Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one thing they do not do is to re-examine the original for the tell-tale signs of forgery . |
| 2 | What instrumental techniques can not do is evaluate the sensory attributes of an odour , in particular its acceptability , nor can they compete with the human nose as far as sensitivity to most odours is concerned . |
| 3 | ‘ The least you could do is take the other end of the Chesterfield , ’ Amanda said crossly . |
| 4 | What a pleasant manner can not do is bridge the social gap , not in class but in age . |
| 5 | Erm , if of course you 're heavily into recycling , er , what you can do is put the whole pad inside er , the envelope and use a . |
| 6 | Because what they did try and do is buy the catholic club did n't they ? |
| 7 | As a result of the uncertainty generated in the private sector by expected movements in these variables the best that the public sector can do is to inform the private sector of its intentions and then act accordingly . |
| 8 | What it does do is to combine the particular letters and clauses which are relevant on a specific occasion with the details of the applicant in such a way as to produce the final document . |
| 9 | What you can do is to insert the cardboard backing into the envelope like that and then you put that bit through the rings , and then it becomes a tear pad . |
| 10 | The most that Aurangzeb could expect was to make the local rulers obedient to his authority , or else to replace them with deputies of his own who would be reasonably faithful vassals . |
| 11 | What the MacMahon Act did do was to make the British programme slower and more expensive ; and from the wider standpoint of the Western Alliance , it led to unnecessary duplication of effort . |
| 12 | Instead of worrying about how to make the RUC acceptable to the minority , O'Neill should have been using the legitimate power of the state to crush an illegal insurrection . |
| 13 | Whatever , she certainly would n't have been experiencing the gut-wrenching tension that she was feeling now . |
| 14 | If food 's got anything to do with it then I must have been eating the wrong way for the last 40 years . |
| 15 | If mass had been negative , space-time would have been curved the other way , like the surface of a saddle . |
| 16 | Yet , as I watched all this from the very end of the slow queue , I had thought it would be me who would have been regarded the potential menace as I was at the wheel of the most outrageously styled and priced supercar ever . |
| 17 | He appealed for information from anyone who had witnessed the incident , particularly people who might have been leaving the nearby Greenstead social club at about the same time . |
| 18 | Also , it later transpired , the scheme would have been doomed to disappointment , because we would n't have been granted the necessary planning permission for change of use . |
| 19 | By the time you read this ( Merry Chrimbo , by the way ! ) we will have held a social evening to welcome our new members on the 1st October , we will have been to see the chilling drama ‘ The Woman in Black ’ at the Fortune Theatre on the 19th November and we will have had Christmas drinks on the 12th December . |
| 20 | At this stage you may also be in contact with the social services who may have been supporting the new client for some time . |
| 21 | Nuadu was glad that he was unable to speak , for to have done so , to have uttered any kind of sound , would certainly have been to betray the utter revulsion that engulfed him . |
| 22 | If you 'd told me your name , at least I 'd have been spared the sudden shock of finding that my temporary employer was last night 's rescuer ! ’ |
| 23 | Had Buksh taken the appropriate action on each occasion — a yellow card and pointing to the spot respectively — we might have been spared the subsequent skirmishing : |
| 24 | She pinched herself , but might as well have been pinching the padded plastic of the bed on which she sat for all the sensation she felt . |
| 25 | The emergence of an independent Macedonia on Greece 's northern border was indeed an event that justified a Greek response , but the response should not have been to tell the new country it could not use the name ‘ Macedonia ’ ( see box ) . |
| 26 | But he may have been observing the traditional superstition that it is unlucky for the bridegroom to see the bride on the eve of her wedding . |
| 27 | As for the levels of owner occupation , there are 3.5 million more owner-occupiers today than there were in 1979 and no doubt 3.5 million more than there would have been had the right hon. Gentleman been in government . |
| 28 | The sanction imposed is real and effective since it satisfied all three conditions required by Community law ; it is adequate in relation to the damage sustained by the claimant , since the claimant is put in the position in which she would have been had the discriminatory refusal to hire her not occurred , both as concerns the post of employment and the income therefrom ; it has a real deterrent effect on the defendant bank who will not only have to pay the amount of about seven years ' monthly salary , plus interest , but will furthermore find itself with an additional employee ( the claimant and the man hired in her stead ) ; it is the same sanction as the one imposed for any other illegal refusal to hire . |
| 29 | ‘ All the more reason why he should have been having the full attention of you both , ’ Doctor Staples said sharply . |
| 30 | The insurer was ordered to write to 20,000 policyholders earlier this year , telling them they may have been sold the wrong products . |