Example sentences of "[conj] do [adv] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who fail or do poorly in an examination , or some other competitive test , find consolation in the wiles of witchcraft . |
| 2 | A successful gene will be one that does well in the environments provided by these other genes that it is likely to meet in lots of different bodies . |
| 3 | A wide variety of things could be construed as ‘ approaching ’ violence but to use that expression while condemning the violence of the previous day and to do so in a critique of Paisley while failing to mention the Cromac Square rioters is to exaggerate . |
| 4 | If he was to rule as well as reign he himself had to overthrow Mortimer and Isabella and to do so in a way which would not enhance the power of the magnates . |
| 5 | That Peel , leading the Tory opposition , recognised that the Whigs ' Bill would in the short run unite the middle and lower classes in support of the Government is one thing ; to infer from this that Grey and his team deliberately set out both to counter the threat of revolution and to do so in a way which would ultimately isolate the working class , quite another . |
| 6 | The important point to remember is that all the sub-units are needed if the production function is to meet its aim of providing the goods required by its customers , and to do so in a way that meets the profit , growth and other objectives of the organization as a whole . |
| 7 | The description , illustrations , and conclusions given in pages 231 to 249 are based on the FAOR publication , which provides an excellent example of the use of the SSM to generate productive ideas about a situation , and to do so in an ordered and logical manner . |
| 8 | He was then in his middle thirties , about ten years her senior , and doing well in a small way as a building contractor in New York and New Jersey . |
| 9 | A gearbox can be identified as providing a means of handling the power of an engine and doing so in a useful form to an output shaft . |
| 10 | Certainly it was once hoped , particularly after the devastation of the last war , that modern architecture might with the aid of science and technology provide mankind with a wholly satisfying new environment — and do so in a matter of a few decades . |
| 11 | Minority groups under pressure change , and do so in a few generations : they become bilingual and accept the culture of the larger society . |
| 12 | It seems to have originated in the personal computer segment about the time Compaq proved it could supply 286 machines that were comparable to IBM 's … and do so in a more timely fashion . |
| 13 | When they sing , they vary the frequency of individual clicks from , for example , two hundred a second to five hundred a second and do so in a regular rhythmic way . |
| 14 | The British must refine a new history curriculum to show the national genius and thus the inferiority of all others , and do so in the face of the sleepy yawns of the poor pupils . |
| 15 | He was going to play tricks and take risks with his life and personality and do so in an increasingly wilful and dangerous way . |
| 16 | Secondly , it seems that the courts construe business sale covenants more liberally than restraints of trade in employment contracts and do so in an effort to make business sale covenants more easily enforceable : Ronbar Enterprises Ltd v Green [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 815 . |
| 17 | Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself . |
| 18 | Numerous independents stood and did well in the elections . |
| 19 | There is thus a nice irony in the fact that the man who undertook the seminal voyage , and did so in the name of Spain , was in fact Portuguese . |
| 20 | Botia macracantha is tolerant of other species , and does best in a shoal of its own kind . |
| 21 | Mustard , whether black , brown or white , is grown from seed sown outdoors in spring , and does best in a sunny place and fertile moist soil , when the black mustard is likely to reach it maximum height . |
| 22 | The poor boy , who resembles Philip Roth , tells the story in which he takes part , and does so in a manner that can be considered uncontroversial . |
| 23 | And it has the secondary virtue that it destroys a prevalent type of sceptical move , and does so in a way that explains the attraction of that move . |
| 24 | This study shows that in humans APGPR rapidly appears in the circulation in response to a satiating meal and does so in a biphasic manner . |
| 25 | A Study Skills Handbook sets out to train the students in all these areas and does so in an authoritative no-nonsense manner ( making frequent use of Golden Rules ) and through a wealth of practical exercises . |
| 26 | In the event it has proved possible not only to complete the task , but to do so in a timely and controlled fashion . |
| 27 | When someone asks a government for bloodwealth , they not only threaten bloodshed if it is not forthcoming , but do so in an idiom which denies the government 's claim to superiority , puts it on an equal footing , treats it as just another tribe . |
| 28 | England were perhaps flattered by the scoreline against the Scots but did well in the second half to get the game moving in the direction that they wanted . |
| 29 | It was recognised that what would be most welcomed by policymakers and others was a service that not only helped to keep people out of institutions if that was their wish , but did so in a way that was both acceptable to recipients and less expensive than alternative institutional care . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the system also came under attack as being unfair — hence undermining consent by calling into doubt the legitimacy of both the mode of election and the government produced by it — and for facilitating the adversary relationship between the parties , a relationship that significantly influenced public policy , but did so in a manner harmful to the interests of the country . |