Example sentences of "[verb] as they do [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figures taken from an American survey indicated that ‘ learners retain about 10% of what they read , 20% of what they hear , 30% of what they see , 50% of what they see and hear , 70% of what they say as they talk and 90% of what they say as they do a thing ’ . |
| 2 | These words , capturing as they do the landscape in which most academic booksellers and publishers operate , were to resonate throughout the conference , for which change became a buzzword , a defining theme and animating principle . |
| 3 | Out into the street again from the chippie , warm smelly parcel telling your hands and nose you 're still alive , feet remembering as they do every day to avoid the broken-up pavement in front of the pub . |
| 4 | Family therapy techniques , emphasising as they do the role of the parents and the necessity for them being fully involved in solving their own problems , were considered helpful . |
| 5 | for it is clear that the recitals , containing as they do a statement of the reasons for the measure adopted , facilitate an interpretation of the operative Articles of a measure in accordance with its purpose . |
| 6 | Such views have an ideology behind them ( though not necessarily a conscious one ) , involving as they do a decision that the language of ‘ the Oxford Common Room and the Officers ’ mess ' is an appropriate object of study , whereas that of ‘ illiterate peasants ’ is not ( Wyld , 1927 ) . |
| 7 | Further , according to this more sophisticated inductivism , creative acts , the most novel and significant of which require genius and involving as they do the psychology of individual scientists , defy logical analysis . |
| 8 | The emotional investment in these activities is high , involving as they do the powerful maternal drive . |
| 9 | This upper part of Saint-Jean also has sections of the old ramparts , which are quite tame as these things go and now thoroughly civilian , overlooking as they do the main street or else the minute gardens of the houses of the old quarter . |
| 10 | On the whole , I hope that there is sufficient material in the book for analysts of any persuasion to make a start on the process of using system ideas to investigate and understand human activity ; at the same time , systems students and researchers may well benefit by studying some of the interpretations and practical examples given here , reflecting as they do a Weltanschauung with which they may not be familiar . |
| 11 | Handwritten ephemera have a special interest , bringing as they do a sense of intimacy , of closeness to the people concerned , that does not belong to the printed word . |
| 12 | Whether or not there is an agreement must depend on the facts of the particular case , and whether or not the decision of Vaisey J. was correct I consider that the facts of the present case , including as they do the letters of 12 June and 15 September 1986 , are not consistent with an agreement on the lines suggested . |
| 13 | This development has made sight accounts more popular with many customers , offering as they do the benefits of a time account ( namely , interest ) but with instant access with no loss of interest , and cheque-book and debit-card facilities . |