Example sentences of "[adj] do with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room . |
| 2 | His reasons had much to do with the continuous hounding by London journalists . |
| 3 | In fact , unknown to the convention , the pressure they exerted had much to do with the Colonial Secretary Glenelg writing to the colonial governments , even before the Strickland motion , to encourage local decisions to dispense with apprenticeship ; the system came to an end in the summer of 1838 . |
| 4 | Although , as we shall see , citizenship has much to do with the individual rights of citizens , the concept lacks the implication of liberal individualism often associated with ‘ human rights ’ and found objectionable by many on the political left . |
| 5 | She had too much to do with the new house and the new baby , you said . ’ |
| 6 | This , as will be seen , can be achieved through methods that have very little to do with the linguistic notion of semantics but much to do with the empirical processing of text-based knowledge sources . |
| 7 | Alter all is said and done , it might be that the cessation of activity was as much to do with the enervated economic clime as anything else . |
| 8 | Origins are certainly often interesting , but they do not necessarily have much to do with the present functioning and meaning of things . |
| 9 | There was so much to do with the six pools , giant flumes , waterfalls , fountains and lots more . |
| 10 | Admittedly , the definition of the student role that emerged in that conception of higher education had much to do with the idealist epistemology in which von Humboldt and the other founders of the modern German university were themselves scholars and contributors . |
| 11 | Such enthusiasm may have had as much to do with the excited nationalism of wartime , as any substantial appreciation of these films ' merits , and it should not be supposed that British filmmakers had universally gone from being dull and unimaginative to become masters of the cinematic art . |
| 12 | If , as we have been suggesting , the nature of data has much to do with the theoretical presuppositions which underlie their production , how can it be said that theories are tested by means of exposure to data ? |
| 13 | Indeed , I recall my impression at the time was of having stepped into a prison cell , but then this might have had as much to do with the pale early light as with the size of the room or the bareness of its walls . |
| 14 | That 's a complicated story I ca n't really go into at the moment , but was very much to do with the Royal Policies of the 1630s . |
| 15 | This is partly because of the increasing importance of employment in the service sector , much of it geared to regional and local markets and client groups , but it also has much to do with the particular circumstances of the 1980s . |
| 16 | He had reportedly turned down an offer from Kaunda of the post of labour minister and a position on the central committee of UNIP — a decision which was said to have had much to do with the MMD's decision in April to choose him as its presidential candidate [ see p. 38133 ] . |
| 17 | This has as much to do with the aural texture of guitar-based rock as with funk or soul , and their records often fail to gain airplay on rap specialist radio shows . |
| 18 | The difficulties that public sector graduates have in getting into the senior positions in the professions have little to do with their academic accomplishments and much to do with the cultural stratification in society of which academic institutions are a part . |
| 19 | Joseph Fernandez , the local CIA man , tried not to have too much to do with the local airstrip/farm , once he had helped start it ; but the cover was sometimes blown in definitive fashion . |
| 20 | which I have n't yet got on to cos I wanted to hear most , at least most of the arguments on this aspect of the case , although it 's got very in effect very little to do with the other , other , but it does n't see round , er I could get on with that to a degree , er , so I do n't mind too much , but I think Friday is , is asking to much from Mr |
| 21 | I 'm not very sure it 's prudent if you 're indicating your own incorruptibility as a poet to put it in the future tense in the first place , and when you continue as Pope does ‘ Envy must own , I live among the great ’ as he starts to describe his own life and you realise he 's bringing in touches about himself which really have very little to do with the particular role as poet , it becomes quite clear that that depersonalisation process has not taken place in the case of Pope . |
| 22 | Seaman comments that that presentation Another and concordant view is recorded by Lichtheim : Lichtheim goes on to quote Pease , then Secretary of the Fabian Society , as saying : ‘ We were thus in a position to welcome the formation of working class Socialist societies , but it is certain that they would never have welcomed us ’ ; and to add , perhaps unkindly : ‘ Beatrice Potter — a rich , spoiled , arrogant young woman with more beauty than brains — was determined to have as little as possible to do with the working class . ’ |
| 23 | Sanctity has little to do with a pietistic other-worldliness and much to do with ordinariness and simplicity — being oneself in God , accepted by the Father , met by the Son , and indwelt by the living Spirit . |
| 24 | This has little to do with a conditioned eye , influenced by architectural orders , and more to do with a basic and instinctive feeling that lifts the spirit and brings about a sense of harmony between the scale of the house and the human frame . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , as the blood groups have little to do with the poor matches of HLA , I see no reason to tell Alan anything . |
| 26 | Britain 's recent balance-of-payments problems have to date had very little to do with the general level of world demand and almost everything to do with the ability of foreign companies to introduce their products into the country at competitive prices . |
| 27 | This experience showed that the problems of many families had little to do with the actual wartime conditions which were only an additional stress for families already overwhelmed by financial , housing and emotional problems of their own . |
| 28 | It had little to do with the real Queen Anne architecture of the early eighteenth century , but merely borrowed some of its features , such as , here at Linkenholt : the thick glazing bars on the dormer windows , the shell-shaped pediment over the central dormer , and the gently hipped roof lines . |
| 29 | Speculation now had little to do with the real progress of companies : the buying and selling of shares had become an end in itself . |
| 30 | Companies chopped and changed their holdings , for reasons that might have little to do with the specific nature of the businesses involved . |