Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach of the district judge at this stage of the proceedings is clearly crucial , although , whatever approach may be adopted in practice towards the parties , the review does at least give them the opportunity to meet and survey the relative strength of their cases . |
| 2 | There was no kissing yet , though Boy did at once lay his head on O's shoulder . |
| 3 | The Marine Mammals Protection Act does at least go some way in limiting the dolphin kills , but since its introduction the tuna fishing fleet has become dominated by non-US vessels . |
| 4 | What the Children Act does at least recognise in the Conservative Government passing the Childrens Act is the importance of Local Government . |
| 5 | What the Children , what the Children Act does at least recognise in the Conservative Government passing the Children Act is the importance of Local Government . |
| 6 | The quota is ignored too often in British industry , but this stipulation does at least give you some extra security . |
| 7 | Despite its acknowledged faults , classical economics did at least constitute a complete system in the sense that , if one accepted its fundamental presumption of full employment , the magnitudes of all of the remaining macroeconomic variables could be determined . |
| 8 | This would mean that one could appeal to the weak anthropic principle , provided one could show that string theory does at least allow there to be such regions of the universe-and it seems that indeed string theory does . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , in this day and age that approach does at least have the benefit of novelty , I 'll grant you that , Shannon , my dear . ’ |
| 10 | Correct or not , this hypothesis does at least hint at the complexities which could have been involved when Æthelred 's counsellors sat down to decide whether to pay or fight , and offers one of a range of reasons why individual self-interest may have resulted in less fighting than might have been expected . |
| 11 | But the drug does at least offer some respite in the later stages of the disease . |
| 12 | But the other scheme did at least indicate where the stalls would be , taken that into account . |
| 13 | The diffuse , even messy arrangements that characterised the old order did at least encourage change . |
| 14 | But the film did at least have one fan . |
| 15 | But the Left did at least sense that Fascism presented an imminent threat to Britain and this is more than can be said for some of those holding the responsibility for Britain 's foreign policy and ultimate defence . |
| 16 | Butler 's appeal does at least have the merit of being based on an admitted breach of the County Court Rules . |