue . |
| 13 | But , on the whole , he prefers to empower the police , by commission rogatoire to do much of the work on his behalf . |
| 14 | Apart from a proposal to do away with the Sunday opening polls in Wales from 1996 , the suggested changes come under three headings : |
| 15 | Although Martin has said that some bass players like to be able to significantly alter their sound while they are actually playing on stage , I 've never seen the need to have all the gubbins on the bass to do that , then have lots more gubbins on the amp to do more of the same . |
| 16 | In order that too great a burden does not shift from bookseller to rep , Penguin , like Faber , has recruited merchandisers to do much of the checking . |
| 17 | On a hot day the engine-out rate of climb did little for the blood pressure . |
| 18 | Working on a conveyor belt or as a human cog in a vast industrial machine does little for a sense of personal fulfilment . |
| 19 | FAILURE TO DO EITHER OF THE ABOVE THINGS MAY MEAN THAT YOU WILL BE CONTRAVENING THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABOVE LEGISLATION . |
| 20 | It is the logical outcome of a desire to do away with the poor , just as the poor die in less dramatic ways , from sickness , malnutrition and drugs . |
| 21 | But while the legislators were vying with each other to amend insolvency laws which all were agreed were far from fair or just , in 1842 they were able to agree on the need to do away with the notorious symbol of that unfairness and injustice , the Fleet Prison . |
| 22 | His article did one of the most intriguing individuals in the industry justice without being blind to his flaws . |
| 23 | Into which group does each of the people in the drawing fit ? |
| 24 | Other firms use researchers to do most of the contacting or cold-calling . |
| 25 | Because of that the reactors had to undergo a licensing procedure from Nuclear , Now that survey , which they have been carrying out for a number of months now , almost certainly would require that a number of major improvements be made to those reactors , and they just have n't got the money to do that at the moment . |
| 26 | There 's certainly plenty of opportunity to do that in the current glorious weather … and to simply sit and enjoy some of the traditional treats at Henley . |
| 27 | ‘ I will take the Opposition seriously on crime when they support , for example , the Prevention of Terrorism Act — and we will give them an opportunity to do that within a few days , ’ he said to Tory cheers . |
| 28 | Britain has had an unrivalled opportunity to do this in the post-war new towns , where the circumstances permitted experimentation with all manner of innovative layouts . |
| 29 | ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’ |
| 30 | They ask the Duke to do away with the Act , because it will turn the Atholl Highlanders into slaves , and if he will not , they will fight to the last drop of their blood . ’ |