Example sentences of "[was/were] do so [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , when the New Ireland Forum was being assured by Bishop Daly of the intention of the Roman catholic church in Ireland to support full civil and religious rights for Northern Ireland protestants , the bishops were effectively reserving to themselves , as a body of luminaries with a direct access to the inner structures of social reality , the right to declare what actually constituted a civil and religious liberty or right and they were doing so on the grounds of what they considered good for society . |
| 2 | The fundamental problem faced by US business was that rivals in Europe and Japan were accumulating capital at a far faster rate ( figure 10.4 ) and were doing so on the basis of far lower wage costs ( table 10.5 ) . |
| 3 | So , for many years , the couple made their living as hired help , and were doing so at the time of the film 's success . |
| 4 | As he prepared for murder , he was doing so to the incongruous background of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 's rendering of The Battle Hymn of the Republic . |
| 5 | Ecgberht also minted his own coins and was doing so by the early 770s at the latest if one of them , as has been suggested , served as a prototype for one of Charlemagne 's which must date to before c . |
| 6 | The question is whether he is in addition permitted to say that , although he was aware that he was causing difficulties , he was doing so from the best of intentions . |