Example sentences of "do away [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know ZZAP ! has done away with the classified adverts , but I 'm writing to you , hoping you 'll print this : ‘ Wanted — ZZAP ! 64 issue numbers 55 and 68 . |
| 2 | They got a new one , they had another , then they had another idea then , they came round and had erm , had , turned round and said , right they done away with part of the wire and they got another big wheel so you can go right over the top next time , they done away with the big hook , so you could shackle your , your chain on to the wire , then you could go right over the top and then they get the old short chains like that . |
| 3 | Others , like Scottish Equitable , have done away with the initial charge but raised the annual fee . |
| 4 | With a simple statement we have done away with the whole concept of deafness itself . |
| 5 | They wo n't do away with them , no but cos they , they 're trying to do away with the National Dock Labour Board and come back to the old system . |
| 6 | You may say that we , we 'd like to do away with the incoming calls but , to a degree , it encouraging them , so what else does it show Jack , or is that the two main points ? |
| 7 | Following the proposals outlined in Barbarossa 's third plan , Henry VI attempted to make the monarchy entirely hereditary , doing away with the elective powers of the princes . |
| 8 | He maintained that the rule was an essential concomitant of the poll tax because it was a personal tax , yet we are told that in respect of the council tax , which is also , at least as to 50 per cent. , a personal tax , there is no difficulty in doing away with the 20 per cent . |
| 9 | The chip could revolutionise the design of computers and other electronic devices by doing away with the bulky magnetic disc memories that are currently used to store data permanently . |
| 10 | By contrast Aleksandr Yakovlev , regarded as the most liberal politburo member , won an unexpectedly warm reception for an impassioned address in which he dwelt on the value of perestroika in doing away with the Stalinist legacy and restoring morale and morality and the dignity of both the party and the individual : he observed that " not only emptying shelves but also emptying souls brought about perestroika and demanded revolutionary changes " . |
| 11 | The only way in which we can be convinced that the situation in South Africa is getting better is by abolishing all the racist laws , doing away with the whole system of apartheid , allowing every adult to be able to decide on their own future , in other words universal adult suffrage . |
| 12 | The Leeds defence has never looked as secure since they did away with the old back pass law — Whyte and Fairclough looked good because all they had to do was knock it back to big John . |
| 13 | The Leeds defence has never looked as secure since they did away with the old back pass law — Whyte and Fairclough looked good because all they had to do was knock it back to big John . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , I would be shocked , but not altogether surprised , if one day the spirit of the times , which has so recently blown away apartheid , communism and the Berlin wall , did away with the Royal Family as well . |
| 15 | So the management looked at the , the thing very critically and they , they designed a new stabilizer erm which did away with the whole housing , which did away with the cross er crossheads and the slides and it was so easily produced er that we were then seeking to , to sales representatives to go out and look for other work . |
| 16 | In addition to the traditional vented system , it is now permissible to have an unvented hot water storage system , which does away with the cold water cistern altogether and has other advantages ( see page 58 for details ) ; sealed central heating systems ( which do away with the feed-and-expansion cistern ) have been legal for some time . |
| 17 | If the meal you are attacking is lunch , or if you prefer a lighter dinner , it is becoming more and more acceptable ( indeed fashionable ! ) to eat two first courses and do away with the traditional entrée . |
| 18 | Some competitor nations — Japan , in particular — have created relationships among engineers , managers , production workers , and marketing and sales people that do away with the old distinction between entrepreneurs and drones . |
| 19 | DEC has added two X-Windows terminals to its VXT 2000 line : a new version of the low-end 15″ model does away with the separate cabinet and integrates all components into the monitor itself — that starts at $1,700 . |
| 20 | The neck joint is similar to Ibanez and Heartfield 's ‘ all access ’ variety which does away with the usual bulky metal plate and offers as an alternative four recessed bolts and a sloping , shaped heel , which really does feel good under the hand . |
| 21 | Not only does this offer a fuel cycle that gives energetic charged particles — raising the hope of generating electricity without going through the heat/steam-raising cycle — but also it does away with the fast neutrons that can damage the materials of a fusion reactor and at the same time produce a radiation hazard for workers . |
| 22 | This move does away with the productive uncertainty which the concept of the unconscious can introduce into psychology . |
| 23 | Such a theory has the great merit that it does away with the old dichotomy between ‘ matter , ’ represented by particles of one-half-integer spin , and ‘ interactions , ’ represented by integer-spin particles . |
| 24 | In addition to the traditional vented system , it is now permissible to have an unvented hot water storage system , which does away with the cold water cistern altogether and has other advantages ( see page 58 for details ) ; sealed central heating systems ( which do away with the feed-and-expansion cistern ) have been legal for some time . |