Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you would need a large property to do what you want ? |
| 2 | Disposition has a very wide meaning and would include a deliberate omission to do something ( s3(3) ) . |
| 3 | Those ultimate motivations will be the subject of the next section , but here we are interested in exactly what it is that we expect a pragmatic theory to do . |
| 4 | " Power " , for example , is an ordinal attribute in which we might want to talk about individuals having " more " or " less " power than others and to reflect this in using the power of numbers to reflect " more " or " less " of some attribute in the same way that a higher number score on a test signifies a greater ability to do the test than a lower number . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 6 | Each of the various hand movements has a specific job to do , determined by range , angle , position and target . |
| 7 | If a body has a legal power to do X , it has authority to do it . |
| 8 | Some will think that a good community never lays down coercive rules except to enforce moral duties , and therefore that Mr. O'Brian should be made to compensate Mrs. McLoughlin if , but only if , he has a moral duty to do so . |
| 9 | ‘ Of the 65 per cent of companies not using credit insurance , half had no idea what it would cost as a percentage of total sales value , indicating that the industry has a real job to do explaining how little properly structured credit insurance can cost : often 0.5 per cent of turnover or less . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Michael has a great determination to do everything himself and get it right , ’ said Watkin . |
| 11 | Someone who has a lot of overt status has a great deal to do : their time and attention are very precious . |
| 12 | The very ubiquity of the mass media removes media as a whole system from the scope of positivist social analysis ; for how may we ‘ measure ’ the ‘ impact ’ of a social force which is omnipresent within social life and which has a great deal to do with constituting it ? |
| 13 | This subtle shift has a great deal to do with the current fashion accessory of an eligible husband rather than an eligible boss . |
| 14 | no , it was rationed , and er , talking about erm people 's taste having changed , I think the media has a great deal to do with that because when you look at things on television you can see how people |
| 15 | It is permissible to raise additional enquiries , and indeed , the buyer 's conveyancer has a professional duty to do so if there appear to be material omissions . |
| 16 | It also has a good deal to do with how we look . |
| 17 | Each of the participating agencies has a different job to do , a different area of activity , and different interests and concerns . |
| 18 | It shows someone in obvious mental distress and gives a strong message that the nurse has a positive job to do . |
| 19 | I ca n't find anyone who actually likes this offset idea , and you really do n't want to spend your playing career justifying why your instrument looks so wacky ; left to hang around the user 's neck , it does actually rest neck-up , as promised , although I would think that this has a fair bit to do with the strap button being under the top horn and slightly back towards the body . |
| 20 | If they wo n't order the stock , do they really expect a new franchisee to do it ? |
| 21 | ‘ All we do know , ’ he concluded , ‘ is that the assassin must have been a member of the community at the Tower who knew Sir Ralph had changed his bed chamber , and he or she either committed the murder or hired a professional assassin to do it for them . ’ |
| 22 | Furthermore , a requested authority , whose law obliges the parties themselves to secure the evidence , and which is not able itself to execute the Letter may , with the consent of the requesting authority , appoint a suitable person to do so and recover the appropriate costs . |
| 23 | I thought it seemed a funny thing to do . |
| 24 | But , at Seattle women 's art was so prolific that you would have needed a whole month to do the work justice . |
| 25 | Put another way , in so far as companies have power , is not that power justifiable on the basis that those who exercise it can claim a moral right to do so ? |
| 26 | Why should he be farsighted enough to steal and sharpen a ceremonial sword to do it with ? |
| 27 | I 've only got a thousand Sainsburys to do and we 'll be all done by |
| 28 | If I want to move the television , I 've got a perfect right to do so . |
| 29 | it 's still the first one , she 's got a billion things to do , we 'll obviously speak to her in the autumn , erm |
| 30 | I 've got a slim chance to do something . |