Example sentences of "do be [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the best we can do is to assign a probability unc a for the photon to get through ( and , of course , a complementary probability unc that it does not ) . |
| 2 | So I mean if you , if that 's how you actually feel then what we should really do is to sign a note at some stage saying you are fit for work on a certain date . |
| 3 | The first thing you should do is to prepare a breakdown . |
| 4 | The best we can do is to establish a habit of " challenge " since this allows the old idea to continue but at the same time attaches some doubt and dissatisfaction to it . |
| 5 | The best we can do is to grow a covering of skin over the stump where the amputation occurred . |
| 6 | Among all the fuss about income tax , I should like to point out that one of the best things the Conservatives have done is to allow a wife 's earnings to be taxed separately from her husband . |
| 7 | One way this could be done is to cause a program error of some kind , such as by trying to execute an invalid operation code ( or a privileged instruction ) , since this of course causes an interrupt and entry to the supervisor . |
| 8 | In considering the issue of legitimacy in relation to our constitutional arrangements and the exercise of governmental power , what has to be done is to examine a range of practices , decisions , actions ( and non-practices , -decisions and -actions ) statements and policies which between them can amount to a portrait of power , so that we can form a judgment or an assessment of that power set against the principles of limited government outlined and discussed so far . |
| 9 | What Robbins has , very cleverly , done is to drop a match into the murky kerosene of American politics and wait for the explosion . |
| 10 | The first thing that has to be done is to obtain a death certificate from a medical practitioner . |
| 11 | Consider in this light the following modification to one of the other examples given above ; all we have done is to add a group of things ( " kinds of images " ) of which the relevant phrase can be treated as a part : There are various kinds of images which can be explored . |
| 12 | All he thought he had done was to assemble a collection of his favourite songs . |
| 13 | The best that could be done was to find a formula which , compatibly with this , gave something to the minority . |
| 14 | All she 'd done was to make a bit of polite conversation ! |
| 15 | All he 'd done was to make a picture of someone in his head and worm his way inside it . |
| 16 | The best he could do was to save a match point and take the third game . |
| 17 | The only thing the sailors could do was to cut a hole in the top of my box , and help me to climb out . |
| 18 | She decided that the link with Bert was unlikely to hold Jasper back from one of his binges ; that she would have to sit it out ; that Bert was almost certainly going after Pat ; that the best thing she could do was to organise a Congress of the C.C.U. for as soon as possible . |
| 19 | Eventually , however , they concluded that the best the Ministry could do was to prohibit a reduction of charges , though this limited only the most flagrant abuses . |
| 20 | What I am seeking to do is to outline a model of language use . |
| 21 | The first thing to do is to create a boxer . |
| 22 | All he needs to do is to do a photocopy |
| 23 | If you 're gon na separate chemically , say for example , you produced erm an organic acid which is optically active the things you would normally have to do is to use a base to make the salt of , you know , you make the two optically salt and then separate them by a thing such as fractional crystallisation and then we generate the acid afterwards very very tricky ! |
| 24 | The logical thing to do is to plan a road racing season which will give you something to aim for in the summer , and then give yourself the option of trying another marathon in the autumn . |
| 25 | What the term ‘ popular music ’ tries to do is to put a finger on that space , that terrain , of contradiction — between ‘ imposed ’ and ‘ authentic ’ , ‘ elite ’ and ‘ common ’ , predominant and subordinate , then and now , theirs and ours , and so on — and to organize it in particular ways |
| 26 | The first thing to do is to find a pair of old jeans or other piece of favourite clothing that is too tight and use this as a measure for making progress . |
| 27 | ‘ All I 'm trying to do is to find a solution to the problems we 're bound to run into if we 're living under the same roof , ’ she said stiffly . |
| 28 | Then all I need to do is to find a printer driver for Spike 's laser printer at work |
| 29 | The last thing I want to do is to share a place with a couch potato . |
| 30 | Right let's have a quick listen , I think what we 're going to need to do is to get a chest X- ray , even if your chest is fairly clear , I still suspect it 's the hernia that 's drying things up . |