Example sentences of "[not/n't] do [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss . |
| 2 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 3 | Presumably this will make it easier for voters in the Tory heartlands to shop abroad and avoid duty , though it may not do much for the Conservative vote in Kent . |
| 4 | There were Christmas trees in all the windows except Doris 's and everyone was probably at home , though most people did not do much on the Eve . |
| 5 | Equalising educational provision for children of different socio-economic backgrounds does not do away with the educational disabilities of working class children vis-à-vis middle class children . |
| 6 | To shorten the odds on reproducing itself it must produce a significant crop of attractive fruit , but it can not do this without the framework on which to hang and parade its wares . |
| 7 | They decided , however , that they could not do this during the coming festival of Passover because Jesus was still popular among the people and they did not want to cause unrest . |
| 8 | Whilst the councillors determine policy , they can not do this to the full without the constant advice and help of the chief officers . |
| 9 | It 's we 're very conscious that erm the costs that we 've incurred we need to keep strapped down to a minimum , but we have to manage a forty million pound organisation and you can not do this on the back of an envelope . |
| 10 | Earlier monarchs had spent very little on such things and had not done much about the world outside Europe or about the development of their colonies . |
| 11 | However , we had not caught a double , so unbeknown to Rick I wound in my right hand rod which had not done much on the meat and switched over to a boilie . |
| 12 | There was an implication that certain auditors ( no names mentioned ) had not done this in the past . |
| 13 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 15 | Commenting on the compensation award , Mrs Taylor said : ‘ I was not doing this for the money . |
| 16 | You 're not doing wrong by the Master , are you ? ’ |
| 17 | so it is so easy when you 're only helping on a side line because you 're not doing any of the thought processing |
| 18 | But if you like , governments could do this for the non-teaching staff and not do that for the teaching staff . |
| 19 | You ca n't do much at the Print Manager end to speed things up , aside from giving it more priority . |
| 20 | She ca n't do much with the place until probate is granted . ’ |
| 21 | You probably ca n't do much about the rain , but you can work out contingency plans such as having helpers to park participants ' cars or arranging minibuses to shuttle between the centre and the car park . |
| 22 | They decided they could n't do much about the rape , but they dealt with the wife beating by publicly humiliating and parading the culprits ! |
| 23 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandmother lived next door remembers how the old lady ‘ used to pass one or two little bits and pieces over to us , but she used to say to mother , ‘ I ca n't do much for the grandchildren because we have no pension at the end . ’ |
| 24 | Would n't do much for the value of the house , either . ’ |
| 25 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 26 | Susan had said that they would both have to find jobs , and one could n't do much in the art line without proper training . |
| 27 | They did n't do much in the first game and we 're unbeaten away . ’ |
| 28 | Used to put animals to sleep , they do n't do much in the way of treatment , what we want to do from this is press for erm a P D S A grant . |
| 29 | " The man was lying in the mud , and the doctor could n't do much in the way of examination on the spot . |
| 30 | You ca n't do much in the winter , I was saying to George . |